Research & Development Manager

3530 E Church Ave, Fresno, CA 93725, USA

Posted Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 5:00 AM | Expires Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM

Pressed Juicery is growing! Join our purpose-driven community and help us make an impact.

Pressed Juicery is a modern wellness brand built with the mission to empower your wellness journey. Founded in 2010, the company has grown from a small Los Angeles juice bar to a dynamic omnichannel brand offering products through retailers nationwide, company-owned stores, and direct-to-consumer channels. We operate as one community bringing high-quality, better-for-you products to market, guided by passion and purpose.

Our mission is to empower your wellness journey.

• We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• We speak up with candid communication.
• We support personal and professional growth.
• We value learning from mistakes and continuous improvement.
• We strive for excellence in all we do.

• Community - celebrate differences, champion strengths, and aspire to be our best selves.
• Passion - inspire healthy choices with curiosity and humility.
• Growth - pursue wellness with intention and create good energy.
• Medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) - match up to 4% of compensation
• Awesome paid time-off and holidays
• Flexible Spending Account
• Generous paid parental leave
• Annual performance and compensation reviews
• Focus on career-pathing and promotions
• Professional and leadership development workshops
• Free Pressed products

As Pressed expands, consistent product execution is critical. The R&D Manager is responsible for translating Support Center-developed formulations into robust, scalable manufacturing processes and for defining, approving, and maintaining product and process standards across our Fresno and Dinuba facilities. This role serves as the primary technical authority at the plant level, ensuring HQ R&D work is executed with precision, consistency, and integrity — batch after batch.

The R&D Manager makes non-routine technical decisions to protect product quality, food safety, and brand standards, and optimizes critical process parameters in a bilingual (English/Spanish) manufacturing environment.

Operating within clean-label standards (no artificial flavors, additives, or preservatives) and established quality, safety, and operational guidelines, this role identifies opportunities to improve process performance and manufacturing outcomes.

Success in this role requires advanced Food Science expertise, strong sensory and analytical skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional decisions in a fast-paced setting.

Product Execution, Scale-Up & Standards Ownership

• Own the scale-up of approved formulas from benchtop through pilot and full-scale production, including trial design, protocol development, execution oversight, data analysis, and final technical recommendations.
• Establish, approve, and maintain critical product and process parameters (e.g., pH, Brix, temperature, hold times, yields), ensuring they are integrated into plant SOPs, batch sheets, and training materials.
• Independently evaluate formulation and process change requests, conduct technical risk assessments, and approve or recommend modifications through change-control processes.
• Lead cross-functional root cause analyses for complex production issues, determine corrective and preventive actions, and make go/no-go recommendations for product disposition and future runs.
• Act as the primary decision-maker for technical questions related to product execution at the plant, escalating only complex or strategic issues to the Director of R&D.
• Collaborate with QA, Production, Procurement, and Supply Chain to ensure reliable and repeatable batch outcomes across shifts and facilities.

Sensory & Quality Leadership

• Design and oversee in-line and post-production sensory evaluation programs for key products, establishing and maintaining gold-standard sensory benchmarks in alignment with HQ R&D.
• Define sensory-based acceptance and rejection criteria for raw materials and finished goods and make final technical recommendations regarding product release or hold.
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