- Develop and refine new cannabis products across vape, extract, infused pre-roll, and edible categories
- Translate innovation briefs into product concepts, prototypes, and development plans
- Conduct bench-scale product development and formulation activities
- Design, prepare, and evaluate prototypes for internal reviews, consumer testing, and commercialization decisions
- Optimize formulations, ingredient combinations, terpene profiles, infusion systems, and product attributes
- Assess emerging ingredients, cannabinoids, technologies, hardware, and delivery systems
- Design and execute product evaluation plans covering quality, performance, consistency, and consumer experience
- Conduct sensory evaluations and product performance assessments
- Coordinate stability testing, validation activities, and product trials
- Analyze results and recommend product improvements
- Support consumer testing initiatives and integrate learning into product refinement
- Partner with Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Supply Chain teams to transition products into commercial production
- Develop product specifications, manufacturing instructions, and technical documentation
- Support scale-up activities and resolve technical or operational challenges
- Ensure products meet quality, regulatory, and commercial requirements before launch
- Participate in launch readiness activities and post-launch performance reviews
- Support execution of the innovation pipeline
- Partner with Strategic Insights on consumer trends, emerging needs, category dynamics, and competitive activity
- Collaborate with Brand & Portfolio Strategy on brand objectives and portfolio priorities
- Contribute technical expertise to concept evaluation, feasibility assessments, and innovation reviews
- Work with ingredient suppliers, hardware providers, manufacturing partners, and external vendors
- Evaluate recent technologies, ingredients, and product solutions
- Coordinate sample procurement, technical evaluations, and product trials
- Provide development, testing,



formulation, and commercialization inputs for Stage-Gate decisions
- Prepare technical recommendations, product assessments, and gate-review documentation
- Ensure projects meet development milestones and deliverables
- Collaborate with Innovation, PMO, and cross-functional teams to move projects through the innovation process
- Build partnerships across Innovation, Strategic Insights, Brand & Portfolio Strategy, Product Development, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Marketing, and Commercial teams
- Communicate technical findings and product recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Support a collaborative, consumer-centric approach to innovation and product development

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Product Development, Engineering, Cannabis Science, or a related field
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
- 3-7 years of experience in product development, formulation, commercialization, or innovation roles
- Experience developing products within cannabis, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, wellness, nutraceutical, or similarly regulated industries
- Hands-on experience with formulation development, prototype creation, and product testing
- Experience working across multiple product categories and managing several development projects simultaneously
- Familiarity with innovation and Stage-Gate processes is considered an asset
- Strong formulation and prototyping capabilities
- Ability to balance consumer appeal, technical feasibility, quality, and manufacturability




- Passion for understanding and improving the consumer experience
- Ability to connect product features and benefits to underlying consumer needs
- Interest in emerging cannabinoids, terpenes, ingredients, hardware technologies, and novel consumption formats
- Continuously seeks opportunities to improve products and experiences
- Demonstrated ability to move projects from concept through commercialization
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Effective cross-functional partner capable of building strong internal and external relationships
- Comfortable communicating technical concepts to a broad range of stakeholders
- Practical and resourceful approach to technical and commercialization challenges
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and identify solutions quickly
- Successful completion of background and reference checks

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in product development and formulation within the cannabis and consumer packaged goods industries, with a strong focus on innovation, quality assurance, and consumer experience. Capable of collaborating across cross-functional teams to drive projects from concept through commercialization while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Product Development
- Formulation Development
- Cannabis Science
- Stage-Gate Process
- Consumer Testing

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Prototype Creation
- Product Testing
- Ingredient Optimization
- Terpene Profile Analysis
- Quality Assurance
- Technical Documentation
- Product Specification Development
- Stability Testing
- Sensory Evaluation
- Commercialization

Soft Skills

- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Effective Communication
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-Solving
- Consumer-Centric Approach

Industry Keywords

- Cannabis
- Food Science
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Nutraceutical
- Wellness
- Innovation Pipeline
- Regulatory Compliance
- Market Trends
- Product Categories
- Commercial Production

📌 Product Developer, Cannabis Innovations (Montreal)
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📍 Montreal