Location: New York City - Onsite 4-5 days/week

Who We Are: Banza reimagines your favorite comfort foods, like pasta, pizza, mac & cheese and waffles, using chickpeas. Why? Because we know chickpeas aren’t just delicious, they’re also one of the most nutritious and sustainable foods. Yet 80% of the country isn’t eating enough of them. Our mission is to inspire people to eat more chickpeas and other beans, making a positive impact on human health and the environment. Banza is the fastest-growing pasta brand in the country, and our products are available in 27,000 stores nationwide. We’ve been named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year, Adweek’s Best Food Brand, and are proud to have fans at Good Morning America, The New York Times, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, and more.

Your Mission: We are looking for someone to join our product team to support product development and optimization projects. Your role is critical in supporting product managers across both dry (pasta and mac) and frozen (pizza and waffles) portfolios. You’ll be an integral part of our onsite team, supporting hands-on benchtop development work, sensory testing, data collection and benchtop reporting as well as coordinating shipment of ingredients and samples - all with a focus on speed, precision and creativity. In our fast-paced start-up environment, we are in need of a highly organized and motivated team member to help Banza continue to optimize our current portfolio as well as create new products.

What You’ll Do

• Support product managers with R&D initiatives by coordinating administrative details and assisting with benchtop testing for new product launches and optimization projects
• Prepare and organize prototypes for internal and external tastings, sensory evaluations and consumer feedback sessions
• Execute experimental designs, record data and help maintain robust documentation of trials
• Coordinate sample/ingredient shipments and storage organization, including managing sample requests
• Submit samples for lab testing (analytical/sensory)
• Maintain and update R&D databases, spreadsheets and reports to assist in decision-making and traceability
• Assist product managers with updating product specifications as needed
• Balance workstreams across two portfolios with a high level of organization and communication
• Partner with Procurement and Quality teams to support pilot and scale-up trials
• Other duties as assigned

Who You Are:

• 1-2 years of professional experience in CPG product development
• Bachelor in Food Science preferred
• Curious & Detail-Oriented: Able to follow project plans precisely and strives for perfection in each prototype created
• Flexible & Collaborative: You thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. You’re comfortable supporting multiple projects and managers, and you know how to communicate clearly.
• Self-Starter: You take initiative, stay organized, and keep things moving even without constant direction.
• Organized: Managing information/data and inventory
• Confident, passionate, and demonstrates high commitment
• Proficient in MS Office and Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Genesis Software
• Ability to travel up to 10%+
• Ability to drive required (car not required), particularly for off-site visits
• Ability to go into our Midtown office 4-5x per week
• Ability to regularly work in a test kitchen environment
• Passionate about what Banza’s doing!

To Apply: Write a cover letter describing why you want to join Banza and why you would be an excellent fit for this role (yes, we actually read every cover letter!) and then apply directly to this posting. Please make sure to include a portfolio of relevant work experience, like social profiles you've managed. If you have any questions, please email jobs@eatbanza.com.

We're aware of the research showing that historically underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a job if they don't believe that they meet all of the criteria. Do you hesitate to submit an application because you believe you need to check every box? Please apply anyway with a thoughtful cover letter! We would love to hear from you to discuss how you can help us build a great team at Banza.

Compensation

Our salary ranges are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. The salary band for this role is $60,000-$80,000. The range is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.

Perks and Benefits

• Equity in Banza
• 2025 Cash Bonus
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance starting day 1: Banza pays 80% of the monthly premiums for employees and 70% for dependents
• One Medical Membership
• Short Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefits
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off: 20 vacation days, 10 holidays, 6 sick days, 2 personal days, a birthday day off, and a 7+ week sabbatical after 5 continuous years of employment.
• Extended Leave: Short-Term Disability, Parental Leave, and other Paid Family Leave. Support provided by our end-to-end leave management partner, Sparrow
• New Parents: 12 weeks of paid parental leave plus additional optional leave time to add, and 4 weeks of flexible return to work arrangements.
• Breast milk shipping service for traveling team members provided by Milk Stork
• Monthly fitness, internet and phone stipends
• Monthly lunch stipend to encourage team member connection
• Annual education stipend
• Home office set-up stipend
• Unlimited Pasta, Rice & Mac
• $500 annual stipend to purchase our pizza and waffles, wherever it's sold
• Quarterly snack box for remote employees
• Lively NYC office stocked with snacks and beverages
• Quarterly in-person and remote events

Our Commitment: Banza is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To achieve our mission of inspiring people to eat more chickpeas and other beans, we greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which comes from diversity of all types, at all levels of the organization. Facilitating diversity and inclusion is the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with all abilities, people of color, and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

Banza is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. Banza will consider qualified applicants including those with criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

Banza participates in E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. As a participating employer, we provide the federal government with Form I-9 information to verify work authorization. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov.