Product Developer

About the role

As a Product Developer, you own the development of HOLY's drink portfolio end to end, from flavor briefing and sampling to final approval, documentation, and production readiness. You work closely with suppliers, especially flavor houses, and teams across Design, Supply Chain, and Brand to make sure every product delivers on taste, quality, compliance, and speed.

What you'll do

• Advise on ingredient selection, validate technical feasibility, and define accurate ingredient declarations for packaging and the website. Serve as the go-to expert for formulation questions.
• Own the full operational development of powders and syrups from flavor briefing through samples, approvals, and production handover. Coordinate with flavour houses, contract manufacturers, and internal teams.
• Finalize product documents (spec sheets, nutrition info, claims, labeling) in collaboration with flavor houses and contract manufacturers. Run regulatory checks to ensure all product information is accurate and compliant.
• Plan and execute tastings internally and with external partners, capture structured feedback, and translate findings into actionable next steps for product optimization.
• Coordinate final product inputs for print assets (tubs, sachets, barcodes), align specifications with all stakeholders, and hand over production-ready orders to Supply Chain.

What you'll need

• German and English language proficiency.
• Berlin-based or willing to relocate.
• Hands-on experience developing food or beverage products, with the ability to translate ideas into stable, scalable, launch-ready formulations.
• Confidence working with ingredients and flavor systems, plus ideally basic food chemistry, to assess technical feasibility with a strong eye for detail.
• Familiarity with ingredient declarations, nutrition data, and claims requirements, and a high level of precision when product information needs to be legally and operationally correct.
• Strong taste intuition paired with a structured approach to sensory evaluation, turning qualitative feedback into concrete product improvements.
• Proactive collaboration with suppliers and stakeholders across Design, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Brand.

What they offer

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
• 28 vacation days and 30 work-from-abroad days.
• 1,500 EUR annual learning budget.
• Urban Sports Club membership and public transport subsidy.
• Flexible working hours and central Berlin office (Prenzlauer Berg).
• Biannual 360° feedback tied to compensation.