At Luker Chocolate, we are looking for a Senior Product Design & Development Professional to join our Innovation, Research & Development team.
This role will be responsible for managing and supporting the development of new products with a technical, research-driven, creative, and innovative approach, applying the company's product development methodologies and agile tools such as Scrum.
The position will participate in product development and prototyping projects for Colombia, Latin America, and strategic markets, working closely with different internal areas and external stakeholders to promote innovation, continuous improvement, and value creation for the business.
Key responsibilities
- Manage new product development projects.
- Support product-related requirements from different areas of the company.
- Promote innovation initiatives focused on business improvement and value generation.
- Apply the company's product development methodology.
- Plan and coordinate laboratory and pilot plant trials.
- Develop new product prototypes and evaluate their sensory, physicochemical,



and functional performance.
- Analyze prototype performance results and define next steps in the product development process.
- Coordinate prototype delivery to internal or external customers for evaluation and approval.
- Plan, coordinate, and support industrial trials to validate process conditions for new products.
- Support product start-up and verification stages during industrialization.
- Develop and update technical sheets, manufacturing routes, and formulas.
- Evaluate raw material suppliers from a technical perspective.
- Support product profile adjustments and formulation changes.
- Train Production, Quality, and Maintenance teams on newly developed products.
- Conduct technological surveillance, state-of-the-art reviews, trend analysis, and intellectual property activities.
- Build relationships with suppliers, universities, laboratories, and external entities to promote knowledge

📌 Profesional Diseño y Desarrollo Senior (Bogotá)
🏢 Casa Luker
📍 Bogotá