Calysta is an innovator in sustainable products to improve worldwide food security. Calysta is developing and commercializing FeedKind® protein, a sustainable and traceable alternative feed ingredient for fish, livestock and pet nutritional products. Produced via a natural fermentation, FeedKind® is non-GMO and price-competitive with existing sources of protein.

We are looking for experienced candidates to play a key role in informing and executing a commercialization strategy that will transform the aquaculture feed industry. With applications across the entire aquaculture industries, flexibility and a broad knowledge base are a must. Candidate will be comfortable working in interdisciplinary teams and distilling key lessons from scientific work for the sales and marketing teams. Come build the future of aquaculture with Calysta.

Reports to: Vice President, Market Development

Key responsibilities:

• Interface with customer technical departments to provide expertise on formulating feeds with FeedKind and articulating value proposition
• Develop relationships with influential farmers and other supply chain participants to drive demand for FeedKind
• Help design experiments, inspect CRO facilities, and incorporate the latest technology and techniques to identify nutritional and health benefits of FeedKind in-vivo
• Monitor trials with CROs and feed companies and intervene when necessary
• Develop relationships with leading academics to support basic research on FeedKind protein
• Support sales and marketing by interpreting trial results and helping articulate value proposition
• Support regulatory teams in designing trials for approval in new countries and applications
• Ability to grow with the company and support a broader sales and marketing organization in the future

Requirements:

• Ph.D. in aquaculture nutrition, veterinary medicine, or aquaculture
• >7 years industry experience
• Willingness and ability to travel globally (~35% of time)
• Experience across a variety of freshwater and marine species, experience with Litopenaeus vannamei
• Ability to work independently as well as with cross-functional teams
• Location in Southeast Asia