FoodTech Product Owner — KefiloAbout Kefilo

Kefilo is a NutritionTech and personalised wellness transformation company building the future of food, nutrition and wellness through Nutrition Intelligence, functional nutrition and intelligent food manufacturing .

We are building systems where food is not simply a meal, but a personalised tool for health, performance and long-term transformation.

Role

FoodTech Product Owner — Equity-Based Founding Role We are looking for a FoodTech Product Owner who can take ownership of our food product ecosystem — from identifying opportunities and defining product concepts to R&D;, validation, standardisation, commercialisation and scale.

This is a founding-team opportunity , not a conventional salaried product-management role.

Key Responsibilities

- FoodTech Product Strategy
- Define the FoodTech product roadmap aligned with Kefilo’s NutritionTech vision.
- Identify opportunities in functional foods, personalised nutrition and transformation-focused food products.
- Prioritise products based on customer needs, nutritional value, feasibility and commercial potential.

- Product Development
- Convert concepts into clear product specifications, formulations and development requirements.
- Work closely with Food Scientists, Nutritionists, Data Scientists and Kitchen Operations teams.
- Drive the process from ideation → R&D; → trials → validation → final product.

- Product Standardisation
- Establish standardised recipes, formulations, nutritional specifications, portion sizes and production processes.
- Ensure consistency in taste, nutrition, quality and cost.
- Build systems that can eventually be replicated across locations.
- Commercialisation & Scale
- Evaluate product-market fit, pricing, unit economics and scalability.
- Develop a pipeline of commercially viable food products.




- Identify opportunities for contract manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing and future Dark Factory deployment.
- Support expansion from pilot production to large-scale manufacturing.
- Quality, Safety & Shelf Life
- Coordinate shelf-life testing, packaging, storage and food-safety requirements.
- Work with relevant technical and R&D; partners to validate products.
- Ensure products meet defined quality and nutritional standards.
- Customer & Market Validation
- Understand customer requirements, preferences and transformation needs.
- Use customer feedback, sales data and product performance to improve products.
- Establish product testing and feedback loops before commercialisation.
- Technology & Intelligent Manufacturing
- Identify opportunities to use automation, data, AI, IoT and smart manufacturing in food production.
- Work with technology and kitchen teams to improve productivity, consistency and traceability.
- Contribute to Kefilo’s long-term intelligent food manufacturing ecosystem.
- Product Documentation & Execution
- Maintain product specifications, development records, SOPs and product databases.
- Track product development milestones and ensure timely execution.
- Build systems and processes that can scale beyond individual people.

Ideal Candidate
- Experience in FoodTech, Food Product Development, FMCG, Functional Foods, Nutrition, Food Manufacturing or a related field.
- Strong understanding of the complete food product lifecycle.




- Ability to work across R&D;, nutrition, manufacturing, operations and commercialisation.
- Strong product thinking with an understanding of unit economics and scalability.
- Experience taking products from concept to market is highly preferred.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with robust ownership and execution ability.
- Comfortable working in an early-stage startup environment with ambiguity.

Engagement
- Position: FoodTech Product Owner
- Nature: Equity-Based Founding Role
- Time Commitment: Part-time, approximately 20–25 hours/week
- Location: Remote / Hybrid
- Compensation: Equity-based; no fixed salary at the current stage
- Fixed compensation: Planned after fundraising and revenue stabilisation
- Equity: Based on expertise, responsibility, contribution, commitment and long-term ownership
- Vesting: 5-year vesting for core founding members

What You Will Build You will help build Kefilo’s FoodTech product engine — a system capable of taking food concepts from idea to validated, standardised, commercially viable and scalable products.

The goal is not simply to develop individual recipes, but to build a repeatable FoodTech product development and commercialisation system that can support Kefilo’s long-term NutritionTech and intelligent manufacturing vision.

Important

This opportunity is best suited for someone who wants to build and own , rather than simply execute assigned product-management tasks.

If you are primarily looking for a fixed-salary position, this role may not be suitable at the current stage. If you are interested in joining the founding team, contributing meaningfully and creating long-term value through equity ownership, we would be interested in speaking with you.

Skills: nutrition,product development,app,data

📌 FoodTech product Owner(Part-time, Equity only) (India)
🏢 Kefilo
📍 India