Find & Apply For Research and Development Manager Jobs in Huntington Beach, California

Location:

Huntington Beach, CA /

Orange CountySalary:

$90,000-$100,000 base.

Benefits:

Medical, dental, vision, PTO. High-Volume Multi-Unit Restaurant Group seeks a Culinary Development Manager to lead hands-on R D and scalable menu innovation.

Qualifications:

4-5+ years of corporate culinary development, R D, menu innovation, or product development experience. Demonstrated experience taking culinary briefs through research, recipe development, prototyping, presentation, and menu implementation support. Multi-unit restaurant experience with strong savory culinary skills, recipe standardization, food costing, and scalable execution. Strong career stability preferred, ideally 3+ years per role, with the ability to work independently approximately four days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:

Develop new menu items, seasonal offerings, LTOs, and enhancements from initial brief through research, prototype, refinement, and presentation. Create and refine recipes within ingredient, equipment, food cost, labor, and operational parameters for high-volume restaurant execution. Partner with Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and culinary leadership throughout the development process. Research culinary trends, present and defend concepts to leadership, and support successful systemwide menu implementation.