cookunity

Senior Manager, Food Safety

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At a Glance

Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
Experience
7+ years
Posted
2026-07-21T15:58:05-04:00

Key Requirements

Certifications

  • HACCP

Domain Knowledge

  • Food & Beverage
  • Regulatory

Benefits & Perks

Time Off

rmance bonus ⛱ Unlimited PTO 🗓️ 5-year Sabbatical: After 5

Health Insurance

🩺 Health Insurance coverage 🌅 401k Plan 📈 We grow, you gro

Requirements

7+ years of progressive experience in food safety, quality, or regulatory leadership within ready-to-eat, fresh, or high-compliance food production environments

Demonstrated success leading food safety programs at scale in complex, high-growth operations

Strong working knowledge of FDA, USDA, and local regulatory requirements, preventive controls, and HACCP systems

Proven ability to influence cross-functional leaders and drive change without direct authority

Compensation & Benefits

🩺 Health Insurance coverage

🌅 401k Plan

📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1

🌟 Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus

⛱ Unlimited PTO

🗓️ 5-year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

Responsibilities

CookUnity is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Manager, Food Safety to lead and scale food safety excellence across our SEA operations.

This role is central to enabling CookUnity’s rapid growth and marketplace expansion by building robust, data-driven food safety systems that protect customers, strengthen brand trust, and support operational innovation.

Reporting into senior Quality & Food Safety leadership, this role partners closely with Operations, Culinary, Supply Chain, and Regulatory teams to embed preventive controls, regulatory readiness, and continuous improvement into daily execution.

The ideal candidate is both strategic and hands-on—equally comfortable setting enterprise standards and working directly on the production floor.

Lead site-level food safety strategy for high-volume, ready-to-eat meal production, ensuring alignment with CookUnity’s growth, retention, and marketplace objectives

Serve as the primary food safety authority for regulatory agencies, third-party audits, and inspections; own inspection readiness, execution, and corrective action management