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Job requirements

Deine Aufgaben

• Employee Lifecycle: Verantwortung für den gesamten Employee Lifecycle – von Onboarding bis Offboarding

• HR Operations: Steuerung aller operativen People Themen (inkl. Gehaltsabrechnung, Verträge, Dokumentation und HRIS/Personio)

• Compliance: Sicherstellung arbeitsrechtlicher Compliance sowie Weiterentwicklung interner Richtlinien

• Prozessaufbau: Aufbau und Skalierung effizienter People-Ops-Prozesse in einem wachsenden Umfeld

• Business Partnering: Sparringspartner für Führungskräfte und Mitarbeitende in allen People Ops Fragen

• Stakeholder: Enge Zusammenarbeit mit Finance, Legal, IT sowie externen Partnern

• People Analytics: Aufbau und Nutzung von Reports und Dashboards sowie proaktive Auswertung von Daten zur Identifikation von Auffälligkeiten und Verbesserungspotenzialen

• People Strategy: Mitgestaltung von Performance-, Feedback- und Kulturinitiativen sowie weiteren strategischen People Themen (z. B. Benefits, internationale Expansion)
  
  

Das bringst du mit

• Erfahrung: Mehrjährige Erfahrung im Bereich People Operations oder vergleichbaren Rollen, idealerweise in einem schnell wachsenden Startup

• Fachwissen: Fundierte Kenntnisse im deutschen Arbeitsrecht und in der vorbereitenden Gehaltsabrechnung

• Tools & Prozesse: Erfahrung im Aufbau und in der Skalierung von HR-Prozessen sowie im Umgang mit HRIS-Systemen (z. B. Personio)

• Analytik: Analytische, strukturierte Arbeitsweise und sicherer Umgang mit Daten

• Kommunikation: Klare, empathische Kommunikation und souveränes Stakeholder-Management

• Mentalität: Hands-on- und Growth-Mentalität, Eigenverantwortung und die Fähigkeit, mit Unklarheiten effektiv umzugehen

• Innovation: Interesse an Automatisierung und KI-gestützten Lösungen

• Sprachen: Fließende Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse

About Formo

At Formo, we’re rebuilding dairy to help create a just and resilient food system. 

Using precision fermentation, we produce real, bio-identical milk proteins, starting with casein, without the need for animals.

As a B2B ingredient company, we partner with leading food manufacturers to bring next-generation dairy products to market. We focus on developing and scaling high-performance dairy proteins that enable our partners to create exceptional products.

Our work sits at the intersection of molecular biology, food science, and industrial biotechnology. By combining cutting-edge science with deep application expertise, we empower the dairy industry to deliver products that are indulgent, functional, and more sustainable – without compromise.

Formo is a venture-backed, fast-growing company with an international team of entrepreneurs, scientists, and operators united by the ambition to transform dairy from within the industry. Together with our partners, we are shaping a future where animal-free dairy proteins unlock new possibilities for innovation at global scale.

Why you’ll love it here

Ready to shake things up?

At Formo, you don’t just trade your labor for compensation – you join a mission. One powered by frontier science, real-world impact, and a team of brilliant, driven people who care deeply about what they’re building.

You’ll work side by side with interdisciplinary experts across highly skilled entrepreneurs, scientists, and operators. We believe the best ideas emerge when diverse perspectives collide, and when people are trusted with responsibility, autonomy, and meaningful challenges.

We’re building something ambitious, and we take the work seriously – but not ourselves. Expect close collaboration, fast learning and innovation, and a culture that celebrates progress (often with cheese tastings 🧀).

What we offer:

• Help reinvent one of the world’s most iconic food categories

• Participate in employee equity and build long-term ownership in what we’re creating

• Benefit from regular team off-sites, monthly perks like discounted public transport passes and fitness memberships

• Invest in your growth with a dedicated annual development budget for learning, training, and conferences

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, and an additional day after 3 and 4 years tenure

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Team Impact Day

• Work in an innovative office and lab environment with access to cutting-edge food and biotech infrastructure

• Connect over regular team lunches, healthy and not so healthy snacks and drinks and shared moments that bring the team together

If you’re excited by the idea of sending cows on an endless vacation, applying world-class science and business thinking to a global challenge, and building the future of food from the inside – you’ll love it at Formo.

Disclaimer

Formo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, genetic information, color, physical or mental disability, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Apply now

Job requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, produce, and analyse dairy prototypes at lab scale using our innovative protein ingredients

• Test ingredient functionality across various dairy applications and evaluate performance

• Document experiments thoroughly, interpret results, and derive clear technical recommendations

• Translate customer needs into functional prototype solutions

• Provide technical guidance and application expertise to customers

• Support and contribute to customer workshops and co-creation sessions

• Communicate results, insights, and recommendations to R&D and Commercial teams

• Contribute ideas to continuously improve application processes and workflows

About You

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Beverage Technology, or a comparable field or completed vocational training as “Milchtechnologe” / “Molkereifachmann” (m/w/d) or equivalent food-technical qualification

• At least 3 years of professional experience in product development, application testing, or ingredient evaluation, ideally within the dairy industry

• Experience in development and/or industrial production of dairy products

• Strong hands-on, pragmatic working style with a passion for working in the lab

• Experience in customer interaction and translating customer needs into prototype solutions is a plus

• Passion for dairy products and high level of engagement, initiative, and independent working style

• Fluent in English

Why you’ll love it here

Ready to shake things up?

At Formo, you don’t just trade your labor for compensation – you join a mission. One powered by frontier science, real-world impact, and a team of brilliant, driven people who care deeply about what they’re building.

You’ll work side by side with interdisciplinary experts across highly skilled entrepreneurs, scientists, and operators. We believe the best ideas emerge when diverse perspectives collide, and when people are trusted with responsibility, autonomy, and meaningful challenges.

We’re building something ambitious, and we take the work seriously – but not ourselves. Expect close collaboration, fast learning and innovation, and a culture that celebrates progress (often with cheese tastings 🧀).

What we offer:

• Help reinvent one of the world’s most iconic food categories

• Participate in employee equity and build long-term ownership in what we’re creating

• Benefit from regular team off-sites, monthly perks like discounted public transport passes and fitness memberships

• Invest in your growth with a dedicated annual development budget for learning, training, and conferences

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, and an additional day after 3 and 4 years tenure

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Team Impact Day

• Work in an innovative office and lab environment with access to cutting-edge food and biotech infrastructure

• Connect over regular team lunches, healthy and not so healthy snacks and drinks and shared moments that bring the team together

If you’re excited by the idea of sending cows on an endless vacation, applying world-class science and business thinking to a global challenge, and building the future of food from the inside – you’ll love it at Formo.

Disclaimer

Formo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, genetic information, color, physical or mental disability, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Apply now

Job requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Execute and lead upstream bioprocess operations at the 100L pilot-plant scale, including setup, operation, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

• Design and run pilot-scale experiments to support scale-up, process characterization, and transfer readiness.

• Identify and mitigate scale-up and transfer risks related to process parameters, equipment, and raw materials.

• Prepare and maintain upstream process and technology transfer documentation (e.g., process descriptions, batch records, SOPs, protocols, and reports).

• Support technology transfer activities with CMOs/CDMOs, including remote or on-site technical support during engineering or GMP runs.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical progress and risks.

About You

• M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemical/Bioprocess Engineering, or a related field.

• 2+ years of hands-on upstream bioprocess experience at pilot scale (>10L; 100L preferred).

• Experience with microbial or mammalian upstream processes.

• Prior involvement in process or technology transfer to CMOs/CDMOs is strongly preferred.

• Strong technical documentation, hands-on mentality and excellent communication skills.

• Experience with ELNs and process risk assessments is a plus.

• Adaptability, and consistent drive for process excellence.

• Willingness to travel to support external manufacturing partners when required.

Why you’ll love it here

Ready to shake things up?

At Formo, you don’t just trade your labor for compensation – you join a mission. One powered by frontier science, real-world impact, and a team of brilliant, driven people who care deeply about what they’re building.

You’ll work side by side with interdisciplinary experts across highly skilled entrepreneurs, scientists, and operators. We believe the best ideas emerge when diverse perspectives collide, and when people are trusted with responsibility, autonomy, and meaningful challenges.

We’re building something ambitious, and we take the work seriously – but not ourselves. Expect close collaboration, fast learning and innovation, and a culture that celebrates progress (often with cheese tastings 🧀).

What we offer:

• Help reinvent one of the world’s most iconic food categories

• Participate in employee equity and build long-term ownership in what we’re creating

• Benefit from regular team off-sites, monthly perks like discounted public transport passes and fitness memberships

• Invest in your growth with a dedicated annual development budget for learning, training, and conferences

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, and an additional day after 3 and 4 years tenure

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Team Impact Day

• Work in an innovative office and lab environment with access to cutting-edge food and biotech infrastructure

• Connect over regular team lunches, healthy and not so healthy snacks and drinks and shared moments that bring the team together

If you’re excited by the idea of sending cows on an endless vacation, applying world-class science and business thinking to a global challenge, and building the future of food from the inside – you’ll love it at Formo.

Disclaimer

Formo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, genetic information, color, physical or mental disability, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Apply now

Job requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Execute lab-scale downstream processing and protein purification experiments.

• Perform quantitative and qualitative analytical assays to support process development and optimization.

• Accurately document experimental work and maintain well-organized laboratory records.

• Support troubleshooting of experiments and contribute to the optimization of laboratory techniques and workflows.

• Perform routine laboratory maintenance tasks, including cleaning, organizing equipment, and maintaining workspaces.
  
  

About You

• Completed training as a technical assistant (e.g., BTA or equivalent) or a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, or a related field.

• Prior hands-on experience working in a laboratory environment.

• Solid knowledge of common biotechnological techniques and standard laboratory methods (e.g., SDS-PAGE, Bradford assay, LAL assay, colorimetric assays, reagent preparation).

• Experience in downstream processing and protein purification is an advantage.

• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

• Strong attention to detail, ability to learn quickly, and contribute proactively to team-based problem solving.
  
  

Why you’ll love it here

Ready to shake things up?

At Formo, you don’t just trade your labor for compensation – you join a mission. One powered by frontier science, real-world impact, and a team of brilliant, driven people who care deeply about what they’re building.

You’ll work side by side with interdisciplinary experts across highly skilled entrepreneurs, scientists, and operators. We believe the best ideas emerge when diverse perspectives collide, and when people are trusted with responsibility, autonomy, and meaningful challenges.

We’re building something ambitious, and we take the work seriously – but not ourselves. Expect close collaboration, fast learning and innovation, and a culture that celebrates progress (often with cheese tastings 🧀).

What we offer:

• Help reinvent one of the world’s most iconic food categories

• Participate in employee equity and build long-term ownership in what we’re creating

• Benefit from regular team off-sites, monthly perks like discounted public transport passes and fitness memberships

• Invest in your growth with a dedicated annual development budget for learning, training, and conferences

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, and an additional day after 3 and 4 years tenure

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Team Impact Day

• Work in an innovative office and lab environment with access to cutting-edge food and biotech infrastructure

• Connect over regular team lunches, healthy and not so healthy snacks and drinks and shared moments that bring the team together

If you’re excited by the idea of sending cows on an endless vacation, applying world-class science and business thinking to a global challenge, and building the future of food from the inside – you’ll love it at Formo.

Disclaimer

Formo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, genetic information, color, physical or mental disability, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Apply now