Nutrition Scientist

Company: GreenChoice, PBC

Location: Remote (in USA), or Hybrid in San Diego, CA

Employment Type: Part-Time 20 hr/week to start / Contract-to-Hire (Full-Time Potential)

Experience Level: 8+ Years

GreenChoice, PBC is a leading provider of food health and sustainability data and personalization solutions for the grocery industry. GreenChoice gives food retailers instant access to personalized evidence?based food health scores & sustainability scores and verified attribute data on over 1 million food products, with award?winning shelf?edge and e?commerce plugins to meet consumers' changing health needs and values in?store and online. GreenChoice has guided over 10 million healthier purchases. Google named GreenChoice one of the three Best Apps for Good in the U.S. GreenChoice is backed by Katapult and BonBillo Ventures, works with Stanford University School of Medicine, is a member of Tufts Friedman School Food & Nutrition Innovation Council, an FMI Tech Finalist, and a Progressive Grocer GenNext Honoree. For more info about GreenChoice, visit:www.greenchoice.co

We are seeking a Nutrition Scientist to help advance the science that powers GreenChoices Food GreenScore and dietary attribute system. This role is ideal for an experienced nutrition scientist or retail dietitian leader who is confident in applying scientific research to rule?based food scoring systems, making evidence?based decisions, and producing concise outputs that can be implemented by our engineering team and communicated to retailers.

This is a contract?to?hire role, meaning there is the potential for this role to turn from part?time contract work into a full?time position.

As Nutrition Scientist, you will:

• Lead updates to our scoring algorithms (nutrition, processing, safety) based on the latest Dietary Guidelines, peer?reviewed research, and regulatory standards.
• Define new attributes (e.g., Heart Healthy) including criteria, thresholds, and citations.
• Evaluate and critique existing scoring systems (e.g., Food Compass, Nutri?Score, Health Star Rating, OptUP) and help articulate GreenChoices differentiation.
• Produce concise, implementation?ready documentation (criteria, thresholds, rules, citations) for engineers and customer?facing materials.
• Collaborate with the Science Advisory Board and Lead Data Scientist while also working independently and decisively.
  

Required:

• Masters or PhD in Nutrition Science, Public Health, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in nutrition science, nutrition research, food retail, or program development
• Strong familiarity with nutrition/health scoring systems and labeling programs (e.g., NOVA, Food Compass, Nutri?Score, Guiding Stars, OptUP)
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex nutrition research into clear rules, criteria, and guidance
• Excellent communication skills (able to brief retailers, write citations, and present findings concisely)
• Comfort making evidence?based decisions without needing constant data science support
• Mastery of regulatory frameworks (FDA, USDA, AHA, etc.)
  

Preferred:

• PhD in Nutrition Science
• Experience designing or refining nutrition or food health scoring algorithms
• Registered Dietitian (RD)
• Experience with startups, innovation programs, or applied research
• Proficiency with data and statistical analysis
  

• Competitive rate; 20hr/week
• Equity options available
• Flexible scheduling
• Trust based sick policy
• Work directly with the CEO, Head of Engineering, Lead Data Scientist, and Science Advisory Board
• Opportunity to shape the science behind technology already in use by grocery retailers nationwide
  

• Be part of a mission?driven company tackling one of the most pressing challenges of our time: making healthy, sustainable food choices easy and accessible.
• Shape the algorithms and science powering the Food GreenScore influencing how millions of people shop and eat.
• Gain visibility as a leader at the intersection of nutrition science, retail, and food technology.