Sr. Fragrance Development Manager, GCB NAM-Princeton, NJ.

Senior Fragrance Development Manager \nLocation: Princeton, NJ, US \n \n\n\nAs a Senior Fragrance Development Manager, you\u2019ll play a key role in creating standout fragrances that inspire our clients. Bringing a growth mindset, strong leadership, and expertise in Air/Home Care evaluation, you\u2019ll collaborate closely with our perfumers to shape compelling olfactive visions and forward\u2011thinking development strategies. In this dynamic role, you\u2019ll anticipate business needs, spark innovation, and help drive shared success across every project.\n\nYour Key Responsibilities\n\n * Win/Defend business profitably by leading pro-active and reactive fragrance development projects of major size \u0026 strategic importance and by developing olfactive vision for the brand at regional \u0026 global levels. \n * Partner, guide and support perfumers by bringing them consumer trends and data, cross-category information, client white space opportunities, creative idea inspirations, and collection starting points.\n * Collaborate with Perfumers, Technical Development Teams, Marketing, Consumer Insights and Commercial teams to deliver beneficial solutions for our clients.\n\n\n * Incorporate and leverage maximum use of internal tools to practice informed creation, such as Consumer Insights and Technical Innovation tools.\n * Lead \u0026 coordinate global fragrance development network for your account by bringing vision, strategy and focus and communicating efficiently internally and externally.\n * Define, drive, and implement relevant action plans mobilizing regional FDMs, perfumers and any other relevant functions.\n * Work with Consumer Insights to ensure a testing plan is in place and executed to identify winning candidates, integrating learnings into development process.\n * Support sales effort, interacting with clients on weekly basis, at any level of management, building strategic working relationships, delivering impactful presentations to clients and acting as an olfactive advisor when required. Poss \n \n \n\n\n\n\nWe offer\n\n * Unique career paths across health, nutrition and beauty - explore what drives you and get the support to make it happen\n * A chance to impact millions of consumers every day \u2013 sustainability embedded in all we do\n * A science led company, cutting edge research and creativity everywhere \u2013 from biotech breakthroughs to sustainability game-changers, you\u2019ll work on what\u2019s next\n * Growth that keeps up with you \u2013 you join an industry leader that will develop your expertise and leadership\n * A culture that lifts you up \u2013 with collaborative teams, shared wins, and people who cheer each other on.\n * A community where your voice matters \u2013 it is essential to serve our customers well.\n\n\n\nYou bring\n\n * Bachelor\u0027s degree\n * Minimum of 8+ years of experience in fragrance development\n\n\n * Track record in Air/Home Care \n * Winning team spirit and strategic thinking\n * Consumer Insight experience\n * Fluent in English\n\n\n\nThe salary scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant\u2019s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. Salary $128,700 - $150,000. \n \nIn addition to base salary, we also offer a comprehensive total rewards package, inclusive of annual incentive pay, a retirement savings plan, health care coverage, paid time off, recognition programs and a broad range of other benefits. All benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements. \n \nAbout dsm-firmenich\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we don\u2019t just meet expectations \u2013 we go beyond them. \n\nJoin our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.\n\nFrom elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions \u2013 every single day. Whether it\u2019s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that\u2019s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.\n\nAnd while you\u2019re making a difference, we\u2019ll make sure you\u2019re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They\u2019re essential to our future. \n\nBecause real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.\n\nDEI and equal opportunity statement\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly the kind of culture we\u2019re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.\n\nWe\u2019re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we\u2019re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we\u2019re committed to reflecting the world we serve.\n\nWe welcome candidates from all backgrounds \u2014 no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.\n\nAnd if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we\u2019re here to help \u2013 just let us know what you need, and we\u2019ll do everything we can to make it work.\n\nAgency statement \n\nWe\u2019re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you\u2019re applying as an individual, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We\u2019re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.\n