Sr. Fragrance Development Manager

Senior Fragrance Development Manager

Location: Princeton, NJ, US

As a Senior Fragrance Development Manager, you’ll 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’ll collaborate closely with our perfumers to shape compelling olfactive visions and forward‑thinking development strategies. In this dynamic role, you’ll anticipate business needs, spark innovation, and help drive shared success across every project.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Win/Defend business profitably by leading pro-active and reactive fragrance development projects of major size & strategic importance and by developing olfactive vision for the brand at regional & global levels.
• 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.
• Collaborate with Perfumers, Technical Development Teams, Marketing, Consumer Insights and Commercial teams to deliver beneficial solutions for our clients.
• Incorporate and leverage maximum use of internal tools to practice informed creation, such as Consumer Insights and Technical Innovation tools.
• Lead & coordinate global fragrance development network for your account by bringing vision, strategy and focus and communicating efficiently internally and externally.
• Define, drive, and implement relevant action plans mobilizing regional FDMs, perfumers and any other relevant functions.
• Work with Consumer Insights to ensure a testing plan is in place and executed to identify winning candidates, integrating learnings into development process.
• 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

We offer

• Unique career paths across health, nutrition and beauty - explore what drives you and get the support to make it happen
• A chance to impact millions of consumers every day – sustainability embedded in all we do
• A science led company, cutting edge research and creativity everywhere – from biotech breakthroughs to sustainability game-changers, you’ll work on what’s next
• Growth that keeps up with you – you join an industry leader that will develop your expertise and leadership
• A culture that lifts you up – with collaborative teams, shared wins, and people who cheer each other on.
• A community where your voice matters – it is essential to serve our customers well.

You bring

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in fragrance development
• Track record in Air/Home Care
• Winning team spirit and strategic thinking
• Consumer Insight experience
• Fluent in English

The 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’s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. Salary $128,700 - $150,000.

In 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.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s 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.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re 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’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

DEI and equal opportunity statement

At 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 – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.