Senior Scientist, Seasonings

Job Summary

Are you passionate about creating innovative seasoning solutions that delight consumers and help shape the future of food? IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste

Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Lead the development and application of seasoning solutions for culinary, snack, and other food product categories.
• Execute customer projects from concept through commercialization, ensuring solutions meet customer, regulatory, and business requirements.
• Partner with customers to identify opportunities, solve technical challenges, and build long-term collaborative relationships.
• Develop consumer-preferred seasoning systems by leveraging formulation expertise, culinary insights, innovation, and market trends.
• Provide technical leadership for strategic category initiatives, platform development, and technology implementation projects.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Regulatory, Purchasing, and global technical teams to successfully deliver customer solutions.
• Investigate and resolve formulation, raw material, prototype, and scale-up challenges to support product success.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional project teams to ensure timely execution and achievement of project objectives.
• Mentor and support the development of junior scientists and emerging technical talent.

What Makes You The Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in seasoning formulation, product development, and troubleshooting within the food industry.
• Demonstrated experience developing and applying seasoning systems for commercial food products.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working within cross-functional teams and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with both customers and internal partners.
• Ability to translate consumer and market insights into innovative product solutions.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% as business needs require.

How Would You Stand Out

• Master’s degree in Food Science or a related scientific field.
• Experience supporting global customer projects and multinational product development initiatives.
• Strong project leadership experience with successful commercialization and technology implementation outcomes.
• Strong experience in protein, specifically meat-related products (glazes, rubs, marinades, etc.).

Why Choose Us

• Opportunity to influence strategic category and platform initiatives.
• Competitive Benefits (US): Our benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), vacation, holidays, 16 weeks paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), and an annual bonus plan.
• IFF was also recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Perks & Benefits.
• Diversity & Inclusion (US): IFF has been recognized previously in the US on the Disability Equality Index® – Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.
• Innovation: Gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies and trailblazing advancements in the flavors and seasonings industry.
• Global Collaboration: Be part of a global organization that values innovation, creativity, and collaborating amongst our diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Sustainability: Contribute to solutions that support a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world.
• IFF was recognized on the Forbes Net Zero Leaders 2026 list within the chemicals/materials sector.

Opportunity to Influence Strategic Category and Platform Initiatives

Gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies and trailblazing advancements in the flavors and seasonings industry.

Competitive Benefits (US)

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Vacation
• Holidays
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (maternity and paternity)
• An annual bonus plan

Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion

IFF has been recognized previously in the US on the Disability Equality Index® – Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.

Global Collaboration

Be part of a global organization that values innovation, creativity, and collaborating amongst our diverse, cross-functional teams.

Solutions That Support a Safer, Healthier, and More Sustainable World

Contribute to solutions that support a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world.