Design Manager, Dairy

Are you passionate about dairy innovation and ready to lead technical excellence that connects creativity, science, and customer impact?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. Taste Business Unit: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor creation, and drive customer success.

The role is based in Philadelphia, PA. This is an Anchor role and requires working onsite in the lab/pilot plant five days per week.
Travel: Up to 30% as required

Be part of a customer-focused, innovative, and collaborative team where together we drive growth and deliver meaningful impact for customers.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Lead the Dairy technical team to deliver best-in-class technical and application support for TastePoint customers
• Drive project execution by effectively allocating technical resources to support category strategy and regional business objectives
• Partner closely with Flavorists and Sensory Scientists to deliver end-to-end product development and positive customer experiences
• Provide technical leadership to support successful commercialization of new dairy flavors and advancement of IFF technologies
• Anticipate, investigate, and resolve technical challenges related to raw materials, formulations, finished products, and scale-up activities
• Actively monitor market trends to bring new concepts, insights, and innovative solutions to life
• Communicate effectively with customers, Account Managers, and internal stakeholders on project status, priorities, and market needs
• Mentor team members by supporting skill development, increasing responsibility, and long-term career growth

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology or a related discipline (Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology)
• 15+ years of experience in the industrial food, ingredient, or flavor industry, including 5+ years in dairy specialization
• Proven experience leading cross-functional and interdepartmental teams
• Strong understanding of dairy applications, product development, and commercialization
• Balanced technical expertise and commercial awareness
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects with strong attention to detail

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience implementing new technologies at regional or multi-site level
• Passion for creativity, full product design, and collaboration
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with mentoring capability

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more