Sr Scientist, Taste Modulation

7-10 years+ in the food, beverage, ingredient, and/or flavor industry with a background in product development or applications required.

7 years+ experience in leading new product development projects as the key technical member on a cross-functional team

Experience in sugar reduction, natural high-intensity sweeteners, FMPs, masking, ingredient modulation, and/or flavor science

Successful track record and proven experience in product/process development from laboratory bench scale to successful execution & launch to market

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers

Subject matter expert in the sweetening and/or masking space, supporting complex development formulation with taste challenges.

Assist in scoping customer project briefs as a subject matter expert, ensuring the technical feasibility.

Works with key team members in the innovation programs and ensures the technical feasibility of the projects.

Directs a multi-project development portfolio and makes strong technical and strategic contributions to research and development project teams.

Lead customer and research projects as technical lead, ensuring successful completion.

Build new ingredients, technologies, and full product development formulas that will provide innovative solutions to customers and internal developers.