Senior Fragrance Development Manager in London

Location: London, UK - Southall, Middlesex

Overview

Join us as a Senior Fragrance Development Manager in Surface Care, where you’ll lead the full fragrance innovation cycle, turning consumer insights into inspiring scents. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, shape olfactive strategies, and create products that delight customers while driving sustainable impact.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Leading the full fragrance development cycle for all assigned accounts – managing all aspects of the fragrance development project from brief to adoption.
• Collaborate with Perfumers, Technical Development Teams, Marketing, Consumer Insights, and Commercial teams to deliver beneficial solutions for our clients.
• Deliver winning fragrance themes that answer our customers’ expectations aligned with consumer needs based on data analysis where available.
• Maintain a vast and up‑to‑date awareness of scented products across assigned categories, to identify olfactive trends and opportunities that can be turned into concrete customer solutions.
• Be the Development Partner with Sales: co‑create fragrance strategies, sound board ideas, and nurture client relationships.
• Build sound olfactive strategies based on consumer insights.
• Collaborate with team members to develop effective consumer insight plans to further enhance knowledge building.

Benefits

• An inspiring journey of learning and transformation.
• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers.
• The chance to play a key role in our purpose to improve the quality of life of our workforce, families, local communities, and society at large.
• The opportunity to be part of a company shaping a strong legacy through breakthrough industrial innovations and technology.
• The chance to work within a dynamic, agile, and multinational team.
• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset.
• A culture that prioritises safety and well‑being, both physically and mentally.
• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose.
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome.
• Competitive pay, career growth opportunities, and outstanding benefit programs.

You Bring

• Education – University degree is a must.
• Experience – five or more consecutive years within fragrance development, preferably with Home and/or Surface cleaning fragrances.
• Thinking style – creative, strategic thinker with a growth mindset and curiosity to learn and adapt to change.
• Olfactory training required.
• Proven track record of successful fragrance launches.
• Digital savviness, excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to work well independently and in a group.

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 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 flavour, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

Inclusion, belonging 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 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 fair and inclusive. 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. 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.