Director, Flavor Innovation

Director, Flavor Innovation

The Director, Flavor Innovation is a senior technical leader responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution of sweet and savory flavor innovation. This role blends customer-facing impact with organizational leadershipdelivering market-relevant solutions, advancing proprietary technologies, and leading a diverse team to strengthen the company's reputation and growth.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead & Inspire Teams : Build and guide a high-performing, collaborative team through clear communication, trust, and accountability.
• Drive Innovation : Develop and commercialize proprietary flavors, technologies, and processes that differentiate the business and deliver measurable customer value.
• Customer Engagement : Partner with key customers to shape and expand adoption of core technologies, positioning the company as a trusted strategic partner.
• Strategic Leadership : Balance daily execution with long-term vision; create commercially viable, sustainable growth plans.
• Talent Development : Mentor and develop future leaders through training, performance management, and knowledge transfer.
• Global Alignment : Harmonize flavor systems, standards, training, and technology across regions for consistency and efficiency.
• Industry Leadership : Represent the company externally as a thought leader, build networks, and strengthen market presence.
• Data-Driven Culture : Champion data-driven decision-making to guide strategy, resourcing, and prioritization.

Leadership Expectations :

Qualifications :

Salary Range : $179,208.25 - $268,812.37

The actual compensation that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.