Senior Application Scientist, Dairy Products

Job Summary

Are you passionate about applying science to create innovative dairy and plant-based products that delight consumers?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, delivering sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across food, health, consumer, and industrial markets.

The role is based in Madison, Wisconsin (on-site role with travel). You will be part of a customer-focused, collaborative, and solution-oriented team that partners closely with customers to develop high-quality, innovative fermented dairy and plant-based products. Together, we make a meaningful impact across the dairy industry. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Lead a diverse project portfolio, including technical sales support, customer trials, troubleshooting, and new product and method development for fermented dairy and plant-based applications
• Design and execute laboratory, pilot-scale, and commercial-scale trials to evaluate dairy culture performance
• Develop and optimize finished product formulations aligned with industrial standards and customer requirements
• Provide technical expertise and hands-on support to customers and distributors
• Prepare and deliver technical reports, presentations, and product demonstrations
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, R&D, Product Management, Marketing, and Regulatory
• Monitor scientific and market trends to identify innovation opportunities
• Build relationships with academic and industry partners
  
  

What Makes You The Right Fit

• MSc with 9 years or PhD with 6 years of relevant dairy industry experience
• Strong background in food microbiology and fermented dairy processes
• Hands-on experience with laboratory and pilot plant equipment
• Experience supporting yoghurt and fermented dairy manufacturing
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to balance technical and commercial priorities
• Excellent English communication skills
• Ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment
  
  

How Would You Stand Out?

• Familiarity with dairy and plant-based culture solutions
• Customer-facing technical application experience
• Confidence presenting technical concepts
  
  

Why Choose Us?

• Work on innovative dairy and plant-based solutions with global impact
• Collaborative and inclusive culture
• Exposure to customers and markets across North America
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Strong focus on scientific excellence and customer partnership
  
  

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