Technology Scout Innovation IFF TASTE

The Technology Scout will accelerate science-to-market and drive growth of the Taste portfolio through technology advancement.

This role requires a strong scientific background excellent communication skills and a strategic forward-looking mindset. You will connect innovation teams with external science assess new Taste ingredients and technologies and identify potential partnerships and acquisitions.

Alongside strong technical communication negotiation skills and the ability to close deals are essential. The primary focus is to identify evaluate and manage opportunities that accelerate the innovation roadmap and support growth objectives.

Key Areas

• Stay updated on industry developments review publications and engage with experts

• Participate in conferences university symposiums and trade shows

• Engage with universities research centers start-ups and mid-sized companies

• Use modern tools to track innovations and uncover opportunities

• Explore company innovation pipelines

• Use Technology Landscape Reports to assess trends and identify breakthroughs

• Ensure opportunities align with organizational strategy

Where Youll Make a Difference

• Identify major industry topics in line with the business unit strategy in collaboration with Global Innovation Program Directors and R&D Directors.

• Identify and quantify drivers of change in established and adjacent target markets including new regulations technological disruption and value enablers.

• Define technological solution sets to meet customer needs in current and future markets support market strategy development and effectively communicate technology trends gaps unmet needs and program status to key stakeholders.

• Build teams and work collaboratively with scientists engineers business leaders and strategy teams.

• Assess the viability range for emerging technologies by evaluating performance cost scalability manufacturability and profitability across different regulatory scenarios and markets.

• Define and execute projects to advance emerging technologies to market through research validation and laboratory and pilot testing.

• Collaborate with external partners (e.g. suppliers customers universities startups agencies and ecosystem partners) to execute research license technology validate solutions complete pilots and develop commercial partnerships.

• Develop and manage global university relationships acting as the main point of contact and guiding engagement strategies to maximize impact.

• Engage stakeholders to define IFFs position deliver reports on the technology landscape (including market drivers opportunities risks and recommendations) and contribute to thought leadership through presentations publications panels and social platforms.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Ph.D. or MSc degree in a Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field.

• 10 years of relevant experience in the flavor or related industry.

• Experience working with university researchers and technology transfer offices including IP/patent filing and/or review.

• Strong business acumen with experience developing and executing strategy.

• Effective communication across multiple levels with technical fluency to engage university professors customers colleagues (technical and non-technical) management and senior leadership.

• Excellent written verbal and presentation skills with the ability to distill complex topics into concepts understandable by a general audience.

• Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative market research (e.g. venture funding analyses market maps competitive insights SWOT analyses product deep dives).

• Ability to conduct independent self-directed research including proposal generation and defense while collaborating effectively in a team environment.

• Manage the day-to-day execution of technology assessment efforts including comparing alternatives characterizing and quantifying performance and developing requirements based on mission needs.

Why Choose Us

• Shape the future of Taste innovation by working at the intersection of science technology and market strategy in a global innovation-focused organization.

• Collaborate across a powerful global ecosystem including scientists startups universities and industry partners to bring breakthrough ideas to life.

• Strong emphasis on career development internal mobility and career progression at IFF

• Enjoy attractive compensation and benefits designed to promote your well-being.

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.

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