Quality Manager (Fragrance)

Who we are at Osmo:

Osmo is a digital olfaction company on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory.

Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including fragrance manufacturing security medicine and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone.

Were headquartered in Elizabeth NJ with an additional office in Somerville MA. We provide complimentary shuttle service from Brooklyn and Newark NJ.

This is a ground-floor opportunity to build and lead Quality Control at Osmo. Youll own quality on both ends of the plant raw materials coming in and finished fragrance going out using real fragrance-industry judgment that automated testing alone cant provide. Youll have the autonomy to build the program end to end and the trust to make real-time calls from day one.

• Own Raw Material Quality Judge incoming material results from automated testing deciding when an out-of-spec reading is a real defect versus normal variation in a natural material.

• Apply Trained Olfactive Judgment Evaluate raw materials and finished goods using olfactive evaluation the equipment cant replicate.

• Protect Finished Goods Quality Run triangulation testing on outgoing product to confirm it matches prior batches before it reaches a customer.

• Build the QC Program Design and continuously improve the process documentation and systems this function runs on picking up from groundwork already laid.

• Make the Call Decide accept or reject in real time multiple times a day escalating only genuinely ambiguous cases.

• Fix Whats Broken Spot gaps in the current process and drive the fix rather than operating inside a system someone else already defined.

• Own Investigations Lead root cause analysis on non-conforming materials out-of-spec results and customer quality concerns and drive corrective actions.

• Run the Lab Maintain lab documentation SOPs method records and equipment calibration and qualification.

• Track Quality KPIs Monitor and report on QC turnaround time effectiveness and recurring issues.

• Build the Team Grow and lead a QC team as headcount is added.

• Partner Across the Floor Work directly with Purchasing Warehouse Shipping and Receiving Fragrance Development Production and the internal AI team on raw material and finished goods decisions.

• 5 Years in Fragrance QC Direct fragrance industry experience required; adjacent industries like flavor cosmetics or specialty chemicals dont clear the bar here. 8 to 12 years is ideal.

• A Builder Not Just an Operator Youve stood up or fixed a QC process before not only executed inside one someone else built.

• Trained Nose Organoleptic and sensory evaluation skill specific to fragrance raw materials and finished goods.

• Independent Decision-Maker Comfortable making high-frequency accept or reject calls without over-escalating routine judgment.

• Quality Systems Fluent Working knowledge of quality documentation audits and CAPA/root cause processes in a regulated manufacturing environment.

• Direct Communicator Low-bureaucracy thrives in a fast-moving still-being-built environment.

• Technical Degree Preferred Bachelors in Chemistry Chemical Engineering or a related scientific field preferred; equivalent hands-on experience or equivalent military experience accepted in place of a degree.

• On Site in Elizabeth NJ In the plant 5 days a week.

Establish a real working quality QC program from a process and systems standpoint building on the groundwork already started. Qualify raw materials at scale. Get product to customers cleanly and consistently without holds or rejections after the fact.

• Ground-Floor Ownership Build a quality function from the foundation up not maintain someone elses finished system.

• Real Growth Path Room to grow into a Director of QC role as Osmo scales to multiple sites with potential to grow the function into a broader quality department.

• Catered Lunch Mon/Wed/Fri; NJ and Brooklyn shuttles

• 401(k) savings plan and employer match

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company

• Flexible PTO and paid family leave

• Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)

If this role inspires you wed encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting developing and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought background and approaches.

Every posting lists the pay range and benefits for that role. Where you land in the range depends on skills experience scope and internal equity. Full time employees receive a total rewards package that includes medical dental and vision coverage a healthcare FSA a 401(k) with company match flexible paid time off paid family leave company holidays and commuter benefits. Eligible roles also receive equity which is subject to the terms of the equity plan and board approval and is not guaranteed. Applicants and employees may ask about and discuss their pay without retaliation.

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Required Experience:

Manager