IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
At IFF, the heart of our company is fueled by a spirit of discovery—constantly asking “what if?” This curiosity drives us to co create distinctive tastes, scents, and biotechnology solutions that shape everyday experiences around the world.
The Global Digital Product Director will play a critical role in delivering IFF’s future vision by leading the strategy, execution, and commercial success of highly complex digital products within the Taste Business Unit. This role sits within the Intelligence & Digital Transformation team and is responsible for shaping global digital product direction, driving adoption, and ensuring measurable business impact.
Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
Digital Product Strategy & Ownership
- Own and evolve the global digital product strategy and roadmap for the Taste BU, aligned with business priorities and value creation.
- Act as the ultimate product owner, setting priorities and making trade‑offs to maximize impact.
- Drive a customer‑first mindset, focused on user experience, adoption, and measurable value.
- Identify opportunities where digital products create competitive advantage, not just respond to requests.
End‑to‑End Product Delivery
- Own the full product lifecycle, from discovery and concept through delivery, scaling, and continuous improvement.
- Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, milestones, and release plans.
- Ensure strong validation, testing, and feedback loops to meet global user and business needs.
- Drive harmonization and scalability across regions and markets.
Governance, Performance & Adoption
- Establish and enforce global product governance, standards, and ways of working.
- Define and track KPIs for quality, adoption, delivery effectiveness, and future readiness.
- Use data and insights to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
- Drive adoption through clear metrics, communication, training, and change management, ensuring business value is visible and realized.
Stakeholder & Team Leadership
- Serve as the primary link between the Taste BU, IT, and Digital Product teams.
- Build strong partnerships with business leaders, UX/UI, and technology teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
- Communicate clearly with users, leadership, and executives; support external positioning through customer interactions and demos.
- Lead, coach, and develop a global team of Digital Product Owners and developers, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- 10+ years of experience in digital product management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- Proven track record of managing global digital initiatives, preferably with some experience in the food and beverage ingredient or flavor industry.
- Expertise in Jira, familiarity with Confluence, Figma, Miro, and Cloud platforms; familiarity with SAP, Salesforce and SFDC preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and presentations.
- Ability to manage complex global projects and navigate cultural nuances.
How Would You Stand Out
- Strong product leader with the ability to balance strategy, execution, and stakeholder management in a global environment.
- Comfortable owning the full product lifecycle, from early discovery and design through delivery, scaling, and continuous improvement.
- Data‑driven mindset with experience defining and tracking performance, adoption, and value realization metrics.
- Experience leading global digital product initiatives, ideally in food, beverage, ingredients, or manufacturing environments.
- Strong technical understanding of web application technologies, including JavaScript frameworks, with the ability to translate business needs into digital solutions.
- Track record of proactively identifying digital opportunities that go beyond stated user requests and create competitive advantage.
- Ability to drive adoption through clear communication, training, and change management—not just product delivery.
Why Choose Us
- Be part of a global organization where curiosity and discovery drive innovation in taste, scent, and biotechnology.
- Lead digital initiatives at global scale, with direct impact on how IFF creates value for customers and partners.
- Work in the Intelligence & Digital Transformation team within Taste, a key driver of IFF’s long‑term vision and strategy.
- Join a company that values diverse perspectives, inclusion, and individual growth, where your ideas and leadership truly matter.
The following compensation range ($168,000.00 - $230,000.00 base) is for candidates based in New Jersey and on a variety of factors, including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and location. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, vacation, holidays, paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), and an annual bonus plan, among other employee perks.
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
