Job Summary
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 healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.
The role is based in Wilmington, Delaware (on-site role) and a part of the Global Bioanalytical Quality Technical team. This team partners with Research & Development, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Global Quality Assurance across the Health & Biosciences businesses to advance and implement quality best practices.
Be part of a collaborative, customer-focused, and detail-oriented team where together we can achieve meaningful impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Provide advanced technical leadership within the Global Bioanalytical Quality Technical function through strong expertise in statistical quality control (SQC), analytical method performance, and data analysis.
- Interpret complex datasets from laboratory results, manufacturing performance, environmental monitoring, and other data sources to identify trends, variability, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support the development, validation, transfer, and lifecycle management of analytical methods, standards, and control systems.
- Own and continuously improve SQC programs, including control charting, trend monitoring, and establishment of alert and action limits to support first-pass first-quality (FPFQ).
- Generate, maintain, and govern enzyme standards and control programs used for global quantification and product release.
- Partner with site laboratories and cross-functional stakeholders to investigate deviations, troubleshoot analytical or process issues, and recommend scientifically sound corrective actions.
- Contribute to global product stewardship through method development, knowledge sharing, and transfer of analytical methods that support the safe use and handling of enzymes.
- Identify and support opportunities to improve analytical technologies, digital tools, and data visualization approaches that strengthen decision-making and data integrity.
- Mentor and guide colleagues in analytical techniques, data interpretation, laboratory best practices, and quality-minded ways of working.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree with 14+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 10+ years, or Ph.D. with 5–8 years.
- Strong technical foundation in analytical methods such as enzymology, HPLC, spectroscopy, and electrophoresis.
- Experience with analytical method development, validation, and lifecycle management.
- Ability to interpret complex data and recommend scientifically sound actions.
- Experience supporting standards and control programs.
- Strong collaboration skills across R&D, QA/QC, Manufacturing, and Regulatory.
- Strong communication and influencing skills.
- Proficiency with LIMS, SAP, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office tools.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Experience with data visualization or advanced analytics tools.
- Strong project leadership without formal authority.
- Experience in enzyme-focused analytical environments.
Why Choose Us?
- Opportunity to impact global product quality.
- Cross-functional collaboration with global teams.
- Focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
- Inclusive and collaborative culture.
- Strong learning and development opportunities.
- Hands-on, onsite role with meaningful impact.
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
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with 14+ years, Master's degree with 10+ years, or Ph.D. with 5-8 years of relevant experience
- Strong technical foundation in analytical methods such as enzymology, HPLC, spectroscopy, and electrophoresis
- Experience with analytical method development, validation, and lifecycle management
- Expertise in statistical quality control (SQC), including control charting, trend monitoring, and setting alert/action limits
- Experience supporting standards and control programs for global quantification and product release
- Ability to interpret complex data and recommend scientifically sound corrective actions
- Proficiency with LIMS, SAP, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office tools
- Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills working with R&D, QA/QC, Manufacturing, and Regulatory
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
