Associate Fragrance Development Director, Fine Fragrance

Associate Fragrance Development Director, Fine Fragrance

Location: Dubai, UAE

Job model: Hybrid

As an Associate Fragrance Development Director, you will drive mutual success by developing winning fragrances for Categories, for our clients' brands. You will be a guided partner to perfumers, offering consumer trends, creative inspirations, and strategic ideas. Collaborating with our external consultants and engaging with clients, you will seize new opportunities to elevate brands with innovative olfaction solutions. Your solid business acumen, deep understanding of olfaction, consumer insights, and market trends will be key in defining and implementing strategies and leading client presentations. You will also develop your skills and mentor future leaders for a dynamic and rewarding career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the full fragrance development cycle for complex fragrance projects of the assigned accounts in local & regional customers, managing all aspects of the fragrance development project from brief to adoption and delivering winning fragrance themes that answer client and consumer needs, integrating innovative solutions that align with brand strategy.
• Collaborate and partner with Perfumers, Sales, Technical Development Teams, Marketing, Consumer Insights, and Commercial teams to deliver beneficial solutions for our clients, co-creating fragrance strategies, soundboarding ideas, and nurturing client relationships.
• Participate in category strategy definition and execution (across functions: CMI, Technical Resources, CI, perfumers, sales).
• Maintain a vast and up-to-date awareness of scented products across assigned categories to identify long-term olfactive trends and initiate proactive development aligned with market needs.
• Collaborate with team members to develop effective consumer insight plans to further enhance knowledge building.
• Promote positive team spirit by contributing to common objectives and sharing information. Help olfactive train clients and internal colleagues in other functions when needed.
• Coach junior FDMs on evaluation techniques and trends, setting olfactive standards within the team.

We bring:

• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers.
• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset.
• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose.
• Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity.
• A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things.
• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future.

You bring:

• University degree in related area.
• Experience of 8-10 consecutive years within fragrance development with experience in various categories, especially the Fine Fragrance category.
• Creative & strategic thinker, with a growth mindset and curiosity to learn & adapt to change.
• Olfactive trained and proven track record of successful fragrance launches.
• Digital savviness, great communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to work well independently and in a group.