Senior Manager, Fragrance Development

The role

This person will own the end-to-end development and maintenance of the fragrance portfolio. They will manage reformulations, compliance, and new fragrance projects while collaborating with internal teams and external partners.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day development and maintenance of the fragrance portfolio.
• Evaluate fragrance submissions and provide technical and olfactive feedback.
• Manage development activities for new fragrance projects.
• Own the end-to-end development process from brief to launch.
• Ensure accurate documentation of formulas and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain expertise in fragrance development and trends.
• Attend internal and external meetings including retailer presentations and trade shows.
• Own project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and cross-functional teams.
• Serve as a primary liaison with fragrance houses and external vendors.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years relevant work experience in fragrance development, creation, or evaluation.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex development projects from brief through execution.
• Strong fragrance knowledge and olfactive literacy.
• Confident presentation skills.
• Exceptional project and process ownership.
• Excellent communication, influence, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational judgment.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving environment.
• Adaptable, motivated self-starter.

Nice to have

• Passionate and curious about the fragrance/beauty industry, olfactive trends, and consumer behavior.

Benefits

• Medical health insurance
• 401K
• Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units
• Paid Time Off
• Short Term Disability leave
• Long Term Disability leave

About the company

Glossier is a people-powered ecosystem that has built an iconic brand in 12 years. Their north-star values are to be Human, Curious, Playful, and Helpful.