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About the Role

We are seeking our first dedicated Fragrance Development Manager to join our Product team. This role will elevate our fragrance strategy, professionalize our briefing process, and deepen partnerships with world-class fragrance houses. You will bridge the gap between fine fragrance expertise and the unique scents that define our brand, optimizing fragrances, driving cost efficiencies, ensuring long-term regulatory compliance, and establishing data-backed briefing frameworks.

Responsibilities

Professionalize briefing structure by building data-driven brief templates that require fragrance houses to provide finished-good performance evidence, stability testing, and competitive benchmark comparisons.
Act as the primary day-to-day contact for global fragrance houses and key partners, driving accountability on timelines, quality, and costs while challenging partners on commercial briefs.
Establish robust frameworks to ensure all fragrances remain compliant with IFRA and regulatory standards for 5–10 years, with contractual structures to hold suppliers accountable for non-compliance.
Engage directly with perfumers and technical leads to understand scent complexity, exchange ideas, and optimize formulations to reduce fragrance cost per kg.
Challenge the practice of maxing out inclusion levels and resolve formula discoloration, skin irritation, and cost inflation while ensuring excellent scent throw and base coverage.
Benchmark Wild’s scents against market competitors, driving continuous improvement for superior long-lasting olfactive performance.
Ensure scent profiles translate seamlessly across different product chassis in terms of stability, base coverage, and fragrance integrity.
Implement continuous improvement plans for core fragrances to ensure they are increasingly intense, long-lasting, and noticeable.
Analyze volume and fragrance performance data to aggressively trim the low-performing "tail" of the portfolio.
Raise the quality, technical clarity, and speed of internal olfactive feedback to iterate faster with fragrance houses.
Educate and inspire internal teams on scent descriptors, olfactive notes, and fragrance mechanics.

Requirements

3-5 years of experience in Fragrance Development, Olfactive Management, or Fragrance Evaluation (at a fragrance house or personal care brand).
Solid understanding of personal care bases (deodorants, washes, lip care) and how raw materials interact with fragrance performance.
Strong technical & commercial rigor, including understanding dosage impact (irritation, discoloration), inclusion levels, and cost-per-kg drivers.
Experience managing supplier relationships and holding fragrance houses accountable to cost, timelines, compliance, and quality standards.
Highly organized, agile, and capable of managing high-volume pipelines (dozens of briefs concurrently) without losing attention to detail.
Data-driven mindset, demanding evidence, stability data, and benchmark evaluations before approving submissions.
Excellent cross-functional communicator, capable of translating complex scent profiles into clear, brand-aligned storytelling.
Experience in FMCG, consumer goods, beauty, or personal care environments (Desirable).
Experience collaborating with global FMCG partners or multi-house fragrance networks (Desirable).
Familiarity with IFRA regulatory standards and long-term compliance tracking (Desirable).
Comfort using digital tools, spreadsheets, or AI to streamline workflows and portfolio tracking (Desirable).

Skills

Fragrance Development
Olfactive Management
Fragrance Evaluation
Personal care bases
Raw material interaction
Technical rigor
Commercial rigor
Supplier relationship management
Agility
Attention to detail
Data-driven analysis
Cross-functional communication
Storytelling
IFRA regulatory standards
Digital tools
Spreadsheets
AI

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

3-5 years

Benefits

25 days holidays + bank holidays
9 extra remote working days
Enhanced maternity, paternity & parental leave
4% Company Pension
Mental well-being support through Spill
Private healthcare through Vitality
Weekly early finishes
Social events
Annual L&D budget
Free breakfast
Free & discounted Wild products
2 x team volunteering days
2 x personal volunteering days
Cycle to Work Scheme
access to CycleSaver

About the Company

Wild set out to remove single-use plastic from the bathroom and has become one of Europe's fastest-growing personal care brands.
Our refillable, natural deodorant is popular, and our collaborations keep the brand fresh and playful.
Now part of the Unilever family, we have the backing to go global while maintaining a start-up pace and ambition.

Equal Opportunity

At Wild, we know that diversity drives innovation and creativity.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered to bring their most authentic selves to work.
We recognise that diversity goes beyond visible differences such as race, gender, age, and ethnicity and encompasses a broad spectrum of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply!
If we can make any adjustments to help you to perform your best in the process, please let us know!