Sensory and Consumer Experience Team Lead
Core
Lead a multi-cultural team of Consumer Experience researchers and sensory analysts to transform insights into actionable product and packaging design principles for sauces and meals in Europe, Pacific, and Developed Markets.
Role type
Senior IC Team Lead (Consumer Experience & Sensory)
Builds
Consumer-led product development routes, packaging design principles, and strategic learning plans for FMCG food categories.
Domain
Food & Beverage / FMCG / Consumer Research
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Consumer experience strategy, sensory science, quantitative and qualitative research, workshop facilitation, design thinking, lean startup, stakeholder management, team leadership, project pipeline prioritization, budget management, agency roster management, product viability assessment.
Preferred skills
Food category experience, international matrix organization experience, cognitive science, economical science.
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a multi-cultural team of researchers and analysts; drive consumer experience strategy to connect multi-source insights with product development; collaborate with R&D and Marketing to align product routes; develop strategic learning plans to enhance portfolio penetration; manage external agency partnerships for data collection; translate market opportunities into clear design principles; oversee product development follow-up and risk assessment; champion design sprint projects; steer product and pack superiority programs.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team management