Senior Data Scientist — Flavor Chemistry & AI

IFF; Neuilly-sur-Seine; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% holiday allowance + annual bonus (A

IKB flexible benefit

25 vacation days + ADV days

Commuting allowance (0.23€/km) or full

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

IFF is seeking a highly experienced Data Scientist to join the Taste business unit in Neuilly-sur-Seine. You will design and optimize DOE, build explainable ML/AI models, and translate complex analyses into actionable insights for product design and business strategy.

You will collaborate with Operations, Creative, and R&D teams, handling large datasets and deploying models on cloud platforms to drive innovation and improve win rates and project execution.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field with strong modeling foundations.
• 8+ years of experience in data science, ML/AI and statistical modeling.
• Hands-on DOE experience including mixture, factorial, response-surface designs.
• Proven ability to develop explainable predictive models and perform interpretation.
• Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn or Keras and MLOps basics.
• Proficiency in Python, R, or MATLAB and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize DOE to explore relationships with limited resources.
• Develop and deploy explainable ML/AI models delivering business value.
• Monitor trends, evaluate new techniques, and drive continuous innovation.
• Collaborate with Operations, Creative, and R&D to meet business needs.
• Analyze large datasets to uncover patterns supporting strategy.
• Build ML/AI models with reproducibility and version-controlled code.
• Document and present findings and maintain living documentation.
• Work with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) for scalable solutions.
• Apply domain knowledge in flavor chemistry and sensory science to advance practice.

Skills

DOE design of experiments

ML/AI modeling

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Business acumen

Experiment design

Problem solving

Education

Master's or PhD in Mathematics

Data Science

Statistics

Computer Science

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Keras

Docker

Git

Job description

IFF is seeking a highly experienced Data Scientist to join the Taste business unit in Neuilly-sur-Seine. You will design and optimize DOE, build explainable ML/AI models, and translate complex analyses into actionable insights for product design and business strategy.

You will collaborate with Operations, Creative, and R&D teams, handling large datasets and deploying models on cloud platforms to drive innovation and improve win rates and project execution.