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Senior Manager – Sensory Science
Diageo India's Bengaluru R&D centre is hiring a Senior Manager for sensory science. The role sets sensory strategy, builds and runs expert panels and turns sensory and consumer data into product, quality and claims decisions for its beverage portfolio.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 6–8 years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
Master's or PhD in Sensory Science, Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Consumer Science, Statistics or related
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Define sensory strategy, protocols, standards and governance across innovation, renovation, quality and commercialisation
- Design sensory studies for product development, benchmarking, quality, claims and consumer understanding
- Recruit, train, calibrate and manage expert sensory panels and monitor panel performance
- Translate sensory and consumer insights into product direction on aroma, taste, mouthfeel and aftertaste
- Integrate consumer insight, market trends and expert inputs into the innovation pipeline
- Support sensory quality governance, first-batch approvals, specifications and investigations across units
- Design evidence for sensory claims such as smoothness and flavour notes
- Drive digital sensory platforms, dashboards and automated reporting
- Coach R&D, quality and manufacturing teams in sensory capability
What the employer asks for
- Master's or PhD in Sensory Science, Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Consumer Science, Statistics or related discipline
- 6 to 8 years in sensory science, product development, flavour science or related R&D
- Background in beverages, alcohol, spirits, RTDs, flavours, food or FMCG preferred
- Proven experience building and governing expert sensory panels
- Expertise in descriptive analysis, discrimination tests, JAR/penalty analysis, CATA/RATA, threshold and shelf-life studies
- Strong statistics (ANOVA, mixed models, PCA, PLS, DOE) and tools such as XLSTAT, JMP, R, SPSS, Compusense, RedJade or EyeQuestion
- Understanding of flavour chemistry, ingredient functionality and mouthfeel
Pay, benefits and perks
- Competitive rewards and benefits package (as stated)
- Flexible working discussed from day one
About the employer
Diageo India (United Spirits) makes and sells alcoholic beverages including brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and McDowell's, with R&D in Bengaluru.
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in R&D / New Product Development roles. named in this notice
- Quantitative descriptive analysis (QDA)
- Triangle
- duo-trio and tetrad tests
- JAR and penalty analysis
- CATA/RATA
- ANOVA
- PCA
- PLS
- DOE
- XLSTAT
- R&D
- Product Development
- New Product Development
- NPD
- Formulation
- Reformulation
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Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for R&D / New Product Development roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- Take us through the stage-gate process you would follow for a new product, from brief to launch.
- How do you design a shelf-life study, and which parameters would you track for a bakery or snack product?
- How would you reduce sugar or sodium in a product without losing consumer acceptance?
- Which sensory tests would you use to compare a reformulation against the current product, and why?
- How do you check that a new ingredient is permitted and at what level under FSSAI regulations?
- Tell us about a formulation problem you solved in the lab or pilot plant.
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Write a short cover noteTwo or three lines on your most relevant plant, lab or project result, with a number.
- Be ready to talk numbersCurrent CTC, expected CTC and notice period are usually asked in the first call.
Source & editorial check
Apply through the LinkedIn listing (links to Diageo careers).
Original posting: Date not stated
Checked 2026-11-06 · Updated 2026-11-06
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