Hiring: Director, Sensory Science & Product Perf Company: Colgate-Palmolive Location: Piscataway, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:03:25 About the job Experience: •7+ years of professional experience in sensory science and/or consumer insights is required •3+ years of experience as a people manager is required Required Skills: •Sets-up the new group/team of Sensory and Product Performance team •Leads all the sensory and product testing - consumers, employees and expert panel •Oversees the setting up and standardization of the process of conducting product and consumer experience testing, questionnaires, data collection, analysis and reporting •Ensures all testing incorporates benchmarking against key competitors/gold standard for perceivable superiority •Leads the setting up of data collection to ensure we house and own the database for better and standard internal reporting and be more predictive and prescriptive •Embeds the mindset of being granular/surgical with the entire product usage journey •Leads the group which will support to the Strategic Category Leads (not client facing) •Strong leadership Qualifications: •Minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required •Previous industry experience leading technical projects and influencing cross-functional partners within the CPG, Food Technology, Personal Care, or related consumer products experience •Demonstrated capacity to communicate and present to technical and non technical audiences at all levels Compensation: •$165,000 - $200,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!