Programme Project Manager
IFF · Leiden
Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Within Health & Biosciences, we channel our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.
This role will lead the end-to-end global transition from Danisco to IFF for Animal Nutrition & Health (AN&H), converting the agreed brand direction into a controlled implementation plan while protecting customer continuity and market access. The role has global, cross-functional and multi-market scope and is accountable for the on-time, coordinated completion of the transition, with clear ownership, timely decisions, effective risk control and evidence of delivery.
The role is based in Leiden, NL. Be part of a motivated, passionate and open-minded team where, together, we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Develop and own the integrated programme charter and roadmap, including priorities, milestones, dependencies, budget view and measurable completion criteria.
- Lead coordinated delivery across Marketing, Commercial, Regulatory, Technical, Legal, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain and digital teams.
- Align Animal Nutrition & Health activation with the Health & Biosciences-led brand positioning, coordinating external agencies and delivery partners as needed.
- Create and maintain a prioritised product, market and asset transition register with clear ownership and completion evidence.
- Protect customer and market continuity by connecting commercial activation with approved regulatory, technical, product-document and digital readiness.
- Run a disciplined governance cadence, maintain the milestone dashboard, decision log, dependency map and risk and issue register, and resolve cross-functional gaps.
- Prepare concise monthly leadership updates and exception-based decision papers that enable timely action and escalation.
- Coordinate the customer and sales cutover plan and confirm formal completion, evidence and handover of transition activities into ongoing business processes.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- At least 5 years of experience leading complex, cross-functional programmes across multiple markets and with senior stakeholders.
- Strong programme and project planning skills, including milestone management, dependency mapping, budget oversight and completion tracking.
- Demonstrated ability to translate broad strategic direction into focused, disciplined execution.
- Proven ability to build alignment, drive decisions and maintain momentum without relying on formal authority.
- Strong risk management, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities in complex, changing environments.
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce decision-oriented updates for leadership.
- Commercial judgement and sufficient technical and regulatory awareness to connect dependencies and ask the right questions.
- Confidence working with external agencies, contractors and globally distributed teams.
- A degree or equivalent professional experience in business, science, engineering, marketing or a related field.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Experience in animal nutrition, food or feed ingredients, life sciences or another regulated business.
- Experience with rebranding, portfolio migration, legal-entity change, product documentation or post-transaction integration.
- A recognized project or programme management qualification.
Why Choose Us?
- Lead a highly visible global transition with meaningful impact across customers, markets and the business.
- Work across a broad international network of commercial, technical, regulatory and operational partners.
- Shape the governance and delivery approach for a complex, business-critical programme.
- Join a collaborative team committed to innovation, sustainability and practical execution.
- Build broad enterprise exposure while strengthening programme leadership capabilities.
- Contribute to solutions that support customers across the animal nutrition and health value chain.
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more