Global Application & Technical Service Leader – Health; B2B

Are you passionate about innovation that transforms everyday products into extraordinary experiences?

This role is a critical growth enabler for our Probiotics and Health Science Ingredients business, the leader in the probiotics, dietary supplements industry, with significant upside potential operating in a fast‑moving, influencer‑driven, high‑volatility market.

The Global Head of Applications & Finished Format Innovation will elevate formulation excellence, finished format capability, and application thought leadership across regions, transforming applications from a support function into a source of differentiation, speed, and commercial impact.

This leader will combine deep technical expertise, innovative thinking, and strong change‑management capabilities to raise the performance, consistency, and influence of global application teams—ensuring our solutions win in a market that moves at lightning speed.

• Lead a global capability transformation, lifting technical depth, formulation creativity, and business relevance across regions.
• Create a culture of urgency, accountability, and innovation, aligned with the pace of a fast‑evolving market.
• Develop and mentor top technical talent, building succession strength and leadership depth.
• Challenge legacy ways of working and drive disciplined change management across diverse cultures and geographies.
• Foster knowledge sharing and horizontal collaboration to multiply impact globally.

• Strong understanding of how formulation, strain characteristics, processing, various delivery formats and stability interact to deliver real‑world performance for a probiotic blend.
• Proven ability to translate complex science into differentiated, scalable, commercially winning solutions that could be showcased with impact to our B2B customers.

• Set the global vision for formulation and finished format excellence, positioning Applications as a strategic enabler of growth and competitive advantage.
• Lead and transform global Application and Technical Service teams, elevating capabilities, standards, and business impact across regions.
• Drive innovation in probiotic delivery formats, enabling rapid translation of strain science into market‑ready, scalable, consumer‑relevant solutions.
• Embed speed and agility into application development, optimizing processes to match fast‑cycle, influencer‑driven market dynamics.
• Establish global best practices and platforms for formulation, stability, and performance validation, accelerating time‑to‑market.
• Partner closely with Commercial, Marketing, and Product Management to shape compelling customer solutions, launch narratives, and tradeshow concepts.
• Serve as a visible technical thought leader, externally with customers and internally as a catalyst for learning and ambition.

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Microbiology, Food Science, Biotechnology, or related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience, with 10 years in probiotics (preferred) or wider dietary supplement ingredients.
• Proven leadership in large, global, matrix organization, with success leading through influence.
• Proven leadership in managing cross‑cultural teams and cross‑functional projects.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at the intersection of science, commercialization, and speed.
• Commercial acumen and B2B sales support experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.