QC Manager: Osmo

Osmo's QC Manager, Fragrance role is a full-time, on-site position in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The role pays $105,000 to $140,000 and includes equity. The manager leads fragrance quality control for incoming raw materials and finished products, makes accept or reject decisions, and builds the QC program as the function grows. Osmo requires at least five years of direct fragrance-industry QC experience, with eight to twelve years preferred.

The position reports to a fragrance operation that combines digital olfaction with perfumery and operates from a 58,000-square-foot manufacturing and research facility in Elizabeth.

The manager works with Purchasing, Warehouse, Shipping and Receiving, Fragrance Development, Production, and the internal AI team. A bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific field is preferred, while equivalent hands-on or military experience may replace the degree. United States work authorization is required. The role has no stated Final date to receive applications or start date, and the official posting identifies the position as on-site five days each week.

• Role: QC Manager, Fragrance
• Employer:
  
  Osmo
• Employment:
  Full-time, on-site five days a week
• Compensation: $105,000 to $140,000 plus equity

Applicants need fragrance-specific QC experience, sensory evaluation ability, and a record of independent quality decisions. The hiring process also requires a clear account of laboratory, documentation, corrective-action, and team-leadership experience.

The first six to twelve months focus on establishing a working QC program, qualifying raw materials at scale, and delivering finished products without later holds or rejections. The manager owns the process design as well as the day-to-day decisions that release or stop material. A growing team will add direct leadership responsibility to the role.

Osmo develops fragrance tools through its Olfactory Intelligence platform and works with global consumer brands, independent founders, and companies of different sizes. Its Elizabeth facility supports manufacturing and research, while the company also has an office in Somerville, Massachusetts. The company began as a Google Brain spinoff in 2022 and created an AI-powered fragrance house in 2025, according to its Osmo company history.

Incoming raw materials require review of test results and a decision about whether a defect differs from normal variation in natural materials. Finished goods require olfactive and sensory evaluation, followed by triangulation testing against earlier batches. Nonconforming materials, out-of-specification results, and customer quality concerns move into root-cause investigations and corrective actions.

The work depends on records that another team member can audit and reproduce. The manager maintains standard operating procedures, method records, equipment calibration and qualification records, and laboratory documentation. The IFRA Code of Practice places responsibility for safe, lawful fragrance ingredients and mixtures on the supplying organization, which makes traceable QC decisions part of the operating environment.

• Incoming raw-material testing and qualification
• Finished-product sensory and triangulation testing
• Nonconformance investigations and corrective actions
• Standard operating procedures and method records
• Equipment calibration and qualification
• QC turnaround and recurring-issue reporting

Direct fragrance-industry QC experience is the central qualification. Osmo does not treat experience from flavor, cosmetics, or specialty chemicals as a substitute for the stated fragrance background.…