Director/ Senior Director, Product, Materials Chemistry
Core
Strategic product leader shaping vision and roadmap for platforms accelerating discovery of new materials (organic/polymer chemistry, simulation, automation, ML) for partners in CPG, electronics, and industrial coatings.
Role type
Director/Senior Director, Product, Materials Chemistry
Builds
Materials chemistry platforms spanning homogeneous catalysis, ligands, surfactants, organic semiconductors, monomers, polymers, membranes, and coatings.
Domain
Materials Science / Chemistry / AI for Science
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Synthetic organic or polymer chemistry expertise, bench fluency in retrosynthesis and named reactions, product leadership, commercial deal closure, executive communication, cross-functional leadership
Preferred skills
Experience with LLMs/agentic systems in chemistry workflows, TPP definition for scientific platforms, domain knowledge in organic electronics or non-PFAS coatings
Technologies
AI models, AI Science Factory instruments, simulation platforms, data engineering tools
Responsibilities
Set long-term product vision and portfolio priorities, translate chemistry capability into commercial programs, drive execution from concept to launch, represent product to executives and customers, own commercial outcomes and revenue, define success metrics and report progress
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic leadership & execution