Director/ Senior Director, Product, Materials Chemistry

What you'll do

• Set portfolio vision, roadmap, and priorities for organic and soft-materials programs, and define target product profiles for commercial applications.
• Drive product delivery from concept to launch across chemistry, simulation, automation, data engineering, and ML; establish and report technical, product, and commercial milestones.
• Represent the product externally and own commercial outcomes, including opportunity shaping, proposals, deal closure, and revenue.

What they ask for

• MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in synthetic organic or polymer chemistry, with bench fluency in chemistry methods and characterization.
• Track record translating organic or polymer chemistry into commercialized materials products.
• 7+ years of product leadership building and launching complex technical products.
• Deep understanding of chemistry and materials R&D workflows, plus strong executive communication and cross-functional leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience defining target product profiles and product strategies for scientific platforms.
• Experience with LLMs or agentic systems in chemistry/materials R&D, external customers in materials-intensive sectors, or a listed specialty domain.

Pay

$168,000 — $272,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

simulation, lab automation, data engineering, ML, LLMs, NMR, LC-MS, HPLC

AI focus

Lead product work across data and ML capabilities; preferred experience includes applying LLMs or agentic systems to chemistry and materials R&D workflows.