Senior Scientist - Waterborne Coatings - Industrial and Architectural

This role will be doing innovation and developing new waterborne coatings systems for OEM and Consumer use. Key role in the company will be leading new product development efforts and has the opportunity to grow into a Technical Leadership role! If you’ve been missing a career path, this is an incredible chance! Don’t miss it! You should have an expert level of technical knowledge with a strong track record of product and process development, innovation, and commercialization in coating technologies. You must also possess strong, demonstrated competencies and experience in project management accompanied by people and organizational leadership skills. Technology Knowledge: Expertise in broad ranges of coating chemistries particularly acrylic, epoxy, urethane, polyaspartics and siloxanes, etc. Expertise in application and testing. Formulation science for various coasting systems of primer, basecoats, topcoat systems for liquid waterborne, solventborne and 2K coatings along with expert understanding of DIY, Contractor, and OEM Coatings. Strong command on analytical methods and structure property relationship. Expert understanding of manufacturing process and product development. Technical Leadership: Action Oriented - ability to make strategic decisions (technical and staff utilization) and influence leaders and scientist to execute those initiatives while managing business strategy and value creation. Demonstrated skillset and track record in creating an environment to scout new ideas and innovation. Continuous learning and intimate awareness of open literature and competitive landscape. Demonstrated ability to develop and execute project plan - time management, prioritization, managing the projects and R&D projects / teams and measuring progress. Excellent effectiveness to allocate resources towards initiatives by working with cross-functional leadership. Demonstrated ability to communicate with project stakeholders and cross-functional teams, leadership and external scientific community. People Leadership: Outstanding personal and interpersonal skills - listening, compassion, motivating, inspiring, humor, patience, understanding diversity, negotiating etc. Energetic, Driving and Inspiring. Action oriented, perseverance and results driven. Demonstrates Courage. Leadership (technical & managerial) command skills, conflict management. Continuous learning / growth and mentorship and teaching skills. Organizational Leadership: Ability to lead and interact with cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization. Agility to respond to emerging business needs - strong change of management skills. Managing high stakes and challenging situations with all levels of organization. Using, assessing the organizational processes and developing new processes to improve efficiency and quality. If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Stephanie Kemp at View email address on click.appcast.io. Salary $100,000 - $140,000 + Bonus Benefits All insurance options, 401K, Pension Plan, Vacation time, and more! Technical Experience and Education: At least 4 years of technical supervisory or leadership experience with a diverse workforce. M.S. or equivalent science degree in Chemistry. Must possess a strong knowledge of organic chemistry, or related science field. Minimum 10 years’ technical experience in product development in specific area of expertise. Strong understanding of manufacturing, quality assurance, scale up procedures, applications, raw materials purchasing, and regulatory matters. Must be computer literate. 2 to 3 years’ successful working experience with marketing group. If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Stephanie Kemp at View email address on click.appcast.io.

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