R&D Project Manager - Materials

Leads and supervises research projects that deliver business results

Lead and supervise corrective actions to supply chain disruptions and other tasks needed to sustain launched products.

Leads various project activities through a defined Stage Gate process

Manages projects including developing scope, goals, budget, timelines, and business case

Builds comprehensive and global plans for meaningful projects that meet customer needs

Works within and or leads multiple cross functional teams to enable new product development

Collaborates constructively and communicates effectively with all business functions

Coordinates with site manufacturing, test engineers, and Global Product Managers to complete strategic initiatives

Understands process capability and variability, design selection criteria, structure property relationships, knowledge management, risk management, and intellectual property fundamentals

Assures and validates proper documentation of responsible technical and experimental activities

Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science or related technical disciplines.

5+ years of formative project management experience

Proven track record of delivering on projects by working with cross functional teams

Demonstrated ability to influence business outcomes

Background in material property/process relationships for inks, coatings, adhesives, and polymers

Experience with wide-web coating, narrow-web rotary die cutting and flexographic printing

Project Management Certification, preferred

Aspiration to travel, network, and immerse with multiple locations and cultures (up to 10-15% of the time)