About this role
/resource/themes/musterseiten/css/wp_landscape-213102-64.css Scientific Associate PD Adhesive Technologies Innovation Full Time Regular About this position What you'll do - Lead and drive new product development programs, aligning project execution with business priorities and delivering measurable innovation outcomes. - Define technical direction and experimental strategies, guiding project execution and decision-making, leveraging deep expertise in adhesive formulation to enable efficient product development. - Develop and scale advanced adhesive formulations, ensuring readiness for commercialization and on-time market delivery. - Prepare and deliver high-impact technical presentations, communicating insights, data, and recommendations clearly to internal stakeholders, customers, and external conferences. - Engage directly with customers to understand needs, resolve technical challenges, and deliver timely, solution-oriented responses. - Drive cross-functional alignment and decision-making, ensuring project success and business impact with global teams to align on project objectives, accelerate execution, and ensure successful product outcomes. - Lead and develop junior chemists and lab chemists, providing technical guidance, setting priorities, and fostering a high-performance team environment. - Monitor technology trends, IP landscape and define and execute IP strategies to strengthen competitive advantage. - Ensure all laboratory work meets safety, regulatory, and operational standards, promoting best practices in PPE compliance and 6S execution. - Leverage digital tools and data-driven approaches to improve PD efficiency, decision-making, and knowledge management. - Serve as the technical lead in the assigned area, setting direction, providing expert guidance, and driving technology advancement. What makes you a good fit - Ph.D. with a minimum of 5-8 years, or Master's degree with at least 8-10 yea...