MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Chemistry, preferably organic chemistry; Advanced degree in science or engineering, preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in an innovation environment

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Working with innovation, commercialization, new binder development, applications development.
• Building strategic and execution-focused plans, and cross business / functional partnerships, influencing leadership and teams.
• Experience in open innovation environments focused on identifying and incubating high risk and potentially disruptive technologies.
• Leading within matrixed organizations; leading cross-functional and global teams.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Technical – Rapidly understands Chemistries, technology and industry applications and how to apply it effectively to meet customer needs.
• Curious – Challenges the status quo for greater impact and innovation. Listens and learns from one another’s diverse skill sets and experiences. Relentlessly pursues solutions that exceed customer expectations
• Innovative and Resilient – Listens to and leverages others, quickly scans the full picture; promotes innovation and calculated risk, showing emotional control, stress tolerance, and agility
• Collaborative – Works horizontally across the enterprise; demonstrates an innate preference for collaboration and partnerships; brings challenge to discussions without shutting others down; epitomizes inclusive leadership by creating safe learning environments where diverse perspectives thrive; invests in the success of others, building strong teams and bench.
• Analytical –Market analytics and financial acumen with experience working with business and financial models.
• Strategic – Capable of translating high-level business ideation discussions into a tight executable strategy. Takes a strategic and logical approach to complex enterprise-wide challenges
• Outcome Oriented (Drive to achieve)– Gets results by adjusting quickly and focusing on top priorities. Drives team to deliver ambitious objectives, develop capabilities, and win
• Effective Communicator - Clearly and concisely conveys information, both written and verbal. Shares information, perspective, and ideas openly with all levels of the organization.
  

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Owens Corning R&D organization delivers innovation based on strong science and customer insights, leveraging unique materials, process and product capabilities that create differentiated value. Our innovation function aspires to provide better materials for today and new functionality for tomorrow. Our strong science fundamentals create meaningful positions on product platforms and industry leading materials/processes. Our human-centered design methodologies deliver winning product innovations with superior functionality and performance.
The R&D Leader, Binder development will be responsible for driving the development of cutting-edge binder solutions, identifying market trends, and implementing strategies to maintain Owens Corning’s competitive edge in the industry. This role will collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to bring innovative ideas to fruition and ensure successful product launches
Reports To: VP, Insulation R&D
Span of Control: Directly leads a team of 6 with a total organization size of 13