Director of Innovation

🔥 15 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $193k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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TekniPlex

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5001 - 10000 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Healthcare • Food & Beverage

TekniPlex is a global materials science and packaging company that designs, manufactures, and supplies engineered components, medical tubing, specialty films, and packaging solutions for healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and consumer markets. It provides B2B manufacturing and technical services including precision extrusion, sterile packaging, and labware to support drug delivery, medical devices, and consumer product applications.

📋 Description

• Lead a team of Material Scientists, Engineers, and Lab Technicians to develop and commercialize material science platforms for NA Fresh Food • Serve as a hands-on technical leader for strategic material programs, including formulation development, statistical experimental design, data analysis, and technical validation • Develop material platforms across rigid thermoforming, foam packaging, inks, and sustainable materials • Lead material investigations with strategic suppliers and vendors to identify new technologies supporting innovation, sustainability, and profitable growth • Partner with the Global Innovation Director and Global Innovation Center to transition technology platforms from proof of concept into Fresh Food applications • Partner with Product Management and Marketing to define Technology/Market Roadmaps and support internal and customer-facing ideation • Work with the Project Management Office on project prioritization, technical readiness assessment, risk management, and commercialization handoffs • Define and apply measurement systems correlating laboratory and pilot plant testing to customer-use conditions, product performance, manufacturability, and technical readiness • Collaborate with Operations, Quality, and Procurement to ensure material platforms are technically feasible, manufacturable, and commercially relevant • Build organizational technical capability through coaching, improved technical methods, IP support, disciplined experimentation, and continuous learning

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree in Chemistry or higher required; related technical disciplines such as Polymer Science, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, or similar fields will also be considered • Minimum of 10 years of experience bringing new materials, formulations, technologies, or innovations to market • Minimum of 5 years of experience leading high-performing technical teams • Demonstrated experience in formulation development, statistical experimental design, technical validation, and data analysis • Experience translating material science concepts into commercial products or platforms • Experience in rigid plastics, foam packaging, and inks or related packaging technologies is preferred • Experience working within Stage-Gate and Agile product development environments is preferred • Experience in high-volume manufacturing or packaging commercialization is strongly preferred • Ability to coach, mentor, and develop high-performing technical teams • Strong collaboration and influence skills across NPD, Marketing, Product Management, PMO, Operations, Quality, Procurement, Sales, and suppliers • Ability to translate market needs into technical roadmaps, material development programs, and commercially viable innovation • Ability to correlate lab and pilot plant testing to customer-use conditions, product performance, manufacturability, and technical readiness • Strong business acumen, prioritization, and decision-making skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical reporting and executive-level communication