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Director of Product Development, Aerospace Materials
Job Location:
Job Location:
Bay Point, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
9 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
6 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Job Description:
Industry: Manufacturing & Production
Job Category: Research & Development
About this Position
At our comapny you ll be part of an organization that s shaping the future through innovation sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil all Loctite Snuggle and Schwarzkopf and our cutting-edge technologies you ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills advance in your career and make an impact at our company.
What you ll do
Manage Bay Point Product Development team to deliver high quality and innovative products to meet strategic and financial goals
Contribute to technical road mapping for aerospace identifying new trends and scouting ideas
Provide Technical Readiness Level inputs to new project ideas to facilitate prioritization in innovation portfolio
Execute IP strategy to maintain company Technology leadership through patents trade secrets etc.
Resolve customer technical issues and support root cause investigations
Collaborate with site quality review board to prioritize and execute Management of Change projects to defend/maintain our existing business
Responsible for site safety & 5s
Identify justify and execute lab investments in CAPEX/OPEX to increase efficiency safety and execution
Collaborate and communicate across PD sites Application Engineering Project Management Marketing Sales Operations and other key functions to smoothly execute all the actions above
What makes you a good fit
Ph.D. in Chemistry Chemical Engineering or similar
10 years experience in chemical R&D environment strongly preferred
5 years in Aerospace industry strongly preferred
Experience leading product development with Stage Gate system
Strong communication and leadership skills
Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
Experience building mentoring and scaling high-performance technical teams
Direct experience presenting technical solutions to aerospace OEMs or Tier-1 suppliers
Some benefits of joining our company
Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical dental vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick vacation holiday and volunteer time flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role) and vacation buy / sell program
Financial: 401k matching employee share plan with voluntary investment and company matching shares annual performance bonus service awards and student loan reimbursement
Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth) fertility support adoption & surrogacy reimbursement discounted child and elderly care and scholarships
Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities access to thousands of skills development courses and tuition reimbursement
The salary for this role is $175000 - $250.000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Our company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered company property and therefore the company will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
Our company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status genetic information and other legally protected categories.
Security Clearance Required: No
Visa Candidate Considered: No
