Director/ Senior Director, Product, Materials Chemistry
Hybrid (Cambridge, MA)$168k - $272kfull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Strategic product leader shaping vision, roadmaps, and execution for Lila Sciences' materials chemistry platforms, bridging organic/polymer chemistry, simulation, lab automation, data/ML, and scientific intelligence; deeply customer-facing and responsible for commercial outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Set the long-term product vision, roadmap, and portfolio priorities for materials-chemistry programs (organic and soft-materials: homogeneous catalysis and ligands, surfactants and formulations, organic semiconductors, monomer and polymer design, membranes, coatings)
- Translate frontier chemistry capabilities into commercial programs, defining target product profiles across synthesis, formulation, characterization, and scale-up for partners in CPG, specialty chemicals, electronics, textiles, and industrial coatings
- Drive product execution from concept to launch across chemistry, simulation, automation, data engineering, and ML
- Represent product to executives, scientific leaders, partners, and customers as the senior external voice
- Own commercial outcomes end-to-end: opportunity shaping, proposal development, deal closure, and revenue for the domain
- Define success metrics and milestones (technical, product, commercial) and report progress to leadership
Qualifications
- MS, PhD, or equivalent in synthetic organic or polymer chemistry with bench fluency in retrosynthesis, mechanisms, named transformations (e.g., Suzuki, Buchwald-Hartwig), and characterization (NMR, LC-MS, HPLC, GPC, DSC, rheology)
- Track record translating organic/polymer chemistry to commercialized materials products
- 7+ years of product leadership building and launching complex technical products (materials systems, scientific software/hardware, simulation platforms, data products, or ML-enabled systems)
- Deep understanding of chemistry and materials R&D workflows: experimental iteration, instrumentation, data quality, scale-up constraints
- Strong executive communication and ability to tell clear stories to technical and non-technical audiences
- Highly collaborative leadership able to influence across research, engineering, operations, and commercial teams
- Output- and impact-focused with results against mission and program goals
Skills
Required:Product leadership in technical domainTechnical chemistry fluency
Benefits
- Full benefits program (medical, dental, vision) for U.S. employees; employer-paid life and disability; flexible time off; generous holidays; paid parental leave; educational assistance; commuter benefits (bike share); subsidized lunch
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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