R&D Leader, Binder Development

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

Enable Customer Backed Innovation

Where to Play

• Lead the innovation strategy for binder development, including ideation, research, and development of new binder and additives used in our binder solutions
• Identify emerging market and regulatory trends and customer needs related to binder

How to Win

• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to design and develop innovative fiber-based solutions.
• Manage the binder development lifecycle from concept to commercialization, ensuring timelines and budget objectives are met.
• Leverage market analysis and competitive intelligence to inform product positioning and differentiation strategies.
• Build and maintain relationships with external suppliers, and research institutions to access new technologies and resources

Core Capabilities

• Technical expertise: strong understanding of binder chemistry, it's interaction with fiber matrix, fiber products, materials and processes to drive new binder development in support of the Insulation strategy and network transformation 2025-27. Therefore, strong chemistry skills in organic chemistry, technical fiberglas insulation products and binder implementation will be important.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: work collaboratively across functions including marketing, sales, strategy, etc to align customer insights with business priorities.

Fiber Materials and Process Innovation

• Strategic Focus: Ensures alignment of binder innovation efforts with OC's most critical productivity and growth needs. Provides a common language and guiding principles to achieve organizational alignment on the strategic approach and initiatives portfolio.
• Initiatives Portfolio: Builds a healthy pipeline of binder concepts for disproportionate value creation from Insulation to the Enterprise. Drives the timely identification, selection and development of the best opportunities to pursue and commercialize 1-5 years out.
• Initiative Master Plan: Determines the projects sequence and pace that delivers innovation objectives on time. Effectively coordinates initiative's resourcing with the corresponding BU [core + "flow-to-work" resources]

Program Leaders - Enterprise Core Product Transformations

• Drives the overall technical evaluation and learning process:

(a) the key invention (is it real?)

(b) product differentiation (can we win?)

(c) initiative success and key decisions (is it worth doing?)

• Initiates Success Criteria and Key Decision Matrix: Frames criteria for overall initiative success and the critical decisions to be made.
• IP Index / Product Differentiation Framework: Combines the key invention with end-user insights to define the benefits and features delivering a market-leading product design and IP position.
• Key Invention Learning Plan: Outlines key inventions and critical learning items required for value creation.
• Plans, coordinates and executes lab, plant-trial, testing and IP in strong collaboration with Roofing (Future Shingle) and Enterprise R&D units.
• Delivers customer-validated solutions meeting the BU-readiness requirement (success matrix) and effectively transitions projects for successful BU implementation.

Lead the R&D team to be a catalyst in transforming the way we innovate at OC.

• Drive the development of best-in-class organizational capabilities required to enable the Insulation R&D strategy.
• Develop and lead a high-performance, inclusive organization that fosters continuous learning/
• Rapidly build rapport and develop effective partnerships with all levels across the organization.
• Create a culture of collaboration and accountability, providing ongoing development opportunities.
• Identify and recruit strong talent, developing a pipeline of for succession.

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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About Owens Corning

Masonite is now proudly part of Owens Corning. Owens Corning is a global building and construction materials leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our four integrated businesses - Roofing, Insulation, Doors, and Composites - provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique material science, manufacturing, and market knowledge to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders, and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2023 sales of $9.7 billion. For more information, visitwww.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer.