R&D Director

CK Science are seeking an R&D Director to join a cutting-edge, advanced-materials-based start-up in the heart of Miami, on a permanent full-time basis.

Location: Miami, FL

Salary: $150,000-$160,000

The ideal candidate will be a Senior or Principal Scientist with 5 years of industry experience, including 2-3 years in a supervisory position, looking for the next step in their career. This position will involve significant hands-on scientific work and provide leadership and mentorship to a team of junior scientists.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a growing team of research scientists across all product lines.
• Ensure safe conditions and operation of the laboratory.
• Develop and implement project plans; assist the team in overcoming obstacles and adjusting plans as needed; communicate progress against milestones.
• Collaborate with management to develop capital and expense budgets to support project plans; monitor spending against budget.
• Manage the portfolio of projects across the team to ensure balanced resources and progress against plans.
• Collaborate with the scientific team, business development, and management in developing business cases for new projects, go-to-market strategies, supplier relationships, and other key commercial activities.
• Participate in and direct scale-up and product development efforts, interacting with external partners.
• Collaborate with the management team on developing go-to-market strategies, supplier relationships, and other key commercial activities.
• Report to the President of R&D.

Requirements:

• Highly motivated and hard-working individuals who thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced work environment.
• Experience supervising and managing teams in a lab environment with proven leadership skills.
• Demonstrated capabilities to progress R&D through scale-up and prototyping, such as process engineering or comparable experience.
• Ability to anticipate scale-up/prototyping challenges and formulate effective strategies to resolve barriers.
• Capable of independent research, data analysis, critical thinking, and next-step experimental design.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills to present results to both technical and non-technical strategic partners concisely.
• PhD (or equivalent) preferred from a leading university, with a focus in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and/or physics.
• 5+ years experience in a related field, including 2+ years in a supervisory capacity.

Apply:

Entitlement to work in the US is essential. For more information or to apply for this R&D Director position, please contact the US team on +1 (617) 692-2948 or alloyd@ckscience.com. Please quote job reference 92003 in all correspondence.