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Vice President, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development, R&D

Brookhaven, GA 30326

Posted: 01/16/2025 Job Category: Director Manager VP Executive C-Level Job Number: 2956

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Vice President, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development, R&D

Vice President, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development, R&D Job Description:
To drive company growth by providing strategic and operational leadership to create best in class material chemistry and formulation for company R&D.

The scope of the position is to manage and direct globally all chemistry/material development activities for company R&D, specifically contact lens, contact lens care, Ophthalmic implants, and dry eye related ocular health products, etc. This position is also to discover, patent, and deploy novel, best-in-class biomaterials, Chemistry to drive highly differentiated new product offerings across the Vision Care (contact lenses) and Surgical (IOL’s) Franchises.

The VP, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development will also oversee early phase pilot for ideation purpose, as well as external academic interface and interaction for chemistry related academic collaboration purpose. He/she will also be the commercial interface for chemistry related product conception, development and launching, claim development, and post-launch product support during product lifecycle.

Vice President, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development, R&D Qualifications:
  • 15 Years of Relevant Experience
  • 10 Years of Demonstrated Leadership
  • This job requires a combination of strong leadership, analytical, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Minimum of 12 years of Class II/III Medical Device experience
  • Demonstrated experience of bringing products from concept to market
  • Proven track record of assuming positions of increasing leadership responsibility, including
  • outstanding people management and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively and to bring/implement change in processes, culture, guidance
  • Global experience in cross functional setting is required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in a highly-matrixed environment
  • Results- oriented, with a hands-on spirit
  • Innovation oriented; being able to create and drive an innovative organizational culture
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Willing to travel (domestically and internationally) as needed. 
Vice President, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development, R&D Preferred Skills:
• Demonstrated contribution of robust chemistry to advancing projects at all stages, including postlaunch, aligned to company strategic business plans
• Continuous annual improvement of global chemistry capabilities (Skills/Structure/Processes)
• Quality and efficiency of chemistry development to meet product performance, manufacturability and quality requirements
• Building trust and effective collaboration cross functionally to ensure quality results are delivered in a timely manner
• Innovative product designs are documented by MOIs and patent applications.
• Drive Employee Engagement - Maintain high Associate Experience Dashboard scores v/s
benchmarks and implement action plans.

Vice President, Chemistry/Biomaterial Development, R&D Responsibilities:
• Contributing to EOD R&D strategy & operations
•Driving Key Innovation Metrics for all chemistry driven projects
• Participating projects from ideation through stage-gates and clinical studies to launch, where
appropriate; identifying key chemistry related technology trends
• Collaborating with other departments, including Centers of Excellence (Clinical, Regulatory),
Manufacturing, Quality and outside contractors or partners to assure the success of chemistry
development in all chemistry/material driven projects
• Evaluating chemistry related third party proposals and assuring efficient collaborations with external partners
• Identifying the core competency of the chemistry organizations, continuously strengthening it by active recruitment, retaining and developing the key skillsets and expertise of the organizations
• Attract, Develop and Retain talent. Drive employee engagement, through effective performance management, associate development, succession planning, timely recognition and robust communication to create a high performing team and a culture of innovation.
• Establishing and leading an efficient organization, and providing high quality results in a timely manner (key milestones, filings, approvals, and proof of concepts)
• Develop and nurture organizational capabilities that are a competitive advantage for company (Skills, Structure, and Processes)
• Serving as an internal expert in biomaterial applications in ophthalmic devices
• Serving as the interface with commercial team for the current and future product conception and support. Converting commercial needs to chemistry understanding and product/process parameters
• Managing a pilot team for prototyping and concept proof purpose, as well as providing initial
product/process parameters to later stage development
• Provide global perspective; communicate effectively, and maintain transparency in all interactions.


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Job Requirements

Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Medical Devices, R&D

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Spencer Buko

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