Lead Materials Chemist

Golf Pride® Grips, #1 golf grip brand worldwide, is seeking a motivated, innovative, and detail-oriented Lead Materials Engineer to join our fast-paced team, specializing in materials design and development of golf grips. The successful candidate will need deep understanding of polymer chemistry, sulfur vulcanization, and other polymer technologies for molded products. The successful candidate will need to be able to lead globally, have strong problem-solving skills, and an innovative mindset. The role offers an excellent opportunity for a role in an exciting industry in a supportive and innovative environment. Mission: To develop new golf grip materials that address customer needs, manage the formulation portfolio, and continuously improve current formulations for cost savings, simplification, and supply security OEM/Retail/Continuous Improvement - improvement of current materials and/or processes for performance and cost New Material Development - development of new formulations from prototyping to production initiation Formulations - responsible for management of global formulations Raw Material Supply - works closely with sourcing to identify and qualify alternative and new raw materials As a Lead Materials Chemist, you will: Demonstrate use of their unique skills and technical knowledge to lead multiple large scale projects while working with global teams. Perform failure analysis, investigate, and troubleshoot issues, coordinate all work within the scope and ensure projects objectives are met. Understand and incorporate external trends into relevant projects. Provide work leadership, auditing, consulting, and mentoring to technical staff. Plan & Coordinate: Work closely with other functions, including project management, to manage tasks and ensure milestone success by engaging cross-functional teams. Create technical reports and presentations for both internal and external stakeholders. Lead challenging technical projects and be self-directed. Independently perform assignments with minimal guidance and understand the business impact of different solutions. Communication ability and style are critical to this role. Innovate, invent, and secure critical intellectual property by driving patent filings and technology transfer to supporting business units. Apply advanced engineering principles, theories, and concepts. Proficient at application of appropriate tools & processes such as Design For Six Sigma or Lean. Recognized within the organization as an expert in several products and processes. Can assess trade-offs between business needs, technology requirements, and cost. Generate IP and publications in support of business needs. Define instrumentation strategies in conjunction with the test lab. Support Growth: Be a role model, providing technical support to junior colleagues. Work closely with external contributors and stakeholders (business units, universities, project partners and customers)". Lead engineering process improvement initiatives across multiple sites within business or across product line. Agile learner in adjacent technical domains. Bachelors Degree with 15+ years industrial experience in Materials Science, Chemistry, Polymer Science, or Chemical Engineering OR Masters degree or higher with 5 years industrial experience in Materials Science, Chemistry, Polymer Science, or Chemical Engineering Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future Strong understanding of rubber compounding, formulation development at the raw material level, and testing. Demonstrated ability to lead projects. Experience in injection molding, compression molding, and additive manufacturing. Demonstrable industry network of peers. Knowledge of other polymer technologies such as thermoplastic elastomers and polyurethanes. Expertise in sulfur vulcanization, rubber processing, and effects on final material performance. Continuous improvement and problem-solving. Strong understanding of injection and compression manufacturing processes and tool design. Ability to innovate, learn new technologies, and develop new materials to address customer requirements. Ability to develop strategy for the Center of Excellence in Materials, plan, and execute. Design materials for manufacturing. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. 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