Hybrid R&D Manager, Ucrete Flooring Innovation

Sika Corporation; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension contribution

Private healthcare

Group life cover

Global income protection

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Sika seeks an R&D Manager for Ucrete at Redditch Technology Centre. Lead the Redditch Ucrete R&D team, delivering robust formulations and data-driven development.

Drive digital R&D via DOEs, analytics and AI/ML-enabled tools, ensuring alignment with manufacturing, quality and commercial priorities. You will manage a diverse portfolio including innovation, maintenance, material changes and technical support, with a strong emphasis on data architecture, METADATA and cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications

• A degree in chemistry, polymer science, materials science, chemical engineering or closely related discipline with substantial industrial formulation or product development experience.
• Strong knowledge of polymeric materials and formulated systems; resin flooring or related technologies advantageous.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and organise technical teams with a strong health, safety and accountability mindset.
• Structured, data-led approach to innovation and product maintenance, including portfolio prioritisation and DOEs.
• Ability to improve digital R&D practice by setting data quality, structure, metadata and reuse expectations.
• Experience with data-driven decision making and evidence-based recommendations across R&D, operations, quality and commercial functions.

Skills

Leadership

Data-driven mindset

Design of experiments

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Chemistry/related field degree

Tools

Excel

Statistical software

Python

Power BI

AI/ML tools

Job description

Sika seeks an R&D Manager for Ucrete at Redditch Technology Centre. Lead the Redditch Ucrete R&D team, delivering robust formulations and data-driven development.

Drive digital R&D via DOEs, analytics and AI/ML-enabled tools, ensuring alignment with manufacturing, quality and commercial priorities. You will manage a diverse portfolio including innovation, maintenance, material changes and technical support, with a strong emphasis on data architecture, METADATA and cross-functional collaboration