Global Innovation Leader, Gore Performance Solutions

Sitka Inc.; Newark (DE); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Ownership Plan

Competitive total rewards

Job summary

Gore Performance Solutions is seeking a visionary Global Innovation Leader to steer breakthrough material technology and enterprise innovation strategy across automotive, aerospace & defense, electronics, and industrial markets.

Lead a global team, partner with customers and stakeholders, and drive R&D investments to maximize business impact while aligning with Gore Business System principles.

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading innovation, R&D, advanced technology, or product development organizations.
• Proven success commercializing breakthrough technologies and materials.
• Global leadership across multiple geographies and cultures.
• Strong business acumen and customer-focused innovation mindset.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a long-term innovation strategy aligned with growth objectives.
• Drive development of next-generation materials, technologies, and platform capabilities.
• Lead exploration, incubation, and commercialization of breakthrough innovations.
• Serve as a strategic technical partner to key customers and external stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a high-performing global team of scientists, engineers, and innovators.
• Steward innovation and R&D investments to maximize business value.
• Champion enterprise IP strategy and technology differentiation.

Skills

Global leadership

Innovation

R&D management

Strategic partnerships

Customer-focused mindset

Education

Advanced degree in materials science, chemical engineering, polymer science, physics, chemistry

Job description

Global Innovation Leader, Gore Performance Solutions Job Description Global Innovation Leader, Gore Performance Solutions Req Id: 2199 State/Province: Delaware Business: Gore Performance Solutions Category: Engineering, Scientists & Technicians Sub-Category: Engineering Work Arrangement: Hybrid Posting Start Date: 8/28/26 Posting End Date: 9/12/26

About Gore Performance Solutions

Gore Performance Solutions is one of the operating companies of W. L. Gore & Associates, a global materials science enterprise founded in 1958 with more than 12,000 Associates and manufacturing operations across the United States, Europe, and Asia. The OpCo builds the advanced materials and engineered products that keep critical systems performing in the most demanding environments — from automotive and aerospace platforms to electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, industrial processing, and clean energy. Operating with its own strategy, P&L, and leadership team, Gore Performance Solutions pairs the agility of a focused business with the depth of Gore's enterprise research and core technology capability.

About the Role
We are seeking a visionary Global Innovation Leader to lead breakthrough innovation, advanced material technology development, and strategic technical growth across Gore Performance Solutions. This leader will define and execute an enterprise-wide innovation strategy supporting Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Electronics, Semiconductor, and Industrial markets. The strategic, high energy partner will drive GPS operating company technologies into the future partnering with key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a long-term innovation strategy aligned with growth objectives
• Drive development of next-generation materials, technologies, and platform capabilities
• Lead exploration, incubation, and commercialization of breakthrough innovations
• Serve as a strategic technical partner to key customers and external stakeholders
• Is a member of the Gore Performance Solutions Leadership Team
• Steward innovation and R&D investments to maximize business value
• Champion enterprise intellectual property strategy and technology differentiation
• Lead and develop a high-performing global team of scientists, engineers, and innovators
• Implement the Gore Business System throughout the Innovation function to accelerate development cycles and bring products & solutions faster to markets & customers

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Physics, Chemistry, or related field
• 15+ years leading innovation, R&D, advanced technology, or product development organizations
• Demonstrated success commercializing breakthrough technologies and materials
• Proven leadership across global organizations and multiple geographies
• Strong business acumen and customer-focused innovation mindset

Desired Qualifications

• Experience across Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Electronics, Semiconductor, and Industrial markets
• Expertise in advanced materials, membranes, polymers, fibers, filtration, or related technologies
• Strong patent, publication, or technology commercialization record

What We Offer

Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.
We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for “profit-sharing”. Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits
Gore is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.
Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.
Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the United States. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.

About Gore

For over 65 years, Gore has improved lives through discovery, product innovation and rewarding careers for Associates. We push the boundaries of what's possible — not just through our products and technologies but also through individual growth and development.

We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. Our Associates build on a rich history of innovation, upholding Gore’s values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.