R&D Innovation & Commercialization Manager

Inolex; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Inolex is seeking a Manager, RD&C – Innovation and Commercialization to drive development and readiness of the innovation portfolio. You will translate customer needs and market opportunities into differentiated ingredient technologies and scalable product platforms.

The role requires scientific rigor, IP-aware thinking, and collaboration across R&D, operations, and product commercialization teams. You will guide feasibility, coordinate development work, and support scale-up for successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Formulation Science, or related field required; M.S. or Ph.D. preferred.
• Experience supporting technical teams, innovation programs, formulation science, technical documentation, and commercialization readiness initiatives preferred.
• Experience with IP strategy, prior art analysis, competitive intelligence, technical documentation, claims support, and patent development support preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support development and execution of Inolex’s innovation pipeline, technology platforms, and scientific roadmap to deliver differentiated ingredient technologies and business growth.
• Coordinate research priorities, technology roadmaps, stage-gate activities, technical milestones, and commercialization plans to advance innovation from concept through launch.
• Identify and evaluate internal and external technologies, emerging trends, competitive opportunities, and potential partnerships to strengthen portfolio differentiation and innovation growth.
• Conduct technology assessment through competitive intelligence, patent landscape review, scientific literature analysis, benchmarking, and data-driven experimentation to guide technical and business decisions.
• Apply expertise in chemistry, formulation science, structure-property relationships, and mechanisms of action to support ingredient design, performance optimization, intellectual property generation, technical differentiation, and commercialization readiness.
• Enable customer-facing teams through technical training, scientific storytelling, product knowledge, launch support materials, and commercialization guidance.
• Represent Inolex in selected customer, industry, technical, and strategic partnership engagements where innovation or commercialization expertise is required.
• Lead assigned RD&C innovation projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovation excellence, technical rigor, and commercialization success.
• Establish clear project expectations, accountability, project management discipline, and standards for scientific execution and documentation.
• Build and strengthen capabilities in innovation, formulation science, technical documentation, knowledge management, and commercialization execution.
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and scientific excellence across project teams.

Skills

Chemistry expertise

Chemical engineering

Formulation science

Structure-property relationships

Mechanisms of action

Communication & storytelling

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Technical writing

IP strategy support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Material Science/Formulation Science

MS or PhD preferred

Job description

Inolex is seeking a Manager, RD&C – Innovation and Commercialization to drive development and readiness of the innovation portfolio. You will translate customer needs and market opportunities into differentiated ingredient technologies and scalable product platforms.

The role requires scientific rigor, IP-aware thinking, and collaboration across R&D, operations, and product commercialization teams. You will guide feasibility, coordinate development work, and support scale-up for successful