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DuPont Healthcare & Water is globally recognized for advanced materials and solutions.  With Tyvek®, DuPont improves safety & health, innovation, and sustainability in healthcare packaging, personal protective equipment, and consumer & industrial solutions.

DuPont is seeking a Tyvek® Healthcare – Innovation Technical Lead for its Tyvek® Roll Goods Business. Operating in a 2‑in‑a‑box model with the Global Tyvek® Healthcare Innovation Market Lead, this role will identify, prioritize, and develop new applications and platforms.

What You'll Do

New Application and Opportunity Identification

• Identify new application opportunities based on market trends and customer needs.

• Translate customer and market insights into technical opportunity concepts and application hypotheses.

Technical Strategy and Feasibility

• Define technical value proposition, performance targets, and differentiation.

• Lead technical feasibility assessments, including evaluation of performance, scalability, manufacturability, cost structure, and sustainability considerations.

• Identify technical risks, gaps, and development needs, and propose mitigation strategies.

Application Development and Validation

• Lead early-stage application development activities.

• Develop and execute testing and validation plans.

• Incorporate customer, market, and technical feedback to refine solutions through iterative development cycles.

Cross-Functional and External Collaboration

• Serve as the primary technical interface for new business initiatives, collaborating closely with Tyvek® Healthcare cross-functional teams.

• Establish and leverage external technical collaborations.

Portfolio Prioritization and Business Support

• Support business case development by contributing technical assumptions.

• Enable informed decision-making through fact-based technical assessments.

• Provide technical input into opportunity prioritization, portfolio reviews, and stage-gate or governance processes.

Transition to Commercialization

• Define technical roadmaps to support transition from early development to commercialization readiness.

• Support effective handover of mature opportunities to Product Management, Business Units, or Technology organizations.

What You'll Bring

Required

• Master or PhD in Packaging Engineering, Materials Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in R&D, application development, or technical innovation roles in Life Sciences.

• Demonstrated ability to translate customer and market needs into technical solutions.

• Proven experience leading cross-functional technical projects in complex or ambiguous environments.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in an agile, exploratory, and fast-paced environment.

• Travel up to 30%.

Preferred

• Strong experience in pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical manufacturing, particularly in lyophilization processes.

• Strong understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (e.g. GMP Annex 1 and contamination control principles and practices), ISO 15378, ISO 11607, and ICH guidelines.  

• Familiarity with innovation funnels, stage-gate processes.

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