[Hiring] TS&D Scientist @Dow

Role Description

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Technical Service & Development (TS&D) Scientist in the Consumer Solution's Building and Infrastructure market. This role is a Virtual Office role supporting the CA and the Mtn West region and will apply in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in discipline to support customer needs by leading the development of new applications and by providing technical knowledge on the use, handling and management of Dow products.

• Uses broad market, customer, and application knowledge and in-depth understanding of competitive technologies to solve complex technical issues.
• Convinces others about differentiated technical solutions and articulates synergies between technologies to maximize value effectively.
• Understands how business value is created for Dow and the customer.
• Applies and uses project methodologies in a manner that is considered exemplary.
• Participates in the development and implementation of IC strategy for a business or platform.
• Fully participates in the development of technology maps for projects and leads area of IP development.
• Coaches others in identifying opportunities and how to understand and articulate value of Dow technologies in different applications.
• Delivers presentations or reports that distill complex ideas into clear results and proposals.
• Communicates appropriately to influence internal and external audiences.
• Serves as principal author on papers and presentations and presents at industry conferences.
• Manages the technical project pipeline for a business within a geography.
• Translates competitive knowledge to useful insights for internal stakeholders.
• Works closely with marketing to proactively lead effort to identify new high-value opportunity spaces with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides effective TS&D to numerous strategic accounts for the business.
• Responds to technical questions of customers and other Dow/market-facing businesses.
• Manages tech services for Tier II customer accounts.
• Monitors the competition and market trends relative to Dow intellectual capital positions.
• Integrates the information into group activities and projects.
• Works with sellers to contribute to achieving overall commercial plans with North America.
• Requires building science expertise with an emphasis on weatherproofing ranging from air barriers to architectural coatings.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E5 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant.
• Bachelor Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or science related field required.
• Experience in the construction and/or weatherproofing market preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience required.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position.
• This position requires approximately 70% of travel.

Requirements

• Presentations: The ability to effectively communicate ideas, findings, and proposals to an audience using structured formats.
• Operational Efficiency: The capability to optimize processes, resources, and workflows to achieve maximum productivity.
• Professional Networking: The practice of building and maintaining relationships with colleagues and industry peers.
• Active Listening: The skill of fully concentrating, understanding, responding, and remembering what is being said in conversations.
• Client Needs Assessments: The structured process of gathering, analyzing, and validating a client’s business objectives.
• Customer Insights: Actionable understanding derived from analyzing customer data, behaviors, preferences, and feedback.

Benefits

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets.
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being.
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits and savings opportunities.
• Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring.
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location).
• Meal subsidies/vouchers (availability varies depending on location).
• Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location).