R&D- Sr. Scientist

The Senior Scientist serves as a recognized scientific leader and subject matter expert within Industrial Wood, supporting the New Product Development team. Reporting to the Technical Manager, this role is responsible for translating customer, market, and business needs into differentiated coating technologies and commercially successful new products. The Senior Scientist develops technology strategies, leads highly complex development programs from concept through commercialization, and advances innovation platforms that support profitable growth within Industrial Wood. The Senior Scientist leverages deep technical expertise to identify emerging technologies, solve complex formulation and application challenges, establish product design requirements, and influence portfolio and technology-roadmap decisions. This role provides scientific leadership across functions and builds organizational capability through mentoring, coaching, and technical thought leadership.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

This role is not hybrid and will be located at Sherwin-Williams Morikis Global Technology Center located at 6745 Miller Road, Brecksville, OH 44141.