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Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

Bringing out the best in people

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.

In this laboratory-based position, the primary responsibilities will involve applying techniques/strategies of organic synthesis in design and development of practical process for new resins and photopolymers.You will drive our discovery forward through executing experiments, maintaining detailed scientific records, and reporting those results to the broader team. You will assist in developing departmental strategic plans and policies while also analyzing, proposing, and establishing objectives of each project with specifications, timing, budget, milestones, and decision points.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• May include developing practical procedures in separation/purification of organic compounds; to elucidate/analyze molecular structures of new compounds/resins/polymers; to evaluate physical and mechanical properties of formulated compositions; accordingly, also to provide guide in maintaining some of laboratory equipment such as NMR, FITR, HPLC/GPC and Photo DSC and Photo Rheology.
• Experience in Resin production, testing, transfer and scale-up
• Project management responsibilities include development from ideation to technology transfer. Preferred experience in managing small to medium scale projects across innovation & scaling technologies to manufacturing. Surveillance of projects assigned to other to assure program progress and the application of sound principles and evaluation procedures are maintained.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities (if applicable) in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ability to effectively work with outside consultants and vendors.
• Awareness of competitive products and ability to contribute to new technology.
• Associate is responsible to complete all necessary training on pertinent Global, Divisional and Departmental procedures and maintain a Training Log documenting successful completion of each procedure. In addition, the associate must apply what was learned during training to ensure quality products are produced.
• Must maintain concise and accurate records of activities in laboratory notebook.
• Work practices and procedures meet Dentsply Sirona’s Standard Operating Procedures for design, commercialization and manufacture of medical devices.
• Conduct mechanical / physical property testing of dental materials and possibly biocompatibility testing to generate documentation to support and substantiate new products and / or process improvements.
• Provide verbal and written reports of activities to senior chemist / scientist. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel proficient.
• May be called upon to communicate results within RD and to departments outside R&D, such as, Quality Assurance, Technology Transfer, Marketing or Engineering.
• Conduct literature / web-based searches with guidance of supervisor to assist in designing experiments, developing test methods, and finding sources for experimental materials
• May be involved in training other R&D associates as well as associates from external departments such as QA to use new techniques or processes.

Education:

• Master’s degree in life science or related field with at least 5 years of relative working experience PhD strongly preferred with background in polymer chemistry or materials science

Years and Type of Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years' hands-on experience in synthesizing polymers or production process of resins Minimum of 3 years' experience managing small to medium scale projects across innovation with experience scaling technologies to manufacturing

Key Required Skills, Knowledge and Capabilities:

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret complex documents and respond effectively to sensitive inquires or complaints Strong written and verbal communication with ability to effectively partner with key stakeholders cross functionally across multiple time zones Strong ability to build and foster internal partnerships in a global organization and influence through others Ability to apply advanced mathematical and statistical concepts Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Strong organizational, project management and attention to details Proficient in Microsoft Suite; Word, Excel, Power, Point, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint Fluent in English (reading, writing and comprehension), additional languages considered a plus

Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status. We appreciate your interest in Dentsply Sirona.

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For California Residents:

We may collect the following categories of personal information in connection with the submission of your resume or application materials to us for employment, and if hired, your employment with us: identifiers (e.g., name, address, email address, birthdate); personal records (e.g., telephone number, signature, education information, criminal background information, passport number and visa information); consumer characteristics (e.g., sex, marital status, veteran status, race, disability, sexual orientation); professional or employment information (e.g., resume, cover letter, employment history, background check forms, references, certifications, transcripts and languages spoken); and inferences from personal information collected (e.g., a profile reflecting abilities and aptitudes).

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