Manager Technology Platforms (m/f/x)* – Dental Materials

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Job Description

3M Health Care is now Solventum

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Leading a multidisciplinary team with deep expertise in dental materials and delivery systems, fostering strong cross‑functional alignment across R&D, Marketing, Product Engineering, Regulatory, and Manufacturing.
• Defining and executing technology platform strategy aligned with pipeline and portfolio priorities.
• Driving the development of new technologies and developing an IP strategy and portfolio protection plan to strengthen competitive advantage.
• Partnering closely with upstream marketing and portfolio teams to identify and address high‑value problems using existing or novel technologies.
• Establishing and managing collaborations with universities, third‑party partners, and internal Solventum R&D teams to accelerate innovation.
• Taking full accountability for technical outcomes, ensuring scientific rigor and robustness of solutions.

Your Skills And Expertise

• Ph.D. (in chemistry, material science, engineering or related discipline) or Master’s degree with profound job experience within the medical device industry
• Profound experience in a regulated industry, medical devices preferred, utilizing design controls to design, develop, verify, validate, and commercialize new products
• Full professional proficiency in German and English

• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, familiarity with strategizing early technical innovations
• Previous experience in managing people, and leading teams
• Broad technical depth across relevant disciplines including materials, engineering, intellectual property and chemistry

Work location

Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to Seefeld/Munich, Germany at least 4 days per week)

Travel: May include up to 10% international travel.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.

Supporting Your Well‑being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Diversity & Inclusion

(*) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

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