Responsibilities

• Define a clear commercial and product vision aligned with Chase’s growth strategy and investment priorities.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to increase revenue, expand margins, enter attractive markets, and deepen customer penetration.
• Partner with the CEO and executive team to translate strategic priorities into measurable commercial outcomes.
• Support strategic planning, acquisition evaluation, commercial due diligence, and integration activities.
• Lead global product and portfolio strategies across markets, applications, customer segments, and geographies.
• Evaluate market attractiveness, competitive position, growth potential, profitability, lifecycle stage, and investment requirements.
• Provide clear direction on where to invest, grow, reposition, rationalize, or exit.
• Develop differentiated value propositions and go-to-market strategies based on customer needs, product performance, and market dynamics.
• Set the strategic direction for R&D and align the innovation pipeline, product lifecycle, and development priorities with customer needs and commercial growth opportunities.
• Establish disciplined prioritization, stage-gate, resource allocation, and commercialization processes.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years leading strategic marketing, product management, product development, innovation, or related commercial functions within global, growth-oriented organizations.
• Demonstrated success delivering organic revenue growth, market expansion, margin improvement, and portfolio optimization.
• Proven experience leading R&D or technical product development teams through product lifecycle management, commercialization, and new-product introduction.
• Experience developing and executing market, product, pricing, portfolio, and go-to-market strategies, with a strong record of partnering with Sales to improve commercial conversion.
• Proven ability to build and develop high-performing global teams and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders through periods of growth and organizational change.
• Experience with technically complex products, supported by strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Exceptional executive presence, communication skills, judgment, and the ability to influence senior leaders, Board members, customers, and cross-functional teams, with high ethical standards and an appreciation for quality, regulatory, compliance, and reputational risks.
• Private equity experience strongly preferred; experience in specialty chemicals, advanced materials, industrial technology, engineered products, or a related industry preferred. Relocation to the Greater Boston area is required and supported.