Agilent
Vice President R&D, Chemistries & Supplies Division
2850 Centerville Rd, Wilmington, DE 19808
Full-time · $280k–$438k (as posted)
First seen by offpeak October 24, 2026
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Job Description
The Role
Agilent Technologies is seeking an exceptional scientific and business leader to serve as Vice President, Research & Development, within the Chemistries and Supplies Division.
This role will lead the global R&D organization and be accountable for the technology strategy, innovation portfolio, product-development organization, and technical leadership supporting Agilent’s liquid & gas chromatography columns, sample preparation and instrument supplies business franchise.
The Vice President will define how Agilent translates advances in separation science, materials, surface chemistry, particle technology, manufacturing science, and analytical workflows into differentiated products that solve critical customer problems. The role will be accountable not only for scientific excellence, but also for the quality, speed, productivity, manufacturability, and commercial impact of the innovation pipeline.
As a senior member of the Chemistries and Supplies Division leadership team, this individual will partner closely with business, marketing, commercial, operations, quality, regulatory, legal, and corporate technology leaders. The Vice President will help shape portfolio strategy, investment priorities, talent strategy, and long-range growth plans for one of Agilent’s most important recurring-revenue franchises.
The successful candidate must be a highly credible scientific leader, with a proven track record of innovation in chromatography science, an experienced global leader, and a disciplined portfolio manager with a demonstrated ability to turn customer insight and technological opportunity into sustained bus
iness growth.
This role will report directly to the Vice President and General Manager, Chemistries and Supplies Division, with strong strategic alignment to Agilent’s Chief Technology Officer and regular engagement with senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities
The CSD Vice President of R&D will:
- Establish a multi-year innovation strategy and technology roadmaps for the portfolio.
- Own the quality, health, value, and execution of the new-product-development pipeline.
- Direct investment across breakthrough innovation, platform development, and product extensions.
- Ensure strong integration among research, product development, manufacturing science, applications, quality, and commercialization.
- Build the scientific capabilities, leadership capacity, organizational culture, and external networks required for long-term market leadership.
- Contribute actively to the strategy, operating priorities, and performance of the Chemistries and Supplies Division as a member of its senior leadership team.
- Translate divisional growth objectives into a focused and differentiated R&D strategy for the Chemistries and Supplies portfolio that delivers meaningful differentiation.
- Partner with business and functional leaders to assess market attractiveness, competitive differentiation, technical feasibility, investment requirements, risk, and expected financial return.
- Participate in annual operating planning, long-range strategic planning, portfolio reviews, capital allocation, workforce planning, and business-performance management.
- Communicate R&D priorities, progress, risks, and investment choices clearly to executive stakeholders.
- Balance the needs of the current business with the investments required to create future technology platforms and sources of growth.
- Bring an enterprise perspective to decisions, optimizing for Agilent and its customers rather than for an individual function, technology, site, or product line.
- Ensure that technology investments are linked to clearly defined customer needs, differentiated value propositions, and commercially attractive market opportunities and then ensure that customer insight is incorporated early and continuously throughout research, development, validation, and commercialization lifecycle.
- Build strong connections among R&D scientists, application experts, product managers, commercial teams, key opinion leaders, and strategic customers.
- Create disciplined mechanisms for evaluating emerging technologies and deciding when to build internally, partner externally, license, or acquire.
- Establish mechanisms to learn systematically from field performance, technical support, customer complaints, competitive evaluations, and application data.
- Measure innovation effectiveness through leading and lagging indicators, including portfolio health, milestone performance, cycle time, launch quality, adoption, revenue, margin contribution, and return on R&D investment.
- Develop an intellectual-property strategy aligned with technology roadmaps, portfolio priorities, and competitive differentiation.
- Recruit, develop, engage, and retain outstanding scientific, technical, and leadership talent in order to build a strong succession pipeline for critical technical and people-leadership roles.
Qualifications
Experience
- A minimum of 15 years of progressive leadership experience in R&D, technology and/or product development, or a closely related function.
- Experience managing a portfolio that includes research, new product development, platform development, lifecycle programs, and technology-risk reduction.
- Significant leadership experience in separation science, chromatography consumables, analytical technologies, life-science tools, advanced materials, or a closely related field.
Skills & Competencies
- Demonstrated success leading a sizable, global, multidisciplinary R&D organization through other senior leaders and implementing a strong talent development program.
- Proven record of developing and commercializing differentiated products or technology platforms that delivered measurable customer and business value.
- Demonstrated ability to make resource and investment tradeoffs across projects with different time horizons, risk profiles, and commercial potential.
- Strong executive communication skills and the ability to influence senior leaders, technical experts, customers, and external partners.
Education
Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, polymer science, biochemistry, or a related scientific or engineering discipline is strongly preferred.
Travel Required
Yes, must have the ability and willingness to travel globally as required.
Location
Little Falls, DE (onsite)
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least October 30, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $280,000.00 - $437,500.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locationsAgilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email job_posting@agilent.com or contact +1-262-754-5030. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please visit www.agilent.com/en/accessibility.