MobilityScience™ Director

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.  

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

Dow has an exciting executive opportunity for a MobilityScience™ Director located in Shanghai, China.

The global transportation industry is undergoing significant transformation, driven by electrification, automation, evolving mobility preferences, and the increasing demand for sustainable, high-performance materials and value chains. As customers and value chain partners accelerate the transition to next-generation mobility, Dow is uniquely positioned to lead through differentiated material science, deep customer partnerships, and enterprise-wide innovation.

The MobilityScience™ Director will serve as the enterprise leader responsible for shaping and accelerating Dow’s global mobility growth agenda. This executive will translate market disruption across electrification, battery systems, power electronics, lightweighting, automation, and sustainable materials into scalable commercial opportunities. The role carries end-to-end accountability for building the MobilityScience™ growth platform, advancing strategic customer and value chain engagement, and governing a high-value pipeline of innovation investments that materially grow the business.

Accountabilities:

• Set and lead the global MobilityScience™ growth strategy, with accountability to deliver greater than $1B in growth through disciplined planning, execution, and performance management.

• Build and scale Dow’s MobilityScience™ growth platform by identifying priority applications, value pools, market opportunities, and strategic bets across the global mobility ecosystem.

• Accelerate innovation commercialization in partnership with R&D, businesses, regions, and customers, ensuring strategic programs are governed by clear milestones, ownership, investment discipline, and measurable outcomes.

• Define and activate global brand owner and strategic customer engagement plans that bring one Dow voice to OEMs, tiers, and value chain partners, including joint development and innovation initiatives.

• Identify, evaluate, and execute strategic investments that strengthen Dow’s portfolio, expand market access, and position the company for long-term growth in next-generation mobility.

• Guide regional and business teams in selecting, staffing, and executing high-impact growth initiatives, ensuring resources, capabilities, and value chain engagement are aligned to enterprise priorities.

Enterprise Ownership:

• Global MobilityScience™ growth platform strategy, roadmap, operating model, and execution cadence.

• Prioritization, governance, and decision-making discipline for enterprise growth initiatives, strategic bets, and investment choices.

• Growth methodologies, tools, playbooks, KPIs, performance tracking, and executive reporting across the platform.

• Talent strategy, staffing, and capability development for critical growth programs and entrepreneurial platform teams.

Enterprise Influence:

• Business and regional growth strategies, investment priorities, and portfolio choices tied to mobility growth.

• Capital allocation decisions and governance mechanisms that enable disciplined growth and enterprise value creation.

• Product, commercial, customer, and go-to-market priorities across Dow businesses and regions.

• Talent deployment, leadership capability, and organizational investments required to execute the global mobility agenda.

Success Profile:

• Enterprise-minded growth leader with exceptional strategic and commercial acumen, capable of translating market disruption into clear growth platforms, investment priorities, and measurable business outcomes.

• Proven ability to build value chain engagement, deepen strategic customer partnerships, and establish robust opportunity pipelines across complex global markets.

• Strong command of commercial strategy, including pricing, value propositions, market entry, customer segmentation, and go-to-market execution.

• Demonstrated success translating strategy into scalable execution models, governance structures, operating rhythms, and cross-functional accountability.

• Track record of accelerating innovation commercialization through effective partnership with R&D, business, technical, and commercial teams.

• Inspirational talent developer with the ability to build, coach, and empower entrepreneurial, outcome-oriented teams across regions and functions.

• Highly influential enterprise leader who can align senior stakeholders, challenge conventional thinking, and drive decisions that create long-term value for Dow.

• Deep understanding of the automotive value chain and emerging growth platforms in battery, power electronics, lightweighting, and sustainable materials.

• Outcome orientation measured through technical readiness, pipeline progression, spec-ins, innovation revenue, EBITDA growth, and executive confidence in growth governance and decision quality.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Business, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Physics.

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in the Automotive industry.

• Demonstrated experience leading and executing enterprise-level or business segment strategic initiatives, including planning, stakeholder alignment, and delivery of measurable business outcomes.

• Experience leading a globally distributed team and driving alignment, performance, and collaboration across multiple regions and cultures.

• Fluent English in listening, speaking, reading and writing.

• Legally eligible for employment in China.

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Additional Notes:

• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position and may be provided based on eligibility.

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 
 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. 
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. 
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. 
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building. 
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs. 
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).  
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.  
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation. 
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
  • Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
  • Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to inclusion, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.