<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Join the IPG Team! </span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Are you ready to elevate your career? At IPG, we are more than just a global leader in packaging and protective solutions—we are a community that values safety, people, passion, integrity, performance, and teamwork. From tapes and films to packaging and protective products, as well as engineered coated materials and advanced packaging machinery, we develop innovative solutions that protect the world. Now, we are expanding our global team and looking for talented individuals like you!</span></p><p style="margin: 13.75pt 0in 0.0001pt 5pt; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 13.75pt 0in 0.0001pt 5pt; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This position can be based out of Marysville, MI, or work remotely with some travel as needed.</p>
<p style="margin: 13.75pt 0in 0.0001pt 5pt; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Title: </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Senior Data Scientist</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7pt 0in 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Department: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Research and Development</span></p>
<p style="margin: 6.8pt 0in 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Immediate Supervisor: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">R&D Vice President</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7pt 0in 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Status: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Exempt Salaried</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Position Purpose: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Senior Data Scientist will</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">support R&D efforts in bio-polymers and sustainable materials and focusing on applying advanced data science, statistical modeling, and machine learning to experimental, process, and materials data to accelerate innovation, improve material performance, and reduce development cycles.</span></p>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 5pt; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Principle Accountabilities</span></h1>
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<li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Partner with polymer scientists, chemists, and engineers to support bio‑polymer research and development using data-driven methods</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Analyze and model experimental, formulation, and process data to identify structure–property–process relationships</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Develop predictive models to support: </span>
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<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Material performance and property optimization</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Formulation design and screening</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scale‑up and process optimization</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Design and analyze experiments (DOE) to maximize learning efficiency and reduce development timelines</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Build and maintain reproducible data workflows for R&D data ingestion, cleaning, and analysis</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Apply machine learning techniques (e.g., regression, classification, clustering, time-series modeling) to complex scientific datasets</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Collaborate with data engineering and IT teams to enable scalable data infrastructure for R&D</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Communicate insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;">Understanding of data visualization best practices</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;">Experience working with batch or streaming data processes a plus</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0in;">Contribute to data dictionaries and process flow diagrams for complex data solutions</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mentor junior data scientists or technical staff and contribute to data science best practices within R&D</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Stay current with advances in materials informatics, polymer modeling, and applied AI in scientific research</span></li>
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<h1 style="margin: 0in; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Essential Skills and Experience</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h1>
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<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field; Master’s or PhD preferred</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">10+ years of professional experience in data science, applied analytics, or scientific computing; experience working with materials science, polymer science or chemical R&D data, preferred</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Strong proficiency in Python and/or R for data analysis and modeling</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Solid experience with SQL and working with structured and semi-structured datasets</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Strong foundation in statistics, experimental design, and multivariate analysis</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated experience applying machine learning to real-world, noisy scientific or experimental data</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional R&D environment</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex analyses into actionable insights</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Familiarity with bio‑polymers, sustainable materials, or polymer processing, preferred</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Experience with DOE software, laboratory data management systems (LIMS), or scientific databases, preferred</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Experience deploying models to support R&D decision-making or manufacturing scale-up, preferred</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and data science lifecycle tools, preferred</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Prior experience mentoring or leading technical projects, preferred</span></li>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Why Choose IPG?</span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">At IPG, you will find more than just a job—you will find a place where your success is our success. We pride ourselves on a culture built around strong relationships, where every team member plays a crucial role in our growth. Whether it is through cross-department collaboration, continuous training, or sustainability-driven initiatives, we create an environment where you can thrive.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our commitment to sustainability influences everything we do, from designing eco-friendly products to minimizing waste in our production processes. We are dedicated to building a greener future while providing safe, supportive workplaces for our people.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With over 40 years of industry expertise and a proven track record of growth and innovation, IPG offers a stable, secure environment where you can flourish!</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We offer competitive pay, extensive benefits that support you and your family, and exciting career development opportunities. Whether you are looking to enhance your skills or advance your career, we offer ongoing training and the support you need to succeed. Think big, dream bigger, and make an impact with IPG.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You belong here. Join us today!</span></strong></p>
