KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Domain research & scientific intelligence
- Conduct secondary research with materials scientists, application engineers, and end-users to surface unmet needs across our target verticals polymer engineering, nanomaterials & chemical engineering
- Track developments in academic literature, patent filings, and industry consortia to maintain a current view of the nanotechnology and advanced materials landscape
- Synthesize findings from lab evaluations, pilot programs, and customer discovery sessions into clear opportunity assessments
- Build and maintain relationships with key research institutions, university labs, and technical advisors as ongoing intelligence sources
- Map the competitive landscape across material platforms, synthesis methods, and application-specific solutions

Product vision & direction-setting
- Demonstrate technical credibility to engage the research and engineering team as a peer and build alignment on product direction.
- Define the product vision for target application areas, balancing scientific feasibility with commercial impact




- Translate research insights into prioritized product opportunities, with clear hypotheses, success criteria, and go/no-go thresholds
- Own and maintain the product roadmap, sequencing initiatives across long development cycles with explicit milestones
- Identify and articulate the product bets the team should take and those it should not — with supporting evidence
- Set measurable outcomes for each initiative and track progress against them through development and pilot stages

Engineering & R&D; team enablement
- Write detailed product requirements and specifications that bridge scientific concepts and engineering deliverables
- Work through project managers to track execution progress and proactively push against schedule and scope drift
- Participate in sprint and R&D; review cycles, maintaining alignment between discovery-stage work and product goals
- Make rapid, well-reasoned decisions on sc

📌 Associate Product Owner (Chennai)
🏢 Big Bang Boom Solutions
📍 Chennai