Your Prospect at ARC’TERYX:
As the Sr. Materials Innovation Manager – Advanced Concepts, you lead the advanced materials development function, creating industry-leading textile technology platforms and collaborating with the other Advanced Concepts (AC) designers, engineers, scientists and researchers to deliver ground-breaking and revolutionary products, projects and/or systems. The role also acts as the main catalyst for operational improvement (process, ways of working, frameworks), people-management and development of the AC Materials team’s capabilities internally & externally.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on-location.
Meet Your Future Team:
The Advanced Concepts team drives breakthrough innovation in snow, trail and climb for the mountain athlete everywhere. Fueled by curiosity, we take a holistic approach to identifying future needs and tangible solutions across advanced materials, products, technologies, and experiences. We are a team of builders, problem solvers and outdoor enthusiasts. Our in-house end-to-end capabilities in research, engineering, design, development, digital and validation allow us to innovate head-to-toe solutions that bring the coast mountain experience to the world. Our unique methodology, mindset of sustainability and fanatic passion for product are at the heart of what we do.
Inventing, developing and commercializing best-in-class materials/trims that address functional problems; durability, performance, circularity, and impact for AC projects
Initiating, building and strengthening external partnerships to execute, access, and invent unique and exclusive materials and technologies for the brand
Creating and supporting a robust Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio of material technologies
Leading the creation & implementation of legal frameworks, such as bespoke joint development agreements, to enable and protect development work
Researching early-stage and emerging material technologies,



while maintaining a detailed understanding of the commercially available (and competitor) landscape
Transferring technologies developed within the Advanced Concepts team to supply chain partners, while working on continuous process improvement for internal adoption, including technology guidelines, documentation, and establishing new material category testing methods & standards
Championing AC projects and concepts alongside Innovation Management to ensure on-track progress, accurate status updates/reporting, and delivery
Managing contractors and/or full time employees to develop a talent pipeline in addition to building the team’s capabilities/expertise
Establishing oneself as an expert in particular material type(s), consulting and constructing near-to-long term material technology strategies, as well as act as a generalist who can adapt and deliver according to evolving needs and demands
Support with budgeting, proposals, and tracking
Collaborating on the Advanced Concepts’ innovation pipeline, while aligning on priorities across Raw Materials Development, Sourcing, Quality, Design and Merchandising teams
Customizing, designing and/or evaluating in-house laboratory material testing, 3rd-party testing, and on-human/field testing to drive key development decisions and build messaging around new technologies in preparation for product launch
Are you our next Sr. Materials Innovation Manager – Advanced Concepts?
You have an advanced degree in textile engineering, materials science, fiber science, polymer science or a related field
You have 10+ years’ experience in product or material/trim development for the apparel, footwear, sporting goods, outdoor, personal protective equipment or adjacent industries - creating proprietary, exclusive, and bespoke material technologies for a commercial brand
You have managed, mentored, and developed people and teams
You have experience initiating and integrating current partnerships from outside of an established supply chain, or even outside of the industry
You have a strong understanding of the product creation process, technology

📌 Sr. Materials Innovation Manager – Advanced Concepts (North Vancouver)
🏢 Arcteryx
📍 North Vancouver