Senior Technical Director

About the Role

Provide business knowledge, project experience, and technical competence to support the growth of the Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities business. Support the strategic direction of the Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities Businesses Development group by marketing project delivery differentiators and value-added propositions to gain competitive advantage. Assist client account managers and business development managers in positioning and developing clients and projects in the Americas region.

Responsibilities

• Adopt and promote the Exyte commitment to always provide a safe workplace that strives for an Incident and Injury Free environment where everyone goes home safe every day.
• Ensure company safety policies and the Site Specific Plan are proactively communicated and consistently enforced on all projects.
• Use business knowledge, project experience, and technical competence to support the growth of the Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities business.
• Establish oneself as an industry-recognized technical specialist in Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities.
• Apply high-energy, passion, and team approach to produce world-class projects and achieve company target margins.
• Introduce new ideas, methods, and innovative approaches to process and facility design problem-solving aimed at meeting challenging and changing client needs. Share ideas, methods, and approaches with staff and design team members through mentoring.
• Participate in project programming activities.
• Train and support project teams to understand customer and regulatory expectations throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensure that designs are consistent with industry-accepted practice, leading-edge technologies, and special client-preferred features.
• Actively train and mentor staff on BLS design issues, lessons learned, and best practices.
• Support the strategic direction of Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities Businesses Development group by identifying project delivery differentiators and value-added propositions to gain competitive advantage.
• Support client account managers and business development managers in positioning and developing clients and projects in the Americas region.
• Plan, organize, and administer program activities to support the needs of our clients.
• Maintain contact with past project clients to develop leads and show interest in maintaining a relationship.
• Coordinate project team for proposal effort, strategy, and budget.
• Provide pre-sales support to evaluate project feasibility and develop preliminary designs to support sales efforts and project bids.
• Strengthen the company’s ability to compete for a wide range of project types in the field of Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities.
• Leverage project experience to strengthen the company’s project portfolio in the Americas region.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field required.
• Master’s degree and/or PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of experience.
• Preferred experience in a technology assessment role (trends, opportunities, challenges) within a high-tech industry environment.
• Experience implementing new technical initiatives within the organization with demonstrated ROI impact.
• Prior experience working in Biopharma Life Sciences facilities in any of the following roles: technology, operations, supply chain, capital equipment, or facilities planning.
• Customer service experience, including facing internal/external clients and mature industry audiences.
• Prior experience working in EPC services preferred.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.

Skills

• Ability to absorb technical knowledge in markets outside of core expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to influence internal management and customers.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to collaborate with peers across remote offices and time zones.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Detail-oriented with the ability to think strategically.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.