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We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.
Job Summary
We are seeking a PFAS Technical Director to provide enterprise-level technical leadership and strategic direction for Battelle's PFAS science, technology development, and market-facing solutions. This role recognizes a sustained record of scientific and technical achievement with significant impact on Battelle's technical reputation, competitive position, and requires national stature in PFAS-related disciplines.
The PFAS Technical Director will define and steward Battelle's PFAS technical vision-from research and development through commercialization and deployment-while serving as a trusted authority to senior clients and internal leadership. This role will shape large-scale, multi-year portfolios spanning identification, forensics, fate and transport, treatment, and destruction technologies, aligning Battelle's internal investments and offerings with evolving regulatory, market, and stakeholder needs.
The PFAS Technical Director sits within the Environment and Agriculture Business Line but operates at an enterprise level. The role interfaces routinely with Executive Leadership, Business Line Directors, Tech Fellows, Business Development leaders, and external partners to ensure Battelle's PFAS capabilities remain differentiated, credible, and commercially successful.
Responsibilities
Enterprise Technical Leadership
Serve as Battelle's senior technical authority for PFAS, defining long-term technical direction and ensuring scientific rigor, defensibility, and innovation across all PFAS-related efforts.
Develop and implement novel PFAS technical approaches, methodologies, and technologies that advance the state of the practice and strengthen Battelle's national reputation.
Represent Battelle in matters of major scientific or technical significance with senior clients, regulators, and technical bodies.
Research-to-Market Strategy and Execution
Own and guide Battelle's PFAS research-to-commercialization pipeline.
Set portfolio priorities and balance technical and commercial risk.
Business Planning, Capture, and Growth
Collaborate in the development of business plans and capture strategies.
Maintain senior-level client relationships that enable sustained growth.
Leadership and Mentorship
Mentor and develop technical staff and future leaders.
Lead multidisciplinary teams across business units.
Key Qualifications
Recognized national authority in PFAS-related disciplines with a sustained record of scientific and technical impact.
PhD in a relevant field (or exceptional equivalent experience) including Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Material Sciences.
Typically 20+ years of progressive technical leadership experience.
Ability to travel approximately 40-60%, consistent with enterprise technical leadership responsibilities.
Benefits: Live an Extraordinary Life
We care about your well-being, not just on the job. Battelle offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to help you live your best life.
Balance life through a compressed work schedule : Most of our team follows a flexible, compressed work schedule that allows for every other Friday off-giving you a dedicated day to accomplish things in your personal life without using vacation time.
Enjoy enhanced work flexibility, including a hybrid arrangement: You have options for where and when you work. Our Together with Flexibility model allows you to work 60% in-office and 40% remote, with Monday and Tuesday as common in-office days, dependent on team and position needs.
Take time to recharge : You get paid time off to support work-life balance and keep motivated.
Prioritize wellness : Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits plus a variety of optional supplemental benefits.
Better together : Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
Build your financial future : Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan. For most employees, we put in 5 percent whether you contribute or not, and match your contributions on top of that.
Advance your education : Tuition assistance is available to pursue higher education.
A Work Environment Where You Succeed
For brilliant minds in science, technology, engineering and business operations, Battelle is the place to do the greatest good by solving humanity's most pressing challenges and creating a safer, healthier and more secure world.
You will have the opportunity to thrive in a culture that inspires you to:
Apply your talent to challenging and meaningful projects
Receive select funding to pursue ideas in scientific and technological discovery
Partner with world-class experts in a collaborative environment
Nurture and develop the next generation of scientific leaders
Give back to and improve our communities
Safety Protocols
Battelle values your safety and may require employees, based on job duties, work location, and/or its clients' requirements to follow certain safety protocols as a condition of employment to the extent permissable by law.
Battelle is an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment and opportunities for advancement, compensation, training, and growth according to individual merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, genetic information, disability, veteran-status veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable Federal, state, or local law. Our goal is for each staff member to have the opportunity to grow to the limits of their abilities and to achieve personal and organizational objectives. We will support positive programs for equal treatment of all staff and full utilization of all qualified employees at all levels within Battelle.
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