Job Title: SME - Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
About This Opportunity
Our client is a global EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) firm with a significant, growing presence in the biopharma and life sciences facilities sector. Due to confidentiality, the company name is withheld at this stage but will be shared with qualified candidates during initial conversations.
They are looking to bring on a Subject Matter Expert to drive the strategic growth of their Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities business across the Americas. This is a senior technical and business-facing role - not a field construction position - for someone who wants to shape technology strategy, support high-value capital project pursuits, and act as the go-to technical authority for clients navigating complex GMP/cGMP facility challenges.
What You'll Do
- Serve as the industry-recognized technical specialist for Biopharma Life Sciences Facilities projects
- Support business development and client account teams by identifying project delivery differentiators and value-added positioning
- Provide pre-sales support, feasibility evaluation, and preliminary design input to strengthen proposal efforts
- Mentor project teams and staff on design best practices, lessons learned, and regulatory/client expectations
- Maintain and grow relationships with past and current clients to develop new leads
- Introduce innovative approaches to process and facility design challenges
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field (Master's/PhD a plus)
- 10+ years of experience in biopharma/life sciences facilities - technology, operations, supply chain, capital equipment, or facilities planning
- Prior EPC/EPCM experience strongly preferred
- Experience in technology assessment (trends, opportunities, challenges) within a high-tech industry environment
- Strong client-facing and mature-industry-audience communication skills
- Ability to operate strategically while collaborating across remote teams and time zones
- Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship available)
What's on offer?
- Base salary: $175,000-225,000 , commensurate with experience
- Annual performance bonus: typically 10-20% of base
- 401(k) with employer match
- Travel/per diem coverage for project-related travel across the Americas
- High-visibility role with genuine influence over how this business function is built out
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This position is listed as full time and able to be worked remotely.