Job Description
Title: Director Business Development
Location: Remote
Percent Travel: 2535%
Reporting to: Chief Strategy Officer
Summary: This director-level role drives commercial expansion for Picarros VOC Workplace Monitoring Solutions (WMS) within the Industrial Solutions division. The Director Business Development is responsible for identifying and developing new market opportunities building strategic partnerships enabling global sales teams and growing the qualified opportunity pipeline. This role requires fluency in industrial compliance markets and the ability to translate Picarros technical differentiation into compelling commercial positioning.
Responsibilities:
Market Development & Pipeline Growth:
- Identify and evaluate new market opportunities for WMS solutions across EtO sterilization chemical manufacturing pharmaceutical and adjacent verticals.
- Develop and execute strategies to grow the qualified opportunity pipeline track progression metrics (pipeline growth rate stage advancement velocity qualified opportunity volume) and regularly report to leadership.
- Build market-entry business cases for new verticals and geographies including competitive landscape assessments and regulatory driver analyses.
Strategic Partnerships & Channel Development:
- Cultivate and manage relationships with EHS consultancies industrial hygiene firms channel partners and industry stakeholders to extend Picarros commercial reach.
- Represent Picarro at industry conferences (AIHce ISPE) trade events and executive briefings; deliver thought-leadership presentations on workplace air quality monitoring and compliance trends.
- Support strategic account engagement alongside Sales including customer discovery needs assessment and value proposition development for enterprise opportunities.
Sales Enablement (Global):
- Design and deliver enablement resourcesplaybooks competitive battle cards objection-handling frameworks and ROI toolstailored to the WMS product and business model value propositions.
- Train and equip regional sales teams (North America EMEA APAC) on technical differentiation regulatory positioning and commercial model.
- Develop and maintain a competitive intelligence program covering existing and emerging alternatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Relay voice-of-customer insights to Product Management to inform roadmap priorities pricing and packaging decisions for WMS offerings.
- Coordinate with Field Operations and Applications Engineering on demonstration planning proof-of-concept support and oversight of pilot projects.
Qualifications:
- 10 years of progressive experience in business development market development or commercial strategy in industrial instrumentation environmental monitoring or EHS/compliance technology.
- Demonstrated success in identifying new markets building strategic partnerships and growing opportunity pipelines in technical B2B environments.
- Working knowledge of industrial workplace safety and environmental regulations (OSHA PELs ACGIH TLVs EPA HON Rule MACT standards).
- Experience developing and delivering sales enablement programs across multiple regions and go-to-market structures.
- Strong executive presence; comfortable presenting to C-suite regulatory bodies and board-level audiences.
- BS in Engineering Environmental Science Chemistry or related technical field. MBA strongly preferred.
Preferred:
- Experience with gas detection spectroscopy-based analytical instrumentation or continuous monitoring systems. Familiarity with SaaS/subscription models in industrial contexts. Existing relationships in EtO sterilization petrochemical or semiconductor ecosystems.
Salary & Benefits:
The base salary range for this full-time position is $150k-$175k plus bonus and equity. All salaries are commensurate with experience qualifications and location.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical Dental and Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
- Life Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Vacation Policy and Paid Holidays
- Employee Referral Program
- 401K
- Social events (summer picnic holiday party team lunches etc.)
- On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges outdoor bootcamp flu-shots etc.)
About Picarro:
We are the global leader in delivering timely trusted and actionable data through enhanced optical spectroscopy. Our solutions serve diverse applications including natural gas leak detection ethylene oxide emissions monitoring semiconductor fabrication pharmaceutical petrochemical atmospheric science air quality greenhouse gas measurements food safety hydrology and ecology. Headquartered in Santa Clara California our products are trusted in over 90 countries and supported by over 65 patents related to cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology.
Picarro Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse workforce.