Integrated S&T Division Manager

Battelle - Columbus, OH

Full-time - Manager

Columbus, OH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Battelle delivers when others can't. We conduct research and development, manage national laboratories, design and manufacture products and deliver critical services for our clients—whether they are a multi-national corporation, a small start-up or a government agency. We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply. We are currently seeking a Division Manager to lead our Integrated S&T Division within our Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Business Line. As a Division Manager, you will live our core values - Unity, Creativity, Collaboration, Excellence, and Appreciation. This position is based out of Columbus, OH. The expectations for this position are managing Division operations, ensuring safety and compliance, program excellence, strategy development, and new business capture. The Integrated S&T Division delivers advanced CBRN capabilities for DOD, Other Government Agencies and industry partners to address current and emerging needs. The focus of this group is providing bench scale R&D for novel CB capabilities with an emphasis on technology transition for advanced development and deployment. The focus of this Division includes driving strategic business objectives for technology and capability development related to synthetic biology, biotechnology and bioenabled solutions; product driven RDT&E and biosecurity for biomanufacturing; computational biology and advanced data analytics; chemical and biological surveillance; quantum sensing applications and other advanced capabilities related to CB Defense. The Division manager must have experience working with DOD and have knowledge of non-medial biotechnology markets. This position will require broad internal and external collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to development and execution of business line growth strategies and plans
• Driving and managing division growth objectives for funding, revenue, profit, and return on investment goals
• Establish and/or lead capture efforts to win new business aligned with business line and division strategies
• Collaborate across divisions to exceed customer expectations and business line financial commitments
• Managing a team of approximately 50 scientists, engineers, and technical experts to support the core business
• Recruiting, hiring, establishing staff goals, and appraising performance
• Administering salaries, preparing staff development plans, and approving timecards
• Managing work loading of the assigned staff members
• Managing technical quality, business ethics and staff performance to attain high-quality products and services through the selection, training, development, and motivation of capable staff
• Ensuring staff have the necessary materials, equipment, and facilities to perform their work
• Aggressively identify, assess, and develop new business opportunities, and position new business resources to achieve growth objectives
• Understanding the competition and growing external partnerships when necessary
• Developing and managing customer relationships at all levels; develop and execute customer engagement plans, evaluate customer relationships and adjust approach as required
• Communicating with diverse audiences including customers and clients, senior management, scientists, academia, and the community

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science or engineering with at least 10 years of related experience and 5+ years of program management experience
• Experience in synthetic biology, computational biology and knowledge of biomanufacturing in a distributed environment
• Proven experience in leading business development and marketing programs worth ~$10M+ annually that involve coordination across organization lines and technical disciplines
• Knowledge of tools and methods for project/portfolio management, especially cost, schedule, and performance
• Ability to assess and take requisite action to address project risks and change requests
• Demonstrated excellence in building and supporting a team
• Proven ability to lead others in the achievement of goals and create teams driven by initiative, innovation, and wisdom
• Must be organized and detail oriented
• Must be capable of ensuring that a wide range of different activities (technical, business development, and administrative) are performed on time, on budget and at a high quality
• A customer service focus and history of successful customer interactions across academia, industry and government
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with executive level management, teaming partners, and customers
• Must be willing to travel up to 25% as required
• US Citizenship with an ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Nice-to-haves

• Graduate degree in Biology or Biotechnology related fields
• Experience managing Federal government prime contracts across multiple Federal agencies
• Knowledge of government and industrial contract work, especially guiding proposal teams
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Defense Acquisition University, Program manager Level II or above, or similar certification
• Secret clearance, with ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance

Benefits

• Balance life through a compressed work schedule
• Take time to recharge with paid time off
• Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives
• Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support
• Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Tuition assistance available to pursue higher education
• Flexible work arrangements