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Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.\nKetjen is hiring a Technical Services Manager CFT within the CFT Technical Excellence department in Clear Lake office. The role reports to the Technical Excellence Director CFT and leads the Technical Excellence Specialists supporting our customers in NA and LATAM region.\nIn this role, you will coordinate regional Technical Services for CFT catalysts, support commercial objectives, and ensure customers receive reliable, the required technical support.\nYou will provide technical leadership, strengthen customer relationships, ensure the quality of proposals and documentation, coach the regional team, and personally support selected set of customers as well.\nWhat You Will Do\nProvide high-quality technical support yourself to assigned customers.\nOwn & set the regional CFT Technical Services strategy and annual plan, aligned with the Technical Excellence Director CFT and Regional General Manager CFT.\nBe accountable for translating business priorities into clear technical priorities, resource plans, and team objectives. Help to reduce business risks.\nEnsure the region delivers consistent, high-quality technical service, proposals, and customer-facing materials.\nAct as the senior technical interface for key customers, building management-level relationships and influencing technical and commercial decisions.\nLead the resolution of complex customer issues, ensuring technical, commercial, and cross-functional alignment.\nApprove or validate technical proposals, documentation, and recommendations before they are shared with customers.\nDrive effective use of technical expertise, systems, processes, and data to improve service quality and team productivity.\nEnsure customer and process information is validated, shared, and protected to support model improvement, product development, and future customer references.\nOversee technical customer complaints and ensure timely analysis, follow-up, and closure.\nRepresent Technical Services in customer presentations, seminars, publications, and product-support 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