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We are a team of scientists, engineers, and business operators who are bringing cutting-edge biotechnology products to the world’s most critical industries.\nThe Role\nWe are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director, Bioprocess Technical Operations to lead MaverickX's bioprocess development and technical operations functions.\nThis individual will provide scientific, technical, and organizational leadership for the development, optimization, and scale-up of microbial processes. The role will oversee activities from early-stage process development through pilot-scale production, technology transfer, and commercial manufacturing readiness.\nThe Director will establish the technical strategy and development roadmap for microbial fermentation and bioprocessing, ensuring processes are robust, scalable, and commercially viable. This individual will lead multidisciplinary teams and work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to advance MaverickX's development and manufacturing objectives.\nKey Responsibilities\nScientific & Technical Leadership\nDefine the scientific and technical strategy for microbial process development and scale-up\nProvide technical direction across upstream fermentation, downstream processing, and analytical development\nEstablish development strategies to ensure process robustness, reproducibility, scalability, and manufacturability\nServe as the senior technical authority for critical process and scale-up decisions\nProcess Development & Scale-Up\nLead translation of biological processes from laboratory development through pilot and commercial scale\nEstablish scale-up strategies and performance targets for productivity, yield, and process robustness\nDirect process characterization, risk assessment, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement\nOversee process data review and guide experimental and development strategies\nTechnical Operations & Manufacturing\nProvide strategic oversight for pilot-scale operations and manufacturing readiness\nLead technology transfer from R&D to pilot and commercial manufacturing\nProvide technical leadership for process equipment selection and manufacturing facility development\nEstablish technical standards for process execution and manufacturing operations\nOrganizational & Cross-Functional Leadership\nDefine technical priorities, development roadmaps, and resource allocation across programs\nBuild, mentor, and lead multidisciplinary scientific and technical teams\nPartner with Research, Engineering, Quality, and Operations to advance development and manufacturing objectives\nProvide technical representation in strategic discussions with senior leadership and external partners\nQualifications\nThe following qualifications represent the core requirements necessary for success in this role:\nPhD in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or a related scientific or engineering discipline, with 12+ years of relevant industry experience; or Master's degree with 15+ years of relevant experience.\nSignificant leadership experience in bioprocess development, biomanufacturing, or biotechnology, with demonstrated responsibility for technical strategy and execution.\nDeep expertise in microbial fermentation and downstream process development, including scale-up principles and process optimization.\nDemonstrated experience advancing processes from laboratory or bench scale to pilot-scale manufacturing.\nProven experience leading and developing multidisciplinary scientific and engineering teams.\nDemonstrated ability to establish technical priorities, make complex scientific and engineering decisions, and manage multiple development programs.\nStrong track record of solving complex process development and scale-up challenges.\nExperience working effectively across scientific, engineering, quality, and manufacturing functions.\nExcellent leadership, communication, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.\nAbility to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving, and highly collaborative environment.\nPreferred Qualifications\nThe following qualifications are not required but would be highly valuable for the role:\n15+ years of experience in industrial biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, microbial fermentation, or large-scale biomanufacturing.\nExperience taking a biological product or manufacturing process through the full lifecycle from early development to commercial production.\nExperience establishing or scaling a process development, bioprocess engineering, or technical operations organization.\nDirect experience with pilot-scale and commercial-scale fermentation systems, including equipment in the multi-thousand-liter range.\nExperience leading the design, buildout, commissioning, or technical operation of pilot or commercial biomanufacturing facilities.\nStrong working knowledge of downstream processing, including product recovery, separation, purification, and formulation operations.\nExperience with technology transfer to CDMOs, CMOs, or internal commercial manufacturing facilities.\nExperience with process economics, capacity planning, manufacturing strategy, and evaluation of cost of goods.\nExperience interacting with equipment vendors, engineering firms, external manufacturing partners, and strategic customers.\nExperience developing technical governance systems, stage-gate processes, or portfolio management frameworks for development programs.\nExperience working in a startup, scale-up, or high-growth industrial biotechnology environment.\nExperience supporting products used in industrial, mining, environmental, agricultural, or specialty chemical applications.\nOur Values\nCustomer First: Our first and foremost priority is to give customers technology that makes their business more valuable. There is no deviation from this north star\nPlay to Win: This is a professional team, not a family. Hardcore work ethic is a baseline; measurable impact is how we define success\nExtreme Ownership: We are self-starters who learn voraciously, master our domain, and take full accountability for the outcomes of our work\nRelentless Execution: A good idea is meaningless until it is solving a customer problem. Moving with speed, focus, and determination is how we win in our industry\nRadical Candor: Focused, direct, and impactful communication is our language. No time for beating around the bush\nShared Success: Meaningful equity participation for employees means that when MaverickX wins, everyone wins\n Uncompromised Integrity: We do first-class business in a first-class way, while staying loyal to our customers, shareholders, employees, and country\nBenefits\nAt Maverick X, our compensation packages reflect our recognition of the value our employees bring to our success and our commitment to recruiting top talent. We cater our benefits to ensure our team succeeds both in and out of the office \nPremium health insurance: With medical, dental, and optical options, we offer some of the best coverage on the market \nContinuing education: We take employee development seriously and strive to unlock our team’s full potential through continuous learning initiatives","description_format":"text","description_chars":7235,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Equity","Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Bioprocessing","Chemical Manufacturing","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T18:15:23Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":22,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.631,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":56,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/maverickx-director","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/maverickx-director.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T14:55:16Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":22514,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":679374},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=679374"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmaverickx-director"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmaverickx-director"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmaverickx-director"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/maverickx-director\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmaverickx-director"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":760121}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"maverickx.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":760121},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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