About Evoqua Water Technologies

　　We are excited to announce that Evoqua has now joined Xylem. By uniting our complementary approaches, products, and expertise, we enable our customers to dramatically improve the way water and wastewater is used, managed, conserved, re-used, and returned to nature. Together, we bring uniquely powerful capabilities to solving the world's greatest water challenges.

　　At every level, our global team is committed to access, equity, inclusion, and diversity. Our goal is for all our colleagues to be involved, respected, valued, connected, and free to bring their authentic selves and ideas. If you are excited and passionate about solving water, we want to hear from you.

　　Our more than 22,000 diverse employees are helping communities in more than 150 countries become water-secure. Apply today and Let's Solve Water.

　　At Evoqua, we are committed to fostering and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workplace where employees can be their authentic selves. If this position interests you and you possess the minimum qualifications, we encourage you to apply as you could be the right fit for this or other roles we are looking to fill. Evoqua encourages all candidates meeting the minimum qualifications/requirements for the position to apply.

　　Position Summary

　　THE ROLE: We are seeking a PFAS Technical Lead. The PFAS Technical Lead will establish the vision, dene the enabling strategy, and execute operations as they relate to the integration of technology needed to meet the organizations PFAS and broader emerging contaminants business targets. They will combine a deep understanding of PFAS, customer needs, regulatory & economic drivers, and emerging technology with strong knowledge of Xylems current portfolio of solutions and its future strategy to develop technology roadmaps leading to the incorporation of key technologies through new product development, partnership, and acquisition.

　　They will provide input on needs, feasibility, practical solutions, relevant technology, ease of implementation, cost, and barriers related to PFAS management for dierent markets and applications using currently available solutions in the present regulatory environment and the potential impact of pending regulations and emerging technology.

　　The PFAS Technical Lead will navigate the complexity of the PFAS landscape and provide clear guidance to the PFAS Program Manager and business stakeholders; providing recommendations in relation to new or improved technology oerings in existing or adjacent markets to unlock commercial opportunities; quantify the associated risks, uncertainties, costs, timing, and resource needs; and garnering and maintaining alignment with product development and strategy teams across the organization. They will lead gap identication, scouting, evaluation, R&D, testing, piloting, validation, and implementation initiatives while providing clear updates on progress to stakeholders.

　　The PFAS Technical Lead will engage with external partners including clients to understand their needs, recommend solutions, and oversee pilot projects & full-scale implementations of PFAS sensing, treatment, and destruction technologies; startups to evaluate technologies and establish commercial partnerships; suppliers to validate media and testing capabilities; government agencies to communicate the industrys technical perspective, and universities to license novel advancements leading to dierentiated oerings.

　　THE IDEAL CANDIDATE: The ideal candidate will have a deep knowledge of the complex PFAS space and the interdependencies between science, technology, regulation, and market dynamics. They will have strong technical skills across domains, be a fast learner, and remain focused on delivering practical commercial solutions based on business and customer constraints. They will excel in highly uncertain environments and deliver straight forward recommendations focused on customer needs and business impact. They will be a strong communicator, able to simplify complicated technical topics and convey a clear understanding of opportunity, action, rationale, risk, uncertainty, and impact to decision makers. They will be adaptable, both to meet the needs of the program as it grows and to react to market changes. They will be a strong individual contributor with broad experience, adept at engaging internal and external collaborators across the organization to eectively achieve goals. They will understand the need to consider multiple perspectives and maintain strong alignment across the global organization.

　　Core Responsibilities and Tasks

　　Strategy/General

　　Support in identifying and building the case for the big strategic bets leading to growth in the category, including product development opportunities, expansion into adjacencies, cross-selling and upselling potential, and new business models.

　　Identify portfolio gaps in established and adjacent target markets, champion initiatives to deliver solutions to meet growth objectives.

　　Dene technological solution sets to meet customer needs in current & future markets in support of market strategy development.

　　Engage in thought leadership activities internally and externally including technical client/conference presentations, publishing white papers, developing training, and participating on panels.

　　Eectively communicate to key stakeholders on technology, trends, gaps, unmet customer needs, and program plans/status.

　　Work collaboratively with project managers, engineers, strategic account managers, business development teams, strategy teams, segment/regional business leads, and government aairs Commercial/Product Management

　　Support the PFAS Program Manager to evaluate market opportunities, develop nancial models, dene pricing strategies, prepare proposals, and negotiate contracts.

　　Translate customer needs into technical specications and dene holistic solutions including site-analysis, sensing, removal, transportation, concentration, disposal, and destruction.

　　Participate in content creation for global PFAS training, both internally and externally

　　Work with product teams to lead NPD projects/programs through the Stage Gate process Technical/Innovation

　　Drive the incorporation of new innovations into Xylems solutions portfolio through a strong understanding of customer needs, emerging technology, & regulatory developments

　　Generate technology roadmaps; dening objectives, market needs & drivers, portfolio assessments, gaps, priorities, initiatives, resource needs, milestones, and outcomes.

　　Dene and execute projects to design, develop, validate, and incorporate new technologies; including establishing benchmarking criteria, laboratory & pilot testing, development plans, scale-up, and launch plans.

　　Determine the range of viability for emerging technologies; considering performance, cost, scalability, manufacturability, and protability under dierent regulatory scenarios and in dierent markets.

　　Conduct technical due diligence on acquisition targets in the areas of PFAS sensing, removal, and destruction.

　　Position Requirements

　　QUALIFICATIONS:

　　Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

　　10 15+ years of relevant experience

　　Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills

　　Strong technical PFAS background with knowledge of customer, business, regulatory, and legal implications

　　PREFERRED:

　　Masters degree in engineering or science

　　Experience working with utilities in municipal drinking water or wastewater.

　　Experience with Stage Gate Process

　　Experience with MS Project and Project Online preferred

　　Additional Details

　　At Xylem, we embrace diversity and strive to create avenues where employees feel valued and appreciated through our DE&I initiatives and Employee Resources Groups (ERG). Xylem is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Armative Action workplace. Xylem prohibits discrimination, harassment of any kind and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political aliation, marital status, medical conditions or disability, genetic information, age, or other non-merit factors.

　　Evoqua Water Technologies prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Evoqua Water Technologies takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

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