Senior Industry Technology Specialist HHC, ME

Tanqeeb; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Uplift is seeking a senior contributor to drive industry management and provide deep technical insights across multiple client projects. The role involves staying at the forefront of developments, generating ideas, papers and patents, and collaborating with the client to optimize their technical solutions for customers.

You will engage with cross-functional teams, participate in customer meetings, and support opportunities from discovery to launch, ensuring strong technical value propositions

Responsibilities

• Industry management
• Provide application insights
• Stay abreast of technical developments and generate new ideas, papers and patents
• Identify and solve complex technical issues addressing customer concerns
• Initiate plans and coordinate technical activities carried out by our client, customer portfolio or partners
• Participate in customer meetings as coordinated with Account Manager
• Support the Industry group by identifying and qualifying prospects and sales opportunities including new applications
• Take ownership of innovations, formulation & portfolio and co-own market-specific launches from the technical angle
• Assist in creating proofs-of-concept for customer projects with focus on the technical angle
• Act as a sparring partner to the techno-commercial sales force when creating value-propositions for their customers

Job description

About Uplift

Uplift is a dynamic agency specializing in global talent search, covering EMEA, LATAM, USA, and APAC. With successful placements in 52 countries, we combine speed and cutting-edge technology to source top executive and mid-senior talent across various functions. Our innovative approach integrates global networks, AI, and advanced recruitment tools. Beyond recruitment, we engage with our audience through our podcast, newsletter, and webinars, ensuring we stay at the forefront of talent acquisition and global HR trends.

About Our Client

Our client is the world leader in biosolutions.

Responsibilities:

• Industry management
• Provide application insights
• Stay abreast of technical developments and generate new ideas, papers and patents
• Contribute actively with input for continuous product, tools and service development Optimizing value of our client´s technical solutions for their customers
• Identify and solve complex technical issues addressing customer concerns
• Initiate plans and coordinate technical activities carried out by our client, customer porfolio or partners
• Participate in customer meetings as coordinated with Account Manager
• Support the Industry group by identifying and qualifying prospects and sales opportunities including new applications Support launch teams
• Take ownership of a number of innovations, formulation & portfolio and co-own market specific launches from the technical angle
• Provide strong input in the launch concept creation phase (pre-launch) and support during launch to ensure strong impact & market anchoring.
• Assist in creating proof-of-concept for customer specific projects & pitches with focus on the technical angle.
• Act as a strong sparring partner to the techno-commercial sales force, when creating value-propositions for their customers.
• Focus will be on ensuring that our solution offerings meet customer, market and competitive demands and are technical optimum/viable solutions. Functional management Experimental work
• Conduct/supervise own lab-work to meet customer and project expectations
• Manage external testing in collaboration with the responsible TSM
• Develop and adapt new methods and procedures based on up-to-date knowledge Communication
• Represent our client portfolio of clients towards customers and other stake-holders on technical and /or project issues
• Ensure that information in all sales system on the account is correct
• Actively reaching out within the global TS and R&D community in order to take advantage of the global organization as a platform for better solutions

Collaboration & stakeholder management

• Internal & external network

The job entails working across HQ, regional & functional teams, and hence requires great organizational and communicational skills to effectively progress projects and create results. Working closely with various stakeholders both within our client and externally is a key part of the role. It is a highly collaborative job

Working close with the regional account manager, application research, marketing Manager, the techno-commercial sales force & the regional innovation Center in India.

• Performance & success measurement

KPIs & Targets The position will have a significant impact on the future growth for the HHC Division in the region, hence the candidate is assigned responsibility (KPIs) in terms of both growth/budget & project/launch targets.