Business Development Manager, PFAS & Emerging Contaminants – Europe.

Ecolab; Groot-Bijgaarden; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecolab is seeking a Business Development Manager for PFAS & Emerging Contaminants across Europe to drive market growth for advanced ion exchange solutions. This role focuses on market creation, specification development, opportunity acceleration, and strategic influence.

You will work with municipal and industrial end users, engineering firms, technology partners, OEMs, distributors, regulators, and Ecolab teams to advance adoption of ion exchange technologies for PFAS and other emerging

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the European BD strategy for PFAS treatment using ion exchange.
• Identify opportunities across municipal drinking water, industrial process water and wastewater.
• Develop competitive positioning against activated carbon, membranes and other ion exchange solutions.
• Identify new PFAS and other contaminants opportunities.

Job description

Ecolab is seeking a Business Development Manager, PFAS & Emerging Contaminants – Europe, to lead commercial development and market growth for advanced ion exchange solutions addressing PFAS and other emerging contaminants across the European market. This role will focus on developing new markets and strategic applications and will be primarily responsible for market creation, specification development, opportunity acceleration, and strategic influence. Revenue accountability is shared with regional sales teams who retain commercial ownership of customer accounts.

This role will develop and execute the regional growth strategy, build relationships with key customers and market influencers, identify and advance strategic opportunities, and support adoption of Purolite ion exchange technologies for emerging water treatment challenges.

The successful candidate will combine business development expertise, technical credibility, and knowledge of the European water market. The position will work closely with municipal and industrial end users, engineering and consulting firms, technology partners, OEMs, distributors, regulators, and Ecolab commercial and technical teams.

While PFAS treatment will be an initial focus, the position will also identify and develop opportunities in other emerging contaminants and advanced water treatment applications aligned with Ecolab's growth strategy.

What You Will Do

Market Development & Strategy

• Develop and execute the European business development strategy for PFAS treatment using ion exchange technology.
• Identify opportunities across municipal drinking water, industrial process water, wastewater treatment, environmental remediation, groundwater treatment, and landfill leachate applications.
• Develop competitive positioning against activated carbon, membrane technologies, destructive technologies, and alternative ion exchange solutions.
• Identify and develop new applications and market opportunities involving PFAS and other emerging contaminants.