Director, Oligo & Peptide Market Strategy

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

CRB is seeking a Director, Oligo & Peptide Market Segment Leader to drive long-term global strategy and growth in the life sciences segment. The role leads cross-functional teams, builds industry presence, mentors staff, and aligns with regional leaders to capture strategic opportunities.

You will shape CRB’s execution, brand, and technical excellence across regions and client engagements. The position emphasizes market leadership, industry collaboration, and ongoing development of CRB’s

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in the design/construction industry.
• 10+ years of experience in the life sciences industry.
• Deep knowledge of Oligo & Peptides processes, cGMP regulations and applications thereof.
• Strategic-oriented mentality. Ability to recognize relevant trends and innovations which inspire clients and colleagues.
• Ability to read industry evolution trends and innovate for novel solutions/approaches.
• Active in professional organizations focusing on Oligo & Peptides markets and technology.
• Ability to speak publicly with confidence and poise.
• Clear technical writing skills.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to conceptualize and communicate ideas to clients in real time.
• Active in professional organizations.
• Demonstrates CRB’s core values and cultural identity.

Responsibilities

• Strategize and investigate trends and the future of the industry; identifying evolution pathways for the therapeutic science and manufacturing methods, and identifying equipment and facility solutions and gaps.
• Be CRB’s face for the market(s), building brand awareness and reputation across all regions, being featured for conferences, webinars and publications, and personally engaging with industry and clients.
• Increase CRB’s market capture by working with Business Development to align on strategy and direction, identifying critical target clients, participating in early client engagement and pre-positioning, strategizing on project-win methods and capture planning for critical win projects. Aligning and strategizing with Sales Services for proposal direction on critical win projects. Support critical project interviews.
• Strengthen CRB’s design capabilities and maturity through facilitating internal training, building a talent depth chart, coordinating intentional mentoring development programs, identifying strategic market hires, and growing the SME and A&C reviewer network.
• Growing CRB’s market regulatory expertise. Being the market face of CRB for engagement with global regulatory bodies and industry lobby groups.
• Support operations directly by strategizing on project approach and providing program or conceptual level alignment and support on critical or complex projects.
• Differentiating CRB from the competition by continuing to improve CRB’s value proposition anticipating the evolution and future states of the industry.
• Global ambassador within CRB for Oligo & Peptides across all regions, building CRB culture and technical knowledge and design capability.
• Be a premier thought leader and CRB’s industry representative for Oligo and Peptides. Building brand and reputation across all regions, engaging our SMEs to present at conferences, webinars etc... and personally engaging with industry and clients contacts.
• Increase CRB’s market capture by working with the Market Engagement Team (MET) to align on strategy and direction for Global Strategic Opportunities, identifying critical target clients, participating in early client engagement and pre-positioning, strategizing on project-win strategies including proposal and interviews.
• Maintain and grow relationships with industry partners and existing clients to strengthen CRB’s reputation as a trusted advisor and partner.

Skills

Leadership

Public speaking

Strategic thinking

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Emotional intelligence

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

CRB is seeking a Director, Oligo & Peptide Market Segment Leader to drive long-term global strategy and growth in the life sciences segment. The role leads cross-functional teams, builds industry presence, mentors staff, and aligns with regional leaders to capture strategic opportunities.

You will shape CRB’s execution, brand, and technical excellence across regions and client engagements. The position emphasizes market leadership, industry collaboration, and ongoing development of CRB’s