[Hiring] Director of Integration and Strategic Services @Global Water Technology

Role Description

The Director, Integration & Strategic Services is a senior leadership role within Global Water Technology’s Water & Energy Services platform responsible for leading acquisitions, strategic initiatives, emerging capabilities, and other complex assignments requiring coordination across regions, functions, clients, and external partners. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director provides dedicated leadership capacity where focused attention is needed without distracting Regional Vice Presidents, District Managers, and other P&L leaders from their core responsibilities.

A primary focus of the position is mergers and acquisitions, with involvement beginning during pursuit and due diligence and continuing through closing, transition, stabilization, and full operational integration. The Director serves as a bridge between acquired businesses and GWT, helping both sides understand the people, clients, products, processes, systems, and operating practices necessary for a successful transition.

The scope of an integration assignment will vary. An acquisition within an established territory may require several months of focused support, while an acquisition creating a new geography or operating structure may require temporary leadership similar to a District Manager or Regional Vice President. The objective is not to create permanent parallel leadership, but to stabilize, align, build, and transition appropriate responsibilities to the long-term operating structure.

Beyond M&A, the Director serves as a flexible senior resource for strategic WES needs that do not yet have a natural organizational home or require dedicated leadership to develop and scale. The Director may take an identified need or opportunity, develop the strategy and operating model, demonstrate value, and build the resources and structure necessary to sustain it.

An initial strategic priority will be the development of a formal Corporate Development & Strategic Accounts capability within WES. The Director will establish the strategy, structure, account segmentation, business development approach, operating rhythm, and organizational coordination necessary to build and scale the function. Initially, the Director may directly lead select strategic relationships and enterprise opportunities while the capability is being established. As activity and opportunity warrant dedicated resources, the Director will build and lead the team responsible for day-to-day strategic account development and execution while maintaining overall leadership of the function and senior involvement in GWT’s most significant relationships and opportunities.

Additional assignments may include stabilizing a region following leadership turnover, overseeing strategic service partners, strengthening technical capability, supporting training and education initiatives, launching new programs, or leading special projects that cross traditional organizational boundaries.

In essence, the Director, Integration & Strategic Services provides experienced leadership wherever WES needs additional capacity to integrate, build, stabilize, or scale, while ensuring the resulting capability has the people, structure, accountability, and long-term ownership necessary to succeed.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in commercial and industrial water treatment, industrial services, or a closely related technical service industry.
• Significant experience leading operations, field teams, client relationships, territories, districts, regions, or comparable multi-functional organizations.
• Deep understanding of commercial and industrial water treatment chemistry, equipment, service delivery, client management, and field operations.
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions, business integration, organizational transition, or acquired account and team integration strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives across multiple functions and geographies without relying solely on direct reporting authority.
• Demonstrated ability to build new programs, processes, teams, or organizational capabilities from concept through implementation.
• Experience developing strategic, enterprise, key, or multi-location client relationships and new business opportunities.
• Strong understanding of business operations, account economics, pricing, contracts, financial performance, and operational planning.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with business owners, employees, clients, senior executives, and external partners.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in changing environments and move between strategic planning, organizational development, client engagement, business development, and hands-on execution.
• Demonstrated ability to develop others and transition personal responsibilities into scalable teams and structures.
• Certified Water Technologist (CWT) designation preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; significant relevant industry and leadership experience may substitute for formal education.

Requirements

• The Director, Integration & Strategic Services is a remote-based position and may be located anywhere within the United States provided the individual can reasonably support GWT’s travel requirements and operating footprint.
• The position requires frequent travel by automobile and air to acquisition markets, GWT locations, client and prospect sites, partner locations, and leadership meetings.
• Travel will fluctuate based on acquisition activity, strategic initiatives, business development opportunities, and organizational priorities.
• Active integrations or temporary leadership assignments may require extended or repeated presence within a market.
• Work is performed across home-office, corporate, client, and industrial environments.
• Flexibility outside standard business hours may occasionally be required based on business needs.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive group health care benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.
• Performance-based incentive plan tied to Company performance, operational improvements, and achievement of key objectives.
• Company vehicle program or reimbursement plan for required business travel.
• Access to industry-leading training, leadership development, mentoring, and continuing education.
• Opportunity to work closely with executive and senior leadership while playing an important role in GWT’s acquisition strategy and continued development of the WES platform.
• Career advancement opportunities within a growing, nationally recognized commercial and industrial water treatment organization.