Business Development Director-Validation

About Us

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients.

Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries.

By blending people‑centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose‑driven growth, Barry‑Wehmiller has become a $3billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Who You’ll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1,500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world‑class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Client Development Lead, Validation and Regulatory Compliance, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth.

• Work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients.
• Help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.
• Lead a Regulatory Compliance Validation team for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device manufacturing projects in the Southern California area.
• Be a leader, mentor, coach, and subject‑matter expert who fully understands validation and regulatory compliance and can work with clients to develop diverse solutions.
• Actively be involved in the execution and leading of all phases of projects.
• Inspire excellence in all aspects of performance and project execution and lift project teams to high levels of job satisfaction.
• Seek new value‑add opportunities for clients and Design Group.
• Meet with clients to define program requirements based on their production process flow and environmental needs.
• Assess requirements, break the project into tasks, and work with teams to determine scope, budget, and staffing.
• Communicate directly with clients in a collaborative and professional manner.
• Create integrated solutions and communicate key concepts to the client.
• Develop base plans and coordinate technical requirements with engineering disciplines.
• Understand and develop design intent and provide excellent client service.
• Research material options to deliver optimal solutions when required by project scope.
• Assign and review work of project team and check progress.
• Coordinate all aspects of project documentation with clients and design professionals.
• Prepare or review budgets based on experience and scope.
• Educate and develop the team and act as a resource for questions.
• Innovate and improve design and service delivery methods and processes.
• Build and sustain long‑term client and internal relationships.
• Participate in relevant industry organization events and conferences.
• Make an impact day‑to‑day with your skills and expertise, strengthening relationships with clients and team.

• Passion for a career in the Life Science industry.
• 15+ years of Life Science operational & engineering experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device sectors – client side & consulting…