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Position Title: Head of Service

Location:  Santa Clara, CA

Job Term: Full-Time

Reports to:  Chief Operating Officer

The Opportunity:

Picarro is seeking a strategic and operationally strong Head of Service to lead and scale our global service organization. This executive leader will oversee worldwide field service, technical support, customer support operations, service delivery, and post-sales customer engagement across Picarro's portfolio of analytical instrumentation, software-enabled solutions, and enterprise deployments.
The Head of Service will play a critical role in driving customer satisfaction, operational excellence, service scalability, and long-term customer success while partnering closely with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Customer Success teams globally.
This role requires an experienced leader with a strong background in industrial technology, instrumentation, semiconductors, energy, manufacturing, environmental sciences, or other highly regulated technical industries.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Picarro's global service organization, including field service, technical support, installations, commissioning, depot repair, and ongoing customer support operations
  Develop and execute scalable global service strategies that improve customer satisfaction, responsiveness, operational efficiency, and service quality
  Establish and drive operational KPIs, SLAs, escalation management processes, workforce planning, and service performance metrics
  Partner cross-functionally with Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Commercial teams, and Operations to improve customer outcomes and drive continuous improvement
  Drive customer-centric service delivery models supporting enterprise and strategic customer environments globally
  Lead complex customer escalations and maintain strong executive-level customer relationships
  Support commercialization of service offerings, including support programs, maintenance agreements, and recurring service revenue opportunities
  Develop scalable processes, systems, tools, and infrastructure to support continued global growth
  Ensure compliance with quality, regulatory, safety, and operational standards applicable to Picarro's customer environments
  Recruit, develop, and mentor high-performing global service and customer operations teams
  Drive a culture of accountability, collaboration, operational rigor, and customer focus across the organization
  Qualifications:
  15+ years of progressive leadership experience in service operations, field service, technical support, customer operations, or related functions
  Proven experience leading global service organizations within analytical instrumentation, industrial technology, semiconductor, energy, manufacturing, environmental, automation, or related industries
  Strong operational leadership experience with demonstrated success scaling teams, processes, and customer support infrastructure
  Experience supporting enterprise and strategic customers with complex technical solutions
  Strong cross-functional leadership and executive stakeholder management skills
  Commercial acumen with the ability to align service strategy to broader business objectives
  Experience operating within highly regulated or operationally complex environments preferred
  Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
  Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred

Preferred Qualifications
Analytical instrumentation or industrial systems experience strongly preferred
Experience with global field service and customer support organizations
Experience supporting SaaS, cloud-connected systems, or enterprise software-enabled products
Experience within a public company or high-growth technology environments
International operational leadership experience across North America, EMEA, and APAC

Salary & Benefits:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $190,000 - $230,000. Your base salary range and title will be determined based on the location, experience, qualifications, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.

We offer a comprehensive benefit package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
• Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• 401K
• Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.)
• On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.)

About Picarro:

We are the world's leader in timely, trusted, and actionable data using enhanced optical spectroscopy. Our solutions are used in a wide variety of applications, including natural gas leak detection, ethylene oxide emissions monitoring, semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, atmospheric science, air quality, greenhouse gas measurements, food safety, hydrology, ecology, and more. Our software and hardware are designed and manufactured in Santa Clara, California and are used in over 90 countries worldwide based on over 65 patents related to cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology and are unparalleled in their precision, ease of use, and reliability.

At Picarro, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity, social orientation, or disability. Posted positions are not open to third-party recruiters/agencies, and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals. 

At Picarro, we strive to ensure that all individuals, regardless of their abilities, have equal opportunities. If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact Picarro, Inc. atdisabilityassistance@picarro.comfor assistance. 

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