Application Development Manager

Imagine yourself…  

• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.  

• Thriving in a supportive team environment that inspires you to strive for excellence.  

• Collaborating with a vibrant, diverse, global team. 

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.  

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.  

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.  More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us  

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We offer:  

• Professional onboarding and training options 

• Powerful team looking forward to working with you 

• Career coaching and development opportunities 

Reporting to the Commercial director, the Application Development Manager Support responsible for expanding Hach’s total solution offering, marketing presence, and market share in Japan. This role combines technical expertise, commercial acumen, and cross-organization coordination, enabling effective delivery of comprehensive solutions to the Japan market.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

Project Business Support:

• Actively engage in detailed product presentations and live demonstrations, representing the full Hach portfolio to customers

• Work closely with Hach Japan sales teams to develop integrated solutions tailored to customer needs

• Support product selection and solution design to ensure optimal application fit across the full portfolio

• Manage project documentation and support commercial negotiations in coordination with Hach Japan

Market Development Initiatives:

• Develop and execute market development strategies for municipal (water supply & wastewater) and industrial segments

• Build strong networks with EPCs, system integrators, and plant manufacturers to expand market access

• Identify new application opportunities and drive adoption of advanced technologies

• Strengthen Hach’s presence in Japan by promoting a unified “One Hach” value proposition

Channel & Stakeholder Coordination:

• Ensure alignment in customer engagement and sales execution

• Coordinate sales transactions and opportunity ownership across both organizations

Product Innovation and Collaboration:

• Capture customer feedback and market insights to identify unmet needs and emerging trends

• Collaborate with Product Management and global teams to support product development aligned with Japan market requirements

• Provide competitive insights, including knowledge of local competitors

Training and Seminar Leadership:

• Deliver technical training, seminars, and workshops to customers, channel partners, and internal teams

• Promote early adoption of new technologies through education and engagement

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Environmental, Hydrology, or related field) or Business

• 5–7 years of experience in water treatment, measurement instrumentation, or related industries

• Strong experience in municipal water and wastewater projects

• Solid understanding of water supply and sewage treatment plant processes

• Proven experience working with system integrators, EPCs, or plant manufacturers

• Experience in measurement instruments and analytical solutions

• Familiarity with competitors in the Japan market

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across multiple organizations

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex sales processes involving channel partners

• Ability to translate customer needs into technical and commercial solutions

• Strategic thinking with strong planning and execution capabilities

• Intercultural agility and ability to work in a matrix organization

• Native-level Japanese and business-level English proficiency required

Hach is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
 

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