Senior Vice President, Testing

Montrose Environmental Group

SVP Testing Division responsible for driving growth, profitability, and market share of field-testing services. Leading a large team and collaborating with corporate leaders in environmental solutions.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $500,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, the SVP Testing Division is responsible for driving growth, profitability, and market share of our field-testing services business with approximately 1,000 employees in numerous locations across the United States and Canada
Promote, retain, and develop a high-performing team; build successorship and foster a unified culture grounded in ownership, collaboration, inclusion, and safety
Own full P&L responsibility for the Testing Segment, including revenue, EBITDA, and margin expansion, as well as DSO management and creating annual operating plans, forecasts, and capital prioritization
Demonstrated financial expertise, including forecasting, budgeting, and market pricing strategy; uses data and financial insights to drive disciplined decision-making and operational rigor
Drive operating leverage and improve/maintain division profitability through disciplined cost and margin management
Strengthening executive-level client relationships, strategic account management, accelerating organic growth through disciplined market prioritization and integrated portfolio offerings
Strengthen utilization, backlog visibility, pricing rigor, and project-level profitability
Drive consistent margin measurement methodologies across service lines and regions
Ensure robust system adoption and data integrity across enterprise platforms including Workday, Salesforce, financial reporting, and project management tools
Clarify decision rights and governance structures to enable scalable, repeatable performance
Direct due diligence and integration for acquisitions
Operate effectively within our shared services and matrixed structure by partnering closely with corporate/function leaders (Finance, HR, Legal, Safety, Sales, and Marketing) to achieve division objectives, cross-portfolio growth initiatives, and integrated solutions
Ensure effective execution within our enterprise operating model.

Requirements

What you’ll need

20 years of leadership experience in environmental testing services
Bachelor's degree in applicable engineering field or related scientific field
Proven success leading a $200M+ multi-geographical environmental testing business with large and dispersed teams
Hands-on experience in field testing, including stack, ambient, and LDAR as a single practice
Successful history with integrating acquisitions---operationally, culturally to enable growth
Demonstrated ability to lead effectively within a matrixed structure, alongside corporate shared-service functions, including sales and marketing
Accomplished in leading and operating within a publicly traded company
Experienced in managing, tracking, and reporting key KPIs
Proven success developing high-performing teams and building successorship
Demonstrated strategic thinking and operational discipline
High integrity, collaborative, inclusive and unwavering commitment to safety
Strong communicator – written, verbal and non-verbal
Experience operating across diverse regulatory environments, technical disciplines, client sectors, and geographies, and aligning global standards with strong local execution
Ability to build an engaging culture anchored on innovation, achievement and professionalism, aligned to mission of advancing progress while protecting the planet.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial forecastingbudgetingmarket pricing strategycost managementmargin managementKPI trackingfield testingstack testingambient testingLDAR

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentstrategic thinkingoperational disciplinecollaborationcommunicationcultural integrationdecision-makingclient relationship managementsafety commitment