Director, Biotech/Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Regional Intermediary

Reynolds is one of the largest community colleges in Virginia and serves Virginia’s capital city and five nearby counties. Annually, our four campus sites serve approximately 13,000 credit students and provide training for 7,400 students through the Community College Workforce Alliance. Reynolds is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse, culturally competent staff at all levels of the organization who reflect the demographics of our students. We also believe in providing an ongoing investment in our faculty and staff to deepen their skills and competencies to serve the full range of our student population.

CCWA is seeking a Director of the APM Workforce Intermediary to lead all aspects of the Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (APM) regional alliance, building and maintaining relationships with external constituencies to develop workforce development solutions for the region's APM and Biotechnology clusters. The Director will work for the backbone organization, the Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA), and will collaborate with leaders across the local workforce landscape, including employers, education and training providers, government agencies, community benefit and support organizations. This position is grant-funded through January 15, 2028.

The Director position is assigned to:
• Assemble the APM Workforce Sectoral Partnership, a steering committee of leaders across the local workforce landscape, including employers, education and training providers, government agencies, community benefit and support organizations, and community members.

• Develop a detailed strategic plan, including a mission, vision, governance, and communications strategies - to place a significant number of local residents in good APM and biotechnology jobs in the region.

• Engage employers and education to build talent pathways, identifying relevant competencies, mapping competencies to training, and building lifelong academic pathways that lead to higher wage jobs.

• Develop a communications and branding strategy for the APM Workforce Partnership, the APM Intermediary, and APM programs produced by Workforce Sector partners.

• Provide leadership over the APM Intermediary.

• Participate in the coalition-wide meetings and events of the APM Tech Hub Consortium, led by the Commonwealth Center of Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), and the Alliance for Building Better Medicine.

• Support fundraising efforts that advance a shared vision for the intermediary and the larger APM Workforce Coalition.

• Manage programming activities of the Good Jobs Challenge grant. Ensure all semi-annual reporting is completed.

• Represent the APM Intermediary at conferences and events.