Director of Applications

Austin, TX Applications / On-site

The Company

MaverickX is revitalizing critical resource extraction with precision biologics. We are a team of scientists, engineers, and business operators who are bringing cutting-edge biotechnology products to the world’s most critical industries.

The Team

The Applications team owns the testing and performance validation of our chemistry, responsible for both lab evaluation and field execution. It is a small, cross-disciplinary group that works directly with technical operators to deploy, prove, and iterate on our solutions. Beyond the current field program, the team evaluates new applications for our chemical platform across the oilfield.

The Role

We are seeking a Director of Applications to lead the field implementation of our flagship oilfield product and to build the team and technology roadmap behind it. PetroX Boost is a biochemical treatment that selectively alters mineral phases in unconventional reservoirs, with the objective of enhanced oil production. We are currently planning field deployments with leading energy companies across America's most prominent shale basins. This is a hands-on leadership role. You will personally own lab-scale testing and validation, treatment plan design, field performance validation, product iteration, and the development of new applications for our platform, collaborating closely with the Growth and Bioprocess teams.

Responsibilities

Treatment Design and Trial Ownership: Own end-to-end treatment design for our field program: fluid volume and concentration, carrier fluid, injection rate, pressure limits, shut-in, and flowback strategy. Translate laboratory dose-response, reaction kinetics, mineralogy, coreflood results, fracture geometry, and treatment economics into documented field recommendations.
Field Execution: Own the field deployment protocol, supervise treatments on location, interpret real-time data, and lead post-job evaluation.
Placement & Diversion: Design placement and diversion strategies that achieve coverage across the full treated interval, for both standalone (e.g., bullhead) and frac-integrated deployment, and determine which delivery mode fits each well and customer.
Customer Engagement: Work with the Growth team to build and conduct field partnerships with operators, serving as the technical voice in key customer discussions.
Formation Screening & Basin Expansion: Build the screening criteria that determine which formations and basins PetroX Boost serves.
Team Leadership: Lead the Applications team across stimulation chemistry,...