Director, Forensic Services

Summary

Join AccuWeather as the Director of Forensic Services and lead our Forensic Department. You will oversee all aspects of the department, including strategic vision, revenue growth, personnel management, and daily operations. Conduct forensic investigations, provide expert testimony, and manage a team of professionals. This role requires a strong background in meteorology, forensic investigations, and leadership. You will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to increase revenue and client satisfaction. Success in this position requires strong communication, organizational, and entrepreneurial skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in meteorology
• Maintain American Meteorological Society Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) or PhD in meteorology or related field
• At least 3 years of experience providing high-quality expert testimony and other presentations related to forensic investigations
• At least 3 years of experience in conducting forensic investigations related to severe thunderstorms, including tornadoes, damaging thunderstorm winds, hail, flash flooding, etc
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in forensic or operational meteorology
• Demonstrated ability to work with and supervise co-workers and daily tasks
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong entrepreneurial skills and desire to continuously drive positive business acceleration
• Demonstrated ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately
• Expertise in obtaining and analyzing weather and climate data
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit, Gibson Ridge Radar Software, GIS Software such as QGIS and Global Mapper, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic vision for the Forensics team and continuously implement new ideas to drive increased revenue and profitability
• Monitor and improve efficiency of department operations, delegate tasks to team members
• Forecast and monitor department sales monthly and optimize pricing of client projects
• Ensure client satisfaction and develop processes to generate increased business from previous customers
• Coordinate with Marketing and PR teams to drive awareness of Forensic services leading to increased numbers of qualified leads and ultimately greater revenue
• Accelerate qualified leads from referral partners
• Catalog customers, opportunities and completed sales within AccuWeather’s CRM
• Coordinate with AFB Business Operations Team and Contracts team to ensure rapid negotiation of contracts involving the forensics group
• Integrate the latest technology and data sources into forensic analysis and report generation
• Research and prepare individual project reports for forensic investigations
• Provide expert testimony and other presentations related to forensic investigations
• Assign site studies, data requests and other projects to appropriate personnel
• Assure that individual projects are progressing and completed on time
• Manage Forensic department personnel including oversight and mentoring of staff members, performance evaluations, goal setting for team members, recommendations on compensation
• Maintain conflict lists and oversee efficient process for checking on potential conflicts
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience successfully conducting investigations related to wildfires, including the use of satellite-based wildfire detection, is preferred
• At least 3 years of experience in successfully conducting forensic investigations on general aviation related cases is preferred
• At least 3 years of experience in successfully analyzing Doppler Radar data