Critical Minerals Market and Business Development Leader
About The Position
Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business is seeking a Critical Minerals Market Development Manager to identify, evaluate, and develop emerging growth opportunities in critical minerals and adjacent high-value markets. The position is based at Chemours’ Corporate Headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, and reports to the Critical Minerals Program Leader. It also works closely with the TT Product and Marketing Team. This high-visibility individual-contributor role connects market needs and customer requirements with technology development and business priorities. The successful candidate will work across Marketing, R&D, Technology, Operations, Finance, and Legal, as well as with external partners, to advance opportunities from market assessment through commercialization and scalable growth. The role builds on foundational market understanding to develop business cases, commercial strategies, and customer and partner relationships across the value chain, helping define where the organization should compete and how to succeed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, chemistry, materials science, or a related field.
- 5–8+ years of experience in strategic marketing, business development, commercial strategy, sales, or related roles.
- Experience developing new markets, applications, or businesses in chemicals, materials, mining/metals, or related industrial markets.
- Strong understanding of B2B industrial value chains and complex commercial environments.
- Demonstrated ability to build external relationships and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, financial, and executive communication skills.
- Demonstrated learning agility, intellectual curiosity, and strategic rigor.
- Comfort operating in emerging markets with ambiguity and evolving conditions.
- Willingness to travel up to 30–40%.
Nice To Haves
- Understanding of mineral supply chains, including mining, refining/processing, metallization, and downstream applications.
- Existing network across mining companies, processors, technology providers, and/or downstream customers.
- Experience with Salesforce CRM and AlphaSites/AlphaSense or comparable market-intelligence tools.
- Exposure to government policy, trade dynamics, or incentives benefiting critical minerals and domestic supply chains.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and pressure-test market plans covering market size, growth rates, supply and demand, competition, value chains, customer needs, and regulatory trends.
- Prioritize attractive markets and applications based on validated needs, TT’s ability to compete, and financial value.
- Develop market-entry, growth, and commercialization strategies for priority opportunities.
- Translate market insights into recommendations that guide business direction.
- Identify and develop a pipeline of growth opportunities, from early-stage targets through commercial validation.
- Build relationships with potential customers, partners, and other value-chain participants.
- Develop differentiated customer value propositions and go-to-market approaches.
- Partner with technical teams to translate capabilities and technologies into commercially attractive solutions.
- Conduct customer discovery to validate market needs, value propositions, and commercial models.
- Develop business cases and recommendations to support investment and resource decisions.
Benefits
- Annual bonus target of 16%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
