Critical Minerals Market and Business Development Leader
About The Position
Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business is seeking a Critical Minerals Market Development Manager, based at the Corporate Headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. The role reports directly to the Critical Minerals Program Leader and works closely with the TT Product and Marketing Team. As an individual contributor, the manager identifies, evaluates, and develops emerging growth opportunities in critical minerals and adjacent high-value markets. This high-visibility role leads work connecting market needs and customer requirements with technology development and business priorities. Working with Marketing, R&D, Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external partners, the manager advances opportunities from market assessment through commercialization and scalable growth. The role develops business cases, commercial strategies, and value-chain customer and partner relationships to determine where the organization should compete and how it can 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 or 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, including market sizing, growth rates, supply and demand dynamics, competitive dynamics, value-chain mapping, customer needs, and regulatory trends.
- Prioritize markets and applications based on validated market needs, TT’s ability to win, and financial value.
- Develop market-entry, growth, and commercialization strategies for priority opportunities.
- Translate market insights into clear 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
