Business Development Manager

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group); Denver (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Global Partners (CGP Group) is partnering with a venture-backed mining technology company to build a scalable commercial engine. The role focuses on pricing, forecasting, customer economics, and revenue opportunity evaluation to drive growth.

You will partner with senior leadership to translate technical programs into repeatable revenue, manage forecasts, and guide pricing decisions while supporting fundraising efforts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mining, metals, natural resources, industrial technology, finance, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with financial modeling, forecasting, pricing, valuation, market data, and commercial analysis.
• Mining industry experience, particularly with technical products, projects or services.
• Advanced Excel & software skills (PowerBI, etc.) with the ability to build models from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain revenue forecasts, commercial models, pricing models, and financial analyses.
• Develop DCF, valuation, scenario, sensitivity, and market-sizing models to support strategic decisions.
• Evaluate customer opportunities, project economics, pricing structures, and expected returns.
• Track commercial pipeline, revenue potential, conversion assumptions, and customer activity.
• Support customer proposals, commercial terms, contracts, and negotiation processes.
• Prepare executive and investor-facing materials tied to growth, pricing, market opportunity, and fundraising.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Pricing strategy

Advanced Excel

PowerBI

Mining industry

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Excel

PowerBI

Pricing tools

Job description

Compensation:

$110,000–$150,000 base + performance bonus + potential equity

Reports to the CFO/CCO

About the Company

We are partnering with a venture-backed mining technology company developing biotechnology-based solutions designed to improve mineral recovery from ore and help mining companies get more value from existing assets.

The company is applying microbial science, data analysis, and process optimization to address challenges in copper extraction, with a particular focus on improving recovery while working within existing mining infrastructure. Their technology is being evaluated directly with mining customers through paid test programs and is now progressing toward larger field deployments and repeatable commercial applications.

The business has already raised institutional capital, has approximately two years of runway, and is entering an important growth phase. With its first field deployment approaching, the company is focused on building a more disciplined commercial engine around pricing, forecasting, customer economics, project evaluation, and revenue conversion while preparing for its next fundraising cycle

The Role

This role sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, financial analysis, customer management, and business planning.

You will work directly with senior leadership to evaluate opportunities, build commercial models, support pricing decisions, manage forecasts, and help turn technical programs into scalable revenue opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain revenue forecasts, commercial models, pricing models, and financial analyses
• Develop DCF, valuation, scenario, sensitivity, and market-sizing models to support strategic decisions
• Evaluate customer opportunities, project economics, pricing structures, and expected returns
• Track commercial pipeline, revenue potential, conversion assumptions, and customer activity
• Support customer proposals, commercial terms, contracts, and negotiation processes
• Prepare executive and investor-facing materials tied to growth, pricing, market opportunity, and fundraising

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in mining, metals, natural resources, industrial technology, finance, commercial strategy, corporate development, or a related field
• Strong hands-on experience with financial modeling, forecasting, pricing, valuation, market data, and commercial analysis
• Mining industry experience, particularly in environments involving technical products, projects, or services
• Advanced Excel & software skills (PowerBI, etc.) with the ability to build models from the ground up
• Comfortable analyzing incomplete information and developing clear assumptions and recommendations
• Experience supporting customer agreements, commercial negotiations, or strategic partnerships
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across finance, commercial, technical, and executive teams
• Highly preferred - experience working at or with mining majors

What Will Make Someone Successful

This role does not require a highly senior dealmaker. It is better suited to someone who is analytical, commercially minded, highly organized, and eager to take on broader responsibility.

• The ideal person can move comfortably between a financial model, a customer opportunity, a pricing discussion, and an executive presentation—and wants to grow with an early-stage company as the commercial organization scales.