Critical Minerals Market and Business Development Leader

Chemours International Operations Sàrl; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 141,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Chemours’ Titanium Technologies business seeks a Critical Minerals Market Development Manager to lead market development and growth initiatives from its Corporate Headquarters in Wilmington, DE. You will build market strategies, identify opportunities, and partner with Marketing, R&D, Technology, Operations and Finance to translate market insights into commercial growth.

The role emphasizes leading market entry and growth strategies, customer discovery, and business case development to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, chemistry, materials science or related field.
• 5–8+ years of experience in strategic marketing, business development, 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.
• Willingness to travel up to 30-40%.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and pressure-test market plans including market sizing, growth rates, supply/demand dynamics, and regulatory trends.
• Prioritize attractive markets and develop market entry, growth and commercialization strategies.
• Translate market insights into clear recommendations to guide business direction.
• Identify and develop a pipeline of growth opportunities from early-stage targets to 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 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.

Skills

Strategic marketing

Business development

Commercial strategy

Sales experience

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, engineering, chemistry, materials science or related field

Tools

Salesforce CRM

AlphaSites/AlphaSense

Job description

As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

Job Details: Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business is seeking a Critical Minerals Market Development Manager to join our team. This position will be available at the Corporate Headquarters in Wilmington, DE and will report directly to the Critical Minerals Program Leader. This role will also closely interact with the TT Product and Marketing Team. This role will identify, evaluate and develop emerging growth opportunities in critical minerals and adjacent high-value markets. This is a high visibility role within the business in which the successful candidate will take a leadership role in driving key responsibilities and deliverables between market needs, customer requirements, technology development, and business priorities. The role works closely with Marketing, R&D, Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external partners to move opportunities from market assessment through commercialization and scalable growth. As an individual contributor, this role will build upon the foundational market understanding by developing business cases, commercial strategies and value chain customer/partner relationships to define where the organization should play and how to win.

Market and Growth Strategy Development

• Maintain and consistently pressure-test market plan that includes market sizing, growth rates, supply/demand dynamics, competitive dynamics, value chain mapping, customer needs and regulatory trends.
• Prioritize attractive 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 to guide business direction.

Business Development

• Identify and develop a pipeline of potential 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.

Desired Outcomes

• Validation and prioritization of potential opportunities.
• Strong market, customer and competitive intelligence to support strategic decisions.
• Qualified pipeline of validated new business opportunities.
• Strategic customer and value chain partnerships that accelerate learning and growth.
• Successful progression of opportunities from exploration to commercial validation.

The following is required for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, chemistry, materials science or 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.
• Comfortable operating in emerging markets with ambiguity and evolving conditions.
• Willingness to travel up to 30-40%.

The following is preferred for this role:

• 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 other comparable tools for market intelligence gathering.
• Exposure to government policy, trade dynamics or incentives benefiting critical minerals and domestic supply chains.

In our pursuit to be the greatest place to work, we know that a critical element to enhancing our employee experience is to assure we’re operating with a solid foundation of trust. At Chemours, this means being transparent about how we pay our employees for the work that they do. Pay Range (in local currency): $141,120.00 - $220,500.00 Chemours Level: 28 Annual Bonus Target: 16% The pay range and incentives listed above is a general guideline based on the primary location of this job only and not a guarantee of total compensation. Factors considered in extending a compensation offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, and alignment with market data. The incentive pay is dependent on business results and individual performance and subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans.

At Chemours, you will find sustainability in our vision, our business and your future. If you want to work on the leading edge of your field and have a desire to make a difference, join Chemours and discover what it means when we say "We Are Living Chemistry." Every day Chemours delivers Trusted Chemistry that enables products and technologies that people rely on to live better and thrive. A global leader in industrial and specialty chemicals, our chemistry enables vital innovations from high-performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced electronics to batteries for electric and low-emissions vehicles, climate friendly cooling, paints and durable coatings for advanced infrastructure, and more. Through our three businesses – Thermal & Specialized Solutions, Titanium Technologies, and Advanced Performance Materials – we deliver chemistry-based innovations that solve our customers’ biggest challenges.

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