Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential biotechnology client in their search for a Chief Commercial Officer to lead global commercial strategy at the intersection of industrial biotechnology, agriculture, and critical minerals. This executive will design and implement revenue pathways that transform technical innovation into market-facing value propositions for customers, partners, and policymakers.

The CCO will own commercial prioritization, monetization strategies, and market-facing risk decisions in close partnership with executive leadership. Key responsibilities include:

• Define and execute a global commercial roadmap, developing scalable business models ranging from direct sales and joint ventures to licensing and asset-light structures
• Convert early partnerships and MOUs into long-term offtake contracts while building trusted relationships with OEMs, refiners, landowners, and battery materials partners
• Own commercial performance metrics including offtake conversion, revenue ramp-up, pricing strategy, and contribution margins across business models and geographies
• Shape positioning within industrial policy and regulatory frameworks, securing non-dilutive funding, strategic project designations, and public-private partnerships across Europe, the U.S., and global markets
• Integrate commercial and operational strategies across processing, logistics, and trading to maximize value capture
• Build systems for market intelligence, tracking commodity trends, regulatory shifts, competitor landscapes, and emerging opportunities
• Recruit and lead a commercial organization spanning business development, policy, trading, logistics, and partnership management

What We're Looking For

Core Experience:

• 15+ years of progressive commercial experience in natural resources or closely related sectors
• Proven commercial leadership in business development or market creation roles
• Direct exposure to upstream extraction and downstream processing, refining, and/or trading in complex, capital- and technology-intensive environments (critical minerals, mining, metals)
• Demonstrated track record closing large-scale industrial agreements (offtake, strategic partnerships, JVs, licensing) and navigating multi-year sales cycles and policy-driven markets
• Strong exposure to business and revenue model design, with execution experience across multiple geographies and stakeholder types
• Experience building and scaling high-performing teams in fast-growing or international contexts

Technical Competencies:

• Strong commercial structuring and negotiation skills across offtake, pricing mechanisms, partner economics, and risk allocation
• Ability to translate technical and operational constraints into credible commercial propositions and executable go-to-market plans
• Solid understanding of commodity markets and value chains (pricing, benchmarks, counterparties, contracting terms, quality specifications)
• Experience engaging governments and agencies to unlock non-dilutive funding and public-private partnerships
• Familiarity with capital markets, including private, public, and project-related capital

Professional Attributes:

• Strong executive presence with ability to articulate complex narratives to C-suites, boards, investors, and policymakers
• Strategic vision combined with disciplined tactical execution
• High adaptability and comfort operating in environments with significant ambiguity
• Unquestionable integrity and ethics, with sound judgment in balancing commercial ambition, risk, and long-term stakeholder trust
• Fluency in English required; additional languages such as Mandarin Chinese, Korean, French, Portuguese, or German are a strong plus
• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in engineering, economics, business, or an industrial discipline relevant to natural resources is valued

How We Work With You

Get A Job.ai is managing this executive search on behalf of our client. When you apply through our platform, a member of our talent team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and assess alignment with this opportunity. Qualified candidates will be presented directly to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communication should flow through Get A Job.ai to ensure a professional and coordinated process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed with qualified candidates during the screening process.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices and equal opportunity employment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.