Director of Business Development & Strategy

Lead business development and strategy for Limelight Steel, focusing on mining and steel industry partnerships.

• •As our Director of Business Development & Strategy, you’ll own Limelight Steel's commercial pipeline from the ground up.
• •You'll prospect, negotiate, and close the partnerships with mining companies, steelmakers, and offtake customers that underpin our first commercial plants.
• •Key Responsibilities Own the end-to-end business development funnel: prospecting, relationship development, term negotiation, and deal close.
• •Lead outreach and relationship management with mining companies, tailings site operators, steelmakers, and industrial steel buyers.
• •Build and maintain a structured pipeline of suppliers, partners, and offtake customers.
• •Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure proposed partnerships are technically feasible and economically attractive.
• •Work with the leadership team to develop and stress-test commercial models, techno-economic analyses, and deal structures.
• •Requirements 5+ years in business development, commercial strategy, or partnerships
• •ideally in mining, metals, materials, or industrial commodities.
• •Demonstrated track record of originating and closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals (LOIs, offtake agreements, joint ventures, or similar).