Commercial Development Lead

Location: Boston, MA (Strong Preference)

About Roosevelt Talent

Roosevelt Talent is a recruitment agency specializing in helping CleanTech and Frontier Technology startups hire. Companies that help us push the frontier of technology forward, while also conserving our planet for future generations.

We believe the right people are the foundation of every successful climate company. The teams solving the world's toughest energy challenges deserve a hiring partner that moves with the same urgency and ambition.

The challenge: Traditional recruiting is expensive, and often misses the best candidates. We change that. We proactively find exceptional talent, deliver a premium candidate experience, and help startups hire top performers at a transparent, affordable cost.

Reach out if you want a genuine hiring partner – not another mercenary.

About Our Client

Roosevelt Talent is working with BlueShift, a pioneer in rebuilding mineral processing through electrochemical systems and modular designs to unlock critical-mineral resources. Their work strengthens domestic supply chains for key sectors including defense, energy, compute, and advanced manufacturing. 

The Role 

We are seeking a Commercial Development Lead, you will work directly alongside the CEO to build BlueShift’s commercial function from the ground up. You will lead market identification, techno-commercial proposal creation, and account progression from early contact through to pilots and conditional offtake agreements. This hands-on individual-contributor role offers full ownership over customer relationships and market strategy, with a direct pathway to growing into BlueShift's overall commercial leader. 

Qualifications & Skills

Required

• 4+ years of experience in strategic sourcing and procurement, rare earths (battery materials, specialty chemicals, etc)
• Direct experience negotiating supply agreements, procurement contracts, offtake structures, or complex strategic partnerships.
• Experience working in the industrial hardware, energy, batteries, automotive, space, mining, defense, or adjacent technical sectors.
• Willingness to work in a startup environment (work hard with incomplete information and often limited resources).
• The desire to work at an 'Elon Company' type of culture.
• Strong preference for high ownership over bureaucracy.

Nice to have:

• An established professional network spanning energy, automotive, battery storage, space, mining, or defense markets.
• Operational experience in military, government, or public service roles that built technical fluency, acquisition judgment, and institutional navigation skills.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity stake paired with direct responsibility for creating the commercial engine of the company.
• Complete autonomy over market strategy, account plans, deal structures, and customer relationships.
• A clear, performance-based opportunity to step up and own BlueShift's entire commercial organization as it scales.

Note 

[visa situation] This role requires US-Working Rights - the company is unable to sponsor visa transfers. 

Application

If you are interested in this role and believe you are a good fit (ie: have been in a role where you were responsible for procuring rare earth materials on the buy side at a battery or defense company) apply today. 

If you have any problems applying, you can reach out to Silas@roosevelttalent.com with your updated resume and reason for interest.