Chief Commercial Officer

The role

The Chief Commercial Officer will lead sales, customer relationships, and commercial partnerships. You will turn customer demand into signed agreements and recurring revenue while building the commercial team.

What you will do

• Set commercial strategy and focus on customers and markets.
• Build relationships with magnet manufacturers, industrial customers, and strategic partners.
• Lead sales from first conversation through product qualification, contract negotiation, and repeat orders.
• Negotiate pricing, supply agreements, and long-term offtakes.
• Work with technical and operations teams to align customer requirements with production and delivery.
• Own the sales pipeline and revenue forecast.
• Build the commercial team as the company grows.

Required qualifications

• Track record of closing deals and growing revenue in rare earths, metals, advanced materials, or related industrial markets.
• Experience negotiating supply agreements and managing technical sales and customer qualification.
• Strong judgment on pricing, margins, and contract terms.
• Ability to build a commercial function from scratch and stay directly involved in customer work.
• Willingness to travel to customers and partners.

Nice to have

• Existing relationships across the rare earth and magnet supply chain

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company-provided lunch daily.

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship available if needed.

About the company

Solcoa is building the next generation of American metalmaking, starting with rare earths. They have developed a new chemistry that converts rare earth oxides into high-purity metals.