About Redwood Materials
Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
Position Summary:
Redwood Materials is seeking a Business Development Account Manager to join our dynamic team and drive growth in new and existing markets.
In this role, you will be deeply involved in building strong client relationships and managing key accounts. You will leverage your expertise to understand client needs, and develop tailored solutions, that align with our strategic goals. Your ability to communicate effectively, address client concerns and work quickly to solve client needs will be crucial for the success of this role. On a daily basis, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams including sales, customer operations, product management, and accounting to ensure a seamless client experience and successful partnership execution. You will also be responsible for monitoring account performance, managing client expectations, and identifying areas for improvement or growth.
As a Business Development Account Manager, you will be expected to work independently while contributingto the enhancement of our business development processes and strategies. Your role will heavily involve nurturing existing relationships to drive long-term success for Redwood Materials.
Responsibilities will include:
- Client Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients, understanding their needs and ensuring the delivery of exceptional service.
- Strategic Planning: Identify opportunities for account growth and collaborate with BD Managers and clients to develop strategies that align with their goals.
- Issue Resolution: Address and resolve any client concerns or issues promptly and effectively, ensuring a high level of client satisfaction.
- Reporting: Provide regular updates and reports to clients and internal stakeholders on partnership progress, performance, and key metrics.
- Travel: Ability to travel 25% when necessary for meetings, tours etc.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, engineering, or business. Technical background a plus.
- Sales/business/technical sales experience more than 5 years.
- Automotive, mining, metallurgical or lithium-ion battery industry experience is strongly preferred. ·
- Fluent in English for global communication to lead the account management.
- Strong leadership skills with logical communication.
- People skills to develop good relationships with customers even when the situation is very tough.
- Smart, scrappy, entrepreneurial, science-loving, having a bias for action and a lot of grit.
- An ability to have fun while tackling hard problems!
- A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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Skills Required
- Sales/business/technical sales experience more than 5 years
- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Fluent in English for global communication
- Strong leadership skills and clear logical communication
- People skills to maintain relationships in difficult situations
- Bachelor's degree in chemistry, engineering, or business
- Technical background (a plus)
- Automotive, mining, metallurgical or lithium-ion battery industry experience
- Entrepreneurial mindset, bias for action, and grit
- Passion for sustainability
Redwood Materials Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered okay to good overall, often competitive for engineering and corporate roles while closer to local norms in hourly operations.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options or equity are included in many offers, providing additional upside beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is viewed positively, with maternity and paternity leave standing out within the package.
Redwood Materials Insights
What We Do
Redwood is developing a fully closed-loop, domestic supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Our team manufactures critical battery components using as many recycled batteries as possible — localizing a 50,000-mile global supply battery chain on a single site.
