Vice President of Business Development

• Lead KoBold's business development efforts to secure exploration rights, development stage assets, and mining assets held by other parties.
• Represent KoBold with counterparties, coordinate technical underwriting, develop commercial positions, review contracts, and conduct due diligence.
• Cultivate and manage commercial relationships with key counterparties throughout project phases.

This role accelerates the discovery of critical minerals like copper and lithium needed for electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers, directly supporting the transition to a sustainable energy future.

• BA/BS in physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, or economics (geology or mine engineering preferred).
• 10+ years of business development experience (natural resource or infrastructure project development preferred).
• Experience with economic modeling.
• Strong interest in physical sciences and first-principles thinking.

Salary: $275,000-$350,000 per year (USD). Meaningful equity incentives. Full-time, exempt position.

KoBold Metals uses AI models and novel sensors to discover mineral deposits, addressing the growing demand for metals essential to clean energy technologies. They have proven a major copper discovery and hold a portfolio of over 60 projects.