CareerPlan

Senior Business Development Manager

Santa Clara, usFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10
Citizens or permanent residents only

Core

Identify and develop new market opportunities and strategic customer relationships for Element Six's diamond-based technologies in semiconductor, industrial, defense, and advanced manufacturing sectors.

Role type

Senior Business Development Manager

Builds

Strategic partnerships, supply agreements, licensing arrangements, and commercial models for advanced synthetic diamond and supermaterials technologies

Domain

Industrial technology / Advanced materials / Semiconductor

Required skills

Contract negotiation, executive stakeholder engagement, market penetration planning, strategic partnership structuring, industry advisory relationship management, cross-functional collaboration, business case development, growth strategy formulation

Preferred skills

Defense/US Government contract experience, semiconductor industry background, MBA, technical understanding of advanced materials ecosystem

Technologies

Advanced synthetic diamond, supermaterials, semiconductor value chain tools

Responsibilities

Build networks across semiconductor, industrial, defense, and advanced manufacturing ecosystems; Develop business cases and growth strategies; Lead engagement and negotiations with executive-level stakeholders; Structure and negotiate strategic partnerships and supply agreements; Establish industry advisory relationships; Collaborate with R&D and product teams to align market requirements with technology roadmaps; Deliver annual opportunity development and market penetration plans

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC