Business Development Account Manager, Redwood Materials
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Battery recycling startup
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Battery recycling startup
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a circular supply chain to power a sustainable world and accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels.
Role
Who you are
- This is an independent, relationship-driven role for someone who wants to help shape how Redwood works with battery cell manufacturers
- Bachelor's degree preferred; a technical background (such as chemistry or engineering) is preferred but not required
- 2+ years of experience in sales, business development, consulting, technology, or technical sales
- Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or lithium-ion battery industries preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English for global account management
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to work independently
- People skills to build good relationships with customers, even when the situation is tough
- Smart, scrappy, entrepreneurial, and science-loving, with a bias for action and a lot of grit
- An ability to have fun while tackling hard problems!
- Nice to have: Fluency in Korean or Japanese
- A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
What the job involves
- Redwood Materials is seeking a Business Development Account Manager to support and grow our partnerships with battery cell manufacturers. In this role, you will build strong relationships with key cell manufacturing partners, understand their needs, and develop tailored solutions that align with Redwood's strategic goals
- You will work daily with sales, customer operations, product management, logistics, and packaging teams to deliver a seamless partner experience. You will also monitor account performance, manage expectations, and identify opportunities for growth
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key battery cell manufacturing partners, understanding their production needs and ensuring exceptional service
- Serve as a primary point of contact for partner accounts, coordinating across sales, customer operations, product management, logistics and packaging
- Identify opportunities for account growth and collaborate with BD Managers and partners on strategies that align with their goals
- Address and resolve partner concerns promptly and effectively to maintain a high level of satisfaction
- Monitor account performance and manage partner expectations
- Provide regular updates and reports to partners and internal stakeholders on partnership progress, performance, and key metrics
- Contribute to improving Redwood's business development processes and strategies
Our take
Redwood Materials, the brainchild of former Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel, is making waves in the sustainable energy sector with its strategic approach to battery recycling and domestic supply chains for lithium-ion batteries.
The company is dedicated to creating a fully closed-loop supply chain by manufacturing critical battery components using as many recycled batteries as possible, effectively localising a 50,000-mile global battery supply chain on a single site. This strategy aims to address the critical issue of material sourcing, particularly the reliance on China for battery materials.
Redwood Materials has raised massive funding and earned a valuation exceeding $6 billion. This positions the company to expand capacity, further strengthening the US's domestic battery supply chain. Its ambitious goal of enabling customers to purchase battery materials made in the US is aligned directly with the broader political objective of onshoring critical industries, as emphasised in the USA's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2026
$75m
SERIES E
Oct 2025
$350m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.2bn
Company HQ
Carson City, NV
Leadership
JB Straubel
(CEO)Co-founder of Tesla where they spent 15 years as CTO before founding Redwood Materials. They currently serve on the Board of Directors at Tesla and as a Board Member at QuantumScape.
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