Director of Business Development-North America

Join us in our mission to commercialize fusion energy

Were all about solving climate change through fusion energy one stellarator at a time. Our impressive team of globally recognized fusion scientists along with veteran business leaders with experienced in scaling energy technologies came together with the ambition to fulfill the bold decadal vision of commercial fusion.

If changing the world wasnt incentive enough heres why you should join us:

We designed built and operated the worlds leading stellarators.

We aim to commercialize fusion energy in 10 years.

We know what were doing our leadership team has over 150 years of experience combined.

Weve already been recognised for our work by the Department of Energy through awards and funding.

Our philosophy accepts no intellectual boundaries and celebrates creativity

If you are searching for the best new ideas and share our vision join us as a Director of Business DevelopmentNorth America . This is what you need to know:

Location: Oak Ridge TN

Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Benefits

Contract: Permanent full time

Reporting to: Senior VP of Marketing and External Affairs

Your role in the mission:

Lead the companys North American market development activities through the development of key relationships and successful negotiation of complex commercial and government program transactions. The position will work with key staff members of the company to identify and capture new business opportunities. External relationships are essential to this position as it serves as a key project development representative of the company. This position reports directly to the SVP Marketing and External Affairs and is based in East Tennessee.

• Maintain a continual awareness of the industry emerging trends and factors that influence the value of the Type One Energy stellarator technology in target markets
• Manage the development submission and execution of relevant US government grant opportunities acting as the commercial lead.
• Identify and pursue new funding opportunities develop commercial partnerships lead proposal preparation.
• Represent the company as a presenter on peerlevel panels workshops and conference speaking opportunities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal working level crossdepartmental interactions.
• Support the development of competitive and market opportunity analysis in target sectors.
• Provide accurate and timely reports to keep management aware of progress and developing issues.
• Represent company in key forums.

What youll need:

• Bachelors degree in marketing finance engineering or scientific disciplineMS degree preferred.
• 58 year of experience in business or project development and complex sales
• Has demonstrated the ability to close large complex sales contracts
• Goes beyond traditional thinking articulates technical issues and is an effective negotiator
• Maintains professional poise and excellent presentation skills
• Originates ideas and comprehends complex concepts of both business and technical orientation
• Able to facilitate Executive level client and seniorlevel government official meetings
• Selfreliant able to adapt to a growing fastpaced organization and a team player
• Build positive longterm relationships at all levels in the industry
• Has significant and demonstrated experience successfully engaging in energyrelated business development activities both domestically and on an international basis

We offer :

In addition to a basic salary and yearly bonus you will also get

• Stock and share options
• Relocation allowance
• Insurance plans
• 401k retirement options
• And many more great voluntary benefits

Embrace the mission by submitting your application on our careers page then head over to our website to learn more about the revolutionary team behind Stellarator technology.

About Us:

Type One Energy Group is missiondriven to provide sustainable affordable fusion power to the world.

At Type One Energy we believe that our employees are our greatest asset. We are committed to creating a positive and supportive work environment where everyone feels valued and respected. We value diversity inclusion and equity and are committed to providing our employees with the resources and opportunities they need to succeed

The company was formed in 2019 by a team of globallyrecognized fusion scientists with a strong track record of building stateofart stellarator fusion machines together with veteran business leaders experienced in successfully scaling companies and commercializing energy technologies.

Type One Energy applies proven advanced manufacturing methods modern computational physics and highfield superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Its FusionDirect development program pursues the lowestrisk shortestschedule path to a fusion power plant over the coming decade using a partnerintensive and capitalefficient strategy. For more information visit

Equal Opportunity Statement

Type One Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity searching for the best new ideas and remaining open to unique perspectives. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment independent of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status age or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal state or local laws. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.