Senior Program Manager

About BlackMass Energies
BlackMass Energies is building businesses across critical minerals, battery recycling, advanced materials, manufacturing, and global resource supply chains.
We work across the value chain from identifying strategic products and raw materials to building manufacturing partnerships and taking products to global markets.
About the Role
We are looking for a Business Program Manager who can identify commercially attractive opportunities in critical minerals, rare earth metals, advanced materials, and related strategic industries, build relationships with capable manufacturers and suppliers, and take products from idea → sourcing/manufacturing → customer → international export market.
Candidates with relevant experience in critical minerals, rare earth metals, metals and minerals, mining, refining, processing, advanced materials, battery materials, or related industrial sectors are strongly encouraged to apply. Relevant industry experience will be an important consideration for this role.
This is a highly execution-focused position working directly with the founders. You will be expected to identify opportunities, validate demand, develop supply and manufacturing partnerships, find international customers, and convert opportunities into commercial transactions.
You will operate at the intersection of product strategy, market research, manufacturing, critical minerals, partnerships, business development, international trade, and exports.
What You Will OwnProduct and Opportunity Identification
Identify products and materials with strong demand, supply gaps, margins, strategic importance, and export potential
Research global markets, industries, competitors, pricing, customer requirements, and supply chains
Identify opportunities linked to critical minerals, rare earth metals, advanced materials, energy, manufacturing, defence, aerospace, electronics, batteries, and other strategic industries
Evaluate product economics, technical specifications, certifications, volumes, sourcing feasibility, processing requirements, and scalability
Assess opportunities across raw materials, processed materials, refined products, alloys, components, and industrial applications
Build a pipeline of products and business opportunities that BlackMass Energies can manufacture, source, distribute, or export
Manufacturer and Supplier Partnerships
Identify and map manufacturers, processors, refiners, recyclers, miners, and suppliers across India and international markets
Evaluate technical capabilities, production capacity, quality systems, certifications, pricing, traceability, compliance, and scalability
Build relationships with manufacturers, suppliers, processors, and strategic partners
Negotiate commercial terms, supply agreements, and partnership structures
Develop contract manufacturing, OEM, private-label, sourcing, and distribution opportunities
Coordinate samples, technical specifications, testing, quality, production, and delivery
Build a reliable and scalable supplier and manufacturer network
International Markets and Exports
Identify international customers and target markets for selected metals, minerals, materials, and products
Research global demand, import requirements, HS codes, certifications, duties, regulations, sanctions, documentation, and market conditions
Identify the most attractive international markets for export based on demand, pricing, competition, regulatory requirements, and ease of entry
Build export opportunities across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and other global markets
Identify distributors, traders, buyers, OEMs, manufacturers, industrial users, and strategic customers
Conduct international customer research and develop targeted outreach plans
Support quotations, negotiations, commercial discussions, and deal closure
Coordinate with logistics, documentation, compliance, customs, and shipping partners
Build repeat export business rather than one-time transactions
Business Development and Program Management
Own projects end-to-end:
Market Research → Opportunity Selection → Supplier/Manufacturer → Sample/Validation → International Customer → Commercial Deal → Export → Repeat Business → Scale
You will coordinate across internal teams, manufacturers, suppliers, customers, logistics partners, compliance teams, and other stakeholders to ensure execution.
This role will involve clear commercial targets, including identifying viable opportunities, developing qualified international leads, securing supplier and customer relationships, generating export orders, and contributing to revenue and gross margin growth.
What We're Looking For
We are looking for someone who understands industrial markets, thinks commercially, and executes aggressively.
You should have:
Relevant experience in critical minerals, rare earth metals, metals and minerals, mining, refining, processing, advanced materials, battery materials, or related industrial sectors
Strong business and market research skills
Understanding of manufacturing, processing, refining, sourcing, and supply chains
Knowledge of international trade, exports, and global market development
Ability to identify international markets and convert market research into customer opportunities
Strong communication, business development, and negotiation skills
Ability to evaluate products, suppliers, customers, pricing, margins, and business opportunities
Strong execution, follow-up, and relationship-management skills
Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across countries and time zones
Comfort with ambiguity, targets, and fast-moving environments
Strong ownership, commercial judgment, and attention to detail
Preferred Background
Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred:
Critical minerals
Rare earth metals
Metals, minerals, mining, refining, or processing
Battery materials and energy materials
Advanced materials
Recycling and recovery of strategic materials
Industrial products and components
Manufacturing and supply chains
Export / import and international trade
International business development
Procurement and sourcing
B2B sales
Chemicals and specialty materials
Defence, aerospace, electronics, or other strategic industries
Experience working with international customers, distributors, traders, OEMs, industrial buyers, or export markets will be highly valuable.
Engineering, materials science, metallurgy, commerce, economics, business, supply chain, international trade, or related backgrounds are welcome.
Candidates without relevant industry experience may apply only if they can demonstrate strong commercial ability, international market research skills, and a clear understanding of critical minerals, rare earth metals, or related strategic industries.
Targets and Performance Expectations
This is a target-driven role. Success will be measured by commercial outcomes, including:
High-potential critical mineral, rare earth, metal, material, and industrial product opportunities identified
International markets researched and prioritized
Qualified global customers and buyers identified
Manufacturer, processor, refiner, recycler, and supplier partnerships established
Samples, technical validations, and commercial discussions completed
Export opportunities developed
First commercial orders secured
Revenue and gross margin generated
Repeat international business developed
New business lines launched and scaled
The goal is not to produce research reports.
The goal is to identify real opportunities, find the right suppliers and customers, enter international markets, secure export orders, and build profitable businesses.
Why Join
Work directly with the founders
Build new business lines from zero
Work across critical minerals, rare earth metals, advanced materials, manufacturing, and global markets
Develop international customers and export markets
Gain exposure to strategic and high-growth industries
High ownership, autonomy, and responsibility
Opportunity to build global partnerships
Performance-based incentives and growth opportunities
ESOP opportunity for exceptional performers
Application
Send your resume to:
shashank@blackmassenergies.in
Subject: Business Program Manager | [Your Name]
Please highlight any relevant experience in critical minerals, rare earth metals, metals and minerals, mining, refining, processing, advanced materials, battery materials, manufacturing, international trade, or exports.

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