Director of Business Development energy storage and/or clean energy

Overview

Drive sales, partnerships, and market strategy for solid-state battery tech

Key Responsibilities

• deal structuring
• pipeline development
• sales strategy
• brand awareness
• technical liaison
• customer deployment

Tasks

What we need: Under the direction of the Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer, you will work directly with customers to help put this technology on the road. -Develop deal structures and support negotiating contracts and agreements with customers and partners, ensuring alignment with company objectives and value proposition -Building and maintaining a robust pipeline of qualified opportunities and closing deals to meet and exceed targets -Developing and executing a comprehensive sales and partnership strategy for the energy storage market, including identifying target customers, segments, and regions -Establishing and enhancing the company's brand awareness and reputation -Work cross-functionally to understand details of the internal technical status and direction with various technical teams across QuantumScape which will require in person discussion -Collaborate and maintain relationships with company leadership to formulate and execute a go-to-market strategy

Requirements

• bs degree
• 12 years
• german
• japanese
• energy storage
• customer-facing

What You Bring

-B.S. in Technical or Business Field and a minimum of 12 years' industry -Fluency in written & spoken German and/or Japanese -Strong technical and business acumen -This role will require international travel -Strong attention to detail -Preference to candidates with experience in energy storage and/or clean energy -Experience in a customer-facing role establishing and building meaningful relationships with new perspective customers

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About Quantumscape

-Began with a mission to reinvent EV batteries using solid-state lithium-metal technology. -Innovative anode-less ceramic separator significantly boosts energy density, safety, and charging speed. -Produced first B-sample QSE-5 cells in late 2024, now undergoing automotive testing. -Unveiled 'Cobra' in 2025—a separator production line designed for gigawatt-hour volume scaling. -Strategic alliance with Volkswagen’s PowerCo for licensed production upon meeting key milestones. -Maintains tight secrecy and high expectations, focusing on anode-free solid-state innovation without a commercial product yet. -Carving a niche at the intersection of Energy, Transport, and Industrial sectors, targeting next-gen mobility infrastructure.

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