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Co-Founder, Commercial
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Co-Founder, Commercial
Deep Science Ventures
• Customer discovery and market prioritisation - from cold outreach to binding offtake agreements • Feedstock supply partnerships with waste management companies • Strategic partnerships with compounders, distributors, and brand owners • Techno-economic modelling and pricing strategy alongside the technical founder • Fundraising - leading commercial due diligence, building investor relationships, and closing rounds • Company strategy as a core member of the founding team • Building and leading the commercial team as you scale
Job Requirements
- Experienced founder/operator, with proven commercial track record in materials, chemicals, packaging, or adjacent industrial sectors - from cold outreach to signed deals
- Experience in an early-stage or startup environment; comfortable owning outcomes with limited resources
- Strong financial literacy - able to build, interrogate, and communicate financial models
- Experience fundraising from VC
- Excellent stakeholder communication - credible with customers, investors, and a technical co-founder alike
- Valuable: Network across plastics, packaging or waste management industries
- Familiarity with circular economy trends, recycling value chains and EU regulatory frameworks
- Experience managing application testing programmes or go-to-market strategy in materials
- Background in regulatory pathways for chemicals or materials.
Benefits
- The Setup: This role is structured as a Founder in Residence through Deep Science Ventures, with the venture targeting incorporation and spin-out asap.
- The venture spins out with £250k in inception capital from DSV and Valterra Platinum (formerly Anglo American Platinum).
- Majority equity stake between you and your co-founder(s) and salary is negotiated as part of the spin-out.
- Post-launch, DSV provides continuous support - fundraising, partnerships, recruitment.
- Remote-first, open globally, with a preference for UK/Europe.
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• Serve as a clinical expert during system implementation, physician onboarding, and live procedure support. • Partner with the Global Director to ensure alignment on account readiness, utilization goals, and growth opportunities. • Lead on-site execution during new site launches and technology integrations, ensuring a seamless clinical experience. • Identify and share clinical insights to enhance performance, workflow, and overall outcomes. • Support cross-functional collaboration between Clinical, Commercial, and R&D teams to advance adoption and procedural excellence. • Maintain strong professional relationships with key physicians, clinical staff, and internal stakeholders. • Drive ongoing optimization at existing sites to support procedural growth and sustainability.
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• Serve as a clinical expert during system implementation, physician onboarding, and live procedure support • Partner with Account Managers to ensure alignment on account readiness, utilization goals, and growth opportunities • Lead on-site execution during new site launches and technology integrations, ensuring a seamless clinical experience • Identify and share clinical insights to enhance performance, workflow, and overall outcomes • Support cross-functional collaboration between Clinical, Commercial, and R&D teams to advance adoption and procedural excellence • Maintain strong professional relationships with key physicians, clinical staff, and internal stakeholders • Drive ongoing optimization at existing sites to support procedural growth and sustainability
