Your mission <ul><li>You take the lead in developing comprehensive business plans for new product streams, carefully analyzing market fit and techno-economic feasibility to ensure successful market entry.</li><li>You provide the business rationale behind technical initiatives, making sure they create real market impact and contribute to sustainable margin growth.</li><li>You shape and continuously refine cylib’s product roadmap, aligning technical processes with emerging market opportunities.</li><li>You build and apply techno-economic models to evaluate technical options, balancing cost, yield, investment, and market demand.</li><li>You drive hands-on feasibility studies to identify process improvements and optimize equipment configurations.</li><li>As a collaborative connector, you bring together technical, commercial, ESG, and operational teams to advance projects smoothly and effectively.</li><li>You represent cylib professionally in strategic discussions with technology partners, engineering firms, and OEMs.</li><li>You provide strategic insights to actively support fundraising efforts and strengthen investor relations.</li></ul> Your profile <ul><li>You bring strong business acumen paired with hands-on experience in technical, engineering, or product-related roles (5 to 10+ years preferred).</li><li>You hold a degree in chemical or process engineering, materials science, or industrial engineering; an MBA or solid business experience is a valuable plus.</li><li>You possess deep expertise in decision modeling, economic analysis, and strategic thinking, with a proven ability to develop robust, data-driven strategies that drive business success.</li><li>Your excellent communication and leadership skills enable you to effectively collaborate and drive alignment across diverse, cross-functional teams.</li><li>You are passionate about leveraging technology to create sustainable business impact and enjoy taking ownership of initiatives from concept to implementation.</li><li>You thrive in a dynamic environment where your strategic insights directly shape the future of innovative technologies.</li><li>You embrace continuous learning and personal growth, eager to expand your impact within a forward-thinking environment.</li><li>Experience in battery materials, chemical processing, mining, or circular economy is a strong advantage.</li></ul> Why us? <ul style="border:0px solid;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Inter , '-apple-system' , BlinkMacSystemFont , 'Segoe UI' , Roboto , 'Helvetica Neue' , 'Open Sans' , 'system-ui' , '-apple-system' , 'Segoe UI' , Roboto , Ubuntu , Cantarell , 'Noto Sans' , sans-serif , 'Apple Color Emoji' , 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Working in a young and interdisciplinary scale-up team </li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">A lot of responsibility and creative freedom right from the start </li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Active contribution to climate protection &amp; circular economy  </li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Active involvement in decisions</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Team spirit and a family atmosphere </li></ul>

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<div id="ember55" class="ember-view organization-about-module__content-consistant-cards-description">cylib GmbH is a research-based company for holistic battery recycling enabling the green energy transition by ensuring the supply of sustainable raw materials for the battery industry. cylib's proprietary end-to-end recycling process is characterized by an efficient, resource- and climate-friendly recovery of all raw materials in a battery, including lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery packs, production scraps, or micromobility batteries. Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, the company builds on nearly a decade of research by the founding team. cylib was founded by Lilian Schwich (CEO), Paul Sabarny (CTO), and Dr.-Ing. Gideon Schwich (COO), with the mission to create a true circular economy.</div>
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Technical Business Strategy Lead (m/f/d)

Your mission <ul><li>You take the lead in developing comprehensive business plans for new product streams, carefully analyzing market fit and techno-economic feasibility to ensure successful market entry.</li><li>You provide the business rationale behind technical initiatives, making sure they create real market impact and contribute to sustainable margin growth.</li><li>You shape and continuously refine cylib’s product roadmap, aligning technical processes with emerging market opportunities.</li><li>You build and apply techno-economic models to evaluate technical options, balancing cost, yield, investment, and market demand.</li><li>You drive hands-on feasibility studies to identify process improvements and optimize equipment configurations.</li><li>As a collaborative connector, you bring together technical, commercial, ESG, and operational teams to advance projects smoothly and effectively.</li><li>You represent cylib professionally in strategic discussions with technology partners, engineering firms, and OEMs.</li><li>You provide strategic insights to actively support fundraising efforts and strengthen investor relations.</li></ul> Your profile <ul><li>You bring strong business acumen paired with hands-on experience in technical, engineering, or product-related roles (5 to 10+ years preferred).</li><li>You hold a degree in chemical or process engineering, materials science, or industrial engineering; an MBA or solid business experience is a valuable plus.</li><li>You possess deep expertise in decision modeling, economic analysis, and strategic thinking, with a proven ability to develop robust, data-driven strategies that drive business success.</li><li>Your excellent communication and leadership skills enable you to effectively collaborate and drive alignment across diverse, cross-functional teams.</li><li>You are passionate about leveraging technology to create sustainable business impact and enjoy taking ownership of initiatives from concept to implementation.</li><li>You thrive in a dynamic environment where your strategic insights directly shape the future of innovative technologies.</li><li>You embrace continuous learning and personal growth, eager to expand your impact within a forward-thinking environment.</li><li>Experience in battery materials, chemical processing, mining, or circular economy is a strong advantage.</li></ul> Why us? <ul><li>Working in a&nbsp;young&nbsp;and&nbsp;interdisciplinary&nbsp;scale-up&nbsp;team&nbsp;</li><li>A&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;responsibility&nbsp;and&nbsp;creative&nbsp;freedom&nbsp;right&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;start&nbsp;</li><li>Active&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;to&nbsp;climate&nbsp;protection&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;circular&nbsp;economy&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Active&nbsp;involvement&nbsp;in&nbsp;decisions</li><li>Team&nbsp;spirit&nbsp;and a&nbsp;family&nbsp;atmosphere&nbsp;</li></ul>

Technical Business Strategy Lead (m/f/d)

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