KoBold Metals is hiring a
Remote Commercial Analytics Lead
\nCommercial Analytics Lead\n\nKoBold Metals is a mineral exploration company using AI to explore for the metals we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy. KoBoldโs business is discovering, defining, expanding, and developing mineral resources, and KoBoldโs objective is to achieve a step-change improvement in exploration success: we aim to discover more tier 1 resources, faster, and with fewer failures.\n\nKoBold has a global portfolio of more than 50 exploration properties targeting nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium, which range from 100%-owned to partnerships with both majors, junior explorers, and prospectors.\n\nOur team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, operations, and business personnel. Prior to joining KoBold, KoBold team members have made nearly 20 discoveries. Our exploration programs are co-led by our geoscientists and data scientists, who develop exploration hypotheses, rigorously quantify uncertainty in our understanding of the subsurface, and design data collection programs that most effectively reduce uncertainty, drawing upon a large suite of proprietary exploration technology built by our data scientists and software engineers. Our field programs validate and improve the system and have demonstrated material improvements over conventional exploration methods\n\nKoBold is privately held and our investors include: institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Gatesโs Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Standard Investments, and Sam Altmanโs Apollo Projects; and leading natural resources companies Equinor, Mitsubishi, and BHP.\n\nWe are hiring a Commercial Analytics Lead to help accelerate our mission.\n\nAbout the position\n\nThe CAL will report directly to the CEO and will work with the CEO and CFO on the most important analytic work informing corporate strategy.\n\nThe work will include, but not be limited to:\n\n\nEconomic assessments of global battery metal market dynamics to help guide KoBoldโs commodity focus\n\nDetailed analysis of investment opportunities\n\nFinancial scenario modeling to inform everything from corporate finance to resource planning and allocation\n\nEvaluating existing exploration and mining technologies to help guide KoBoldโs technology development priorities\n\nWorking with KoBold scientists to prioritize technology development \n\nWorking with KoBold partners to optimize technology deployment and commercial arrangements\n\nBattery material commercial analytics\n\nLeveraging data science methodologies to drive KoBoldโs commercial analytics \n\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n\nThe CAL will be responsible for:\n\n\nSupporting the commercial analytics of KoBolds CEO and CFO/CTO\n\nAggregating existing, as well as conducting original, market analyses on battery materials and battery supply chains\n\nHelping to develop detailed economic assessments on specific projects\n\nContributing to the corporate financial model to inform equity and debt financing, resource planning, and project development\n\nWorking directly with the CEO to prepare materials for the Board of Directors as well for other outside investors or partners\n\nHelping the CEO prioritize project expenditures across KoBoldโs asset portfolio\n\nHelping the CEO prioritize technology development objectives by working with senior data scientists, software engineers, and geoscientists\n\nLeveraging large economic data sets to produce high quality analytic reports\n\n\n\n\nQualifications\n\n A great CAL candidate will have:\n\n\nPhD in the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, or economics \n\nMs in physical sciences with 2+ years work experience at a startup, investment firm, or top professional services firm \n\nMust have experience with Python, Matlab, NumPy, SiPy or other scientific computing language\n\nMust have experience within the data science discipline\n\nMust have experience with financial modeling\n\nExperience with and/or strong intuition for global market dynamics \n\nRegardless of formal training, a strong orientation toward thinking from first principles with respect to science, technology, economics, and business\n\n\n\n \n \n\nKoBold Metalsยฎ is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.\n \n\nThe US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $100,000-$150,000.\n \n\nLocation: KoBold is a remote first workplace, we are open to candidates currently residing anywhere in the United States or Canada. All candidates must be authorized to legally work in either the United States for Canada \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Finance, Senior and Junior jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $100,000/year\n
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๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐
We hire old (and young)\n\n