Director Strategy (m/f/d)

Your mission

You will play a pivotal role in defining and executing cylib's strategic initiatives. As a part of the CEO-office you will work closely with our Executive Team and cross-functional departments.

• Developing Strategy Options: You design strategic pathways for various input streams and products within our battery recycling processes.
• Collaborative Evaluation: You partner with Finance, Tech, Commercial, Operations, and People to assess, prioritize, and sequence strategic options.
• Growth Opportunities: You explore and validate opportunities for product development, global expansion, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A).
• Executive Decision Support: You present well-evaluated strategy options to the Executive Team and frame clear recommendations for decision-making.
• Implementation & Monitoring: You drive the execution of strategic initiatives, set milestones and KPIs, and ensure successful implementation.
• Tracking and Optimization: You monitor progress and adapt strategies as necessary to achieve desired outcomes.

Your profile

• You are a dynamic and results-driven professional with at least 7 years of professional experience, ideally in strategy consulting or corporate strategy.
• You hold a degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• You have deep, hands-on expertise in the raw materials sector, battery materials sector, or the metallurgical industry.
• You synthesize complex information data-driven into actionable insights and solve problems with structured, pragmatic approaches.
• You have excellent communication and presentation skills, enabling you to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary team environment and take ownership from concept to delivery.
• You are proficient in English (written and spoken); German is a plus.

Why us?

• You take ownership from day one – after an intensive onboarding, you'll build something unique with us and shape outcomes with real impact on results.
• You work on something that truly matters – with your contribution, you strengthen Europe's battery supply chains and make circular economy a reality on an industrial scale.
• You're part of a mission-driven team – in a fast-paced scale-up environment, we live collaboration, because we can only move things forward together.
• You work to the highest standards – we combine the professionalism of leading industry with the innovative power of a top-tier, research-driven technology team.
• You grow with us – at cylib, you will do what is likely to be the most impactful work of your career and develop personally as we scale together.

About us

cylib is a research-based German scaleup for holistic battery recycling - starting from discharging to recovery of all components of the lithium battery - that was founded in Aachen in 2022 by three visionary founders, including a female CEO.