Business Development Manager

About CURA
CURA is a Canadian climatetech company developing electrochemical technology to reduce CO2 emissions from cement production. We split limestone into lime and pure CO2 for storage or use, cutting emissions by up to 85% while lowering energy use and manufacturing cost. CURA is building a 30,000 TPA commercial facility on line for 2028. Designed as a retrofit-ready solution, CURA's technology integrates with existing feedstocks, infrastructure, and operations. The company's founders are seasoned climatetech leaders, with experience in scaling technologies to reduce global CO2 emissions. CURA works with partners globally to accelerate the decarbonization of the cement industry.
We are building a team of inventors, builders, and systems thinkers who thrive at the intersection of ambition and execution.
CURA operates with a strong safety culture and all team members complete OHS orientation and role-specific safety training.
The Role
CURA's technology produces a pure stream of CO2, but capturing its full climate and commercial value means getting that CO2 into permanent storage and turning verified emissions reductions into revenue. As Manager, Carbon Markets & Storage, you will own CURA's carbon value chain end to end: securing CO2 transport and storage for our projects, monetizing our environmental attribute credits (EACs), and positioning CURA's decarbonized cement within evolving carbon regulatory frameworks in Canada, Europe, and beyond. This is a commercially focused role at the heart of CURA's business model, working alongside our engineering team and reporting directly into the leadership team. You will be the company's expert on how carbon becomes value — from the compression skid to the credit registry to the purchase agreement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business and Commercialization Leadership

- Develop and build CURA’s commercial engine, including our sales process, funnel of qualified leads, and closing process.

- Identify, cultivate, and manage strategic partnerships with cement producers, construction firms, and industrial infrastructure players

- Structure and negotiate bilateral agreements and joint venture arrangements to support project execution

- Convert early‑stage partnership frameworks into binding commercial agreements by driving the progression from MOUs to definitive contracts

- Work with the CEO, COO and CTO to develop and drive CURA's commercialization roadmap, aligning partnership and deployment milestones with financing needs

- Support capital planning and fundraising readiness by ensuring commercial agreements and partnership terms are structured for investor, lender, and strategic partner diligence

- Collaborate with financial/project finance advisors to align commercial deal structures with financing strategy, capital stack development, and risk mitigation

- Represent CURA in discussions with strategic partners, investors, and potential lenders on commercial and partnership matters

- Benchmark partnership and commercialization approaches against comparable industrial or climate technology projects

- Contribute commercial input to investor and partner materials, including partnership structures and go-to-market/deployment strategy

- Support both near-term pilot project partnerships and long-term commercial scale-up planning

- Other duties as required to achieve CURA’s milestones

Safety & Documentation

- Must demonstrate attention to safe work practices

Collaboration & Communication

- Must work well in a team setting and effectively collaborate across an interdisciplinary team

- Results oriented with strong interpersonal, and communication/presentation skills

- Effectively communicate outcomes and provide recommendations for further development to the management team

- Demonstrated aptitude for problem solving, troubleshooting, collaboration, and innovation

- Responsibly identify and manage IP, and communicate it to management, internal team members, and external stakeholders

Leadership & External Relations

- Must be a self-starter and able to work independently or multiple competing priorities

- Manage relationships with external stakeholders, such as vendors, suppliers, and partners

- Excellent organizational, project, and time management capabilities

- Contribute to a culture of honesty, transparency, innovation, and safety

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree required, typically in business, engineering, finance, economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced technical/policy degree preferred

- 8-12 years of total professional experience, including 5+ years directly in business development, commercial partnerships, or project development, ideally within energy, industrials, infrastructure, or climate technology

- Experience at a venture-backed or growth-stage company strongly preferred

- Exposure to project finance, structured deals, or infrastructure transactions is a plus, given the close linkage between commercial and financing workstreams in this role

- Demonstrated experience in business development, commercial partnerships, or project development within climate technology, industrial decarbonization, energy, manufacturing, or process industries

- Track record structuring and negotiating commercial agreements, partnerships, or joint ventures, ideally in project-based or infrastructure contexts

- Familiarity with pilot-to-commercial scale project development

- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders (partners, investors, lenders, internal technical teams)

- Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with evolving priorities

Nice to Have:

- Experience in cement, chemical, or other industrial sectors

- Experience with first-of-a-kind (FOAK) project commercialization or financing

- Background in cleantech commercialization

- Familiarity with electrochemical and/or industrial process technologies

- Working knowledge of government funding programs and the climate finance ecosystem, sufficient to align commercial deal terms with grant, debt, and equity financing pathways

- Experience preparing commercial/partnership materials for investor or lender diligence processes

WHAT WE OFFER

- Competitive salary and early-stage equity stock options

- Generous vacation policy and a flexible, mission-driven culture

- A chance to make a measurable impact on global climate solutions

Additional Information

This is a hybrid position with employees expected to work a minimum of three days per week at CURA’s primary Calgary work location and offering the flexibility to work from home other days. Employees who prefer to work on site full time are welcome to do so, Monday through Friday.

- Relocation will be considered for this position

- Compensation will be commensurate with education and experience

- The role may require up to 20% travel

We know great candidates don't always check every box — if you are excited about this role and CURA's mission, we would love to hear from you.
CURA is an equal opportunity employer committed to accommodating candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please advise us of any accommodation needs.