{"id":716927,"url":"https://alion.io/job/newlab-sr-director-commercialization-2","title":"Sr. Director, Commercialization","company":{"id":680238,"name":"New Lab","domain":"newlab.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/newlab","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Brooklyn, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":185000,"max":215000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":215000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":6,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-27T18:15:48Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-27","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T20:47:05Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":28,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":28},"description":"The Sr. Director, Commercialization will oversee the hands-on execution and partner management of Newlab’s flagship programs, including an initial focus on our Mining Studio and expanding into our Energy & Industrials portfolio. \nThis role centers on driving direct program delivery, leading matrixed teams, and managing key government and industry relationships to create commercialization pathways for global startups. A secondary focus involves partnering with Brooklyn leadership to translate global interest in our HQ into strategic growth opportunities.\nKey responsibilities\nCommercialization delivery & stakeholder management (primary focus)\n Lead the mining studio (~50% focus): Oversee execution of our high-stakes partnership with Saudi Arabian government bodies and mining leaders to diversify their economy through critical minerals innovation. Manage relationship dynamics, direct a distributed team of 5-10 cross-functional contributors, and serve as the bridge between global startups and Saudi partners. This work is led out of our Brooklyn location with a globally distributed team, including in-country colleagues. \nExpand energy & industrial programs: Scope, launch, and direct programs that help government industry partners leverage global technology innovations to solve technology challenges, defend market positions, and expand into adjacencies.\nDrive commercialization outcomes: Ensure programs create clear pathways for startups to scale, secure commercial pilot opportunities, and generate regional job growth.\nDrive program revenue growth: Ensure well-executed programs grow revenue over time by identifying expansion opportunities, extending project scopes, and deepening engagement with existing partners.\nMaintain quality control: Act as the primary accountable leader for delivery execution, partner satisfaction, and deliverable standards across assigned programs.\nFinancial, resourcing & systems improvement\nP&L & resource management: Maintain full oversight of program P&Ls, staffing models, and resource allocation to ensure healthy project economics and team utilization.\nSystems improvement: Identify operational bottlenecks in real time, anticipating team needs and building better systems and workflows to ensure seamless execution.\nStrategic growth & local ecosystem alignment\nPartner with leadership: Collaborate with the Brooklyn Managing Director, Chief Strategy Officer, and Global Head of Business to engage industry and government partners interested in Newlab Brooklyn.\nDevelop durable partnerships: Translate high-level strategic conversations and incoming global interest into durable partnerships through hands-on scoping, proposal development, and structuring new commercial agreements.\nQualifications\n6+ years of experience leading complex program delivery, client management, or innovation execution in energy, climate, industrials, or deep tech ecosystems.\nBackground in management consulting preferred; educational background in hard sciences or STEM (engineering, physical sciences) helpful, or a demonstrated ability to go deep into complex technologies.\nProven track record of managing multi-stakeholder programs involving high-level government entities, corporate sponsors, and early-stage technology startups.\nExperience managing cross-functional, distributed teams in a matrixed environment.\nStrong financial literacy with direct experience managing project P&Ls, scoping, and resourcing.\nOutstanding communication, executive presence, and senior partner management skills.\nCompensation & benefits\n$185,000 - $215,000 USD base salary\nPerformance bonus eligibility\nComprehensive benefits package with no waiting period\nOn-site perks at Newlab Brooklyn HQ","description_format":"text","description_chars":3715,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Growth opportunities"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Design & Creative","Web Design","UI/UX Design"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T06:14:30Z"}],"liveness":{"score":58,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.768,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":27,"expected_fill_days":38,"reasons":["conf:3","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":215000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/newlab-sr-director-commercialization-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/newlab-sr-director-commercialization-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T21:08:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}