Director, Commercial AI Inference Marketplace

Director, Commercial AI Inference Marketplace

MARA is building the world's first Sovereign-Neutral AI Inference Marketplace a platform that transforms renewable energy and multi-silicon compute (GPU, FPGA, ASIC, wafer-scale) into liquid inference yield.

We aggregate performance across diverse silicon types and price inference by joules per token, creating a neutral exchange where enterprises, ISVs, and sovereign clouds can buy and sell compute with transparency and efficiency.

We're hiring the founding commercial leader a proven operator who can hit the ground running.

As Director, Commercial, you'll be MARA's external face for the inference marketplace driving immediate customer acquisition, forging vendor and hosting partnerships, and closing high-value contracts.

This isn't a crawl-walk-run role. It's a run-now, build-as-you-scale mandate. You'll execute in market from day one while laying the foundation for a commercial team that grows around you.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Own revenue and relationships from day one : build the initial pipeline, close anchor deals, and establish MARA's presence in the inference ecosystem.
• Lead end-user acquisition drive adoption across enterprises, sovereign clients, and AI-native ISVs.
• Structure and negotiate complex commercial agreements spanning silicon vendors, data-center providers, and sovereign partners.
• Execute and scale go-to-market plans for MARA's inference marketplace, including pricing, partner enablement, and deal frameworks.
• Run joint business reviews and co-sell programs with silicon and hosting partners to expand marketplace liquidity.
• Translate performance economics (joules per token, cost per inference) into compelling commercial narratives for customers.
• Represent MARA externally at executive briefings, industry events, and alliance forums as the commercial face of the world's first AI inference exchange.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, energy, and operations teams to ensure customer SLAs and contracts translate into delivered capacity.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a commercial team as scale and demand grow.
• Travel (2540%)

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education and / or experience and skills :

Preferred Experience