Independent Director — Deep Technology Commercialisation

United States·Technology & Digital Platforms·Deep technology and semiconductors· Boston·Posted 11 September 2026

Applications close 15 November 2026

Deep technology and semiconductors organisation in United States

The problem this seat exists to solve

The director will help the board assess the commercialisation of technically differentiated products. The remit connects evidence of technical capability with customer adoption, delivery economics and the investment needed to reach a supportable market position. It requires independent judgement about uncertainty rather than a preference for either ambitious claims or automatic caution.

The investment milestones

Review how management defines technical, product and commercial progress. A successful demonstration, a customer trial and a repeatable sale answer different questions. Require clarity about the evidence each stage provides and the assumptions that remain unresolved before further capital is committed.

Challenge the resources and time needed for qualification, integration, support and production where relevant. Examine whether the organisation has a credible route to serve customers after the initial technical sale. The board should understand when product maturity or delivery capability, rather than demand generation, is the principal constraint.

Candidate evidence

Candidates should bring founder, executive or board experience in deep technology with direct exposure to commercialisation decisions. They need enough technical understanding to question claims and enough commercial judgement to assess adoption barriers. Experience following a product beyond early validation into customer use is particularly important.

Governance responsibilities

This is a director seat with collective board responsibility. The director will not become a parallel chief technologist or negotiate sales on management's behalf. Any committee role will be agreed at appointment.

Review the allocation of capital between core development, adjacent opportunities and the capabilities needed to deliver. Management should explain what would cause an initiative to be narrowed, delayed or stopped. The director must be willing to revisit an investment thesis as evidence changes, without treating every setback as proof of failure.

Effective contribution means clearer stage decisions, realistic commercial assumptions and a board that understands the continuing obligations created by product sales. Candidates must disclose investments, advisory roles and intellectual-property interests that may affect independence. The role requires the ability to support entrepreneurial leadership while preserving rigorous challenge about claims, resource use and the organisation's readiness to fulfil its promises.

Terms

Where the board sits: Boston, United States
Applications close: 15 November 2026
Appointment: Board appointment
Compensation: USD 80,000–140,000 per year (indicative annual board fee)
Time commitment in this market: Typically 5–8 board meetings a year plus committee meetings and continuous between-meeting engagement; audit-committee chairs of listed issuers carry a materially heavier load.

Before you apply — United States

Neither federal securities law, the listing standards nor Delaware corporation law imposes any citizenship or residency test on a director of a US public company.

Residency test: None.
Nationality test: None.
Work authorisation: A foreign national attending board meetings usually travels on a B-1 business visa or under the Visa Waiver Program; board attendance is a recognised permissible business activity. An executive or interim operating role requires work authorisation.
Tenure limit once appointed: None, and none is proposed. Long tenure is a live proxy-adviser and institutional-investor issue rather than a rule, and is raised at annual meetings rather than enforced.

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