Lead Commercial Project Manager in England

Lead Commercial Project Manager
Green Fuel Development Projects (Hydrogen, e-fuels, SAF)
London
Circular Resourcing are recruiting for a Lead Commercial/Project Manager to support several key development projects heading into pre-feed/feed stage through to approvals.
This is a pivotal and senior hire within the team.
London (hybrid)
Expected Salary: £95,000 – £120,000k DOE plus bonus and benefits
Reporting into the Director for Development, the Lead Commercial Project Manager will lead projects – from origination through to ready to sell, working closely with the Technical Project Manager.
Key responsibilities:
All commercial aspects of projects – power supply agreements, offtake agreements, low-carbon hydrogen agreements or SAF RCM agreements (administered by LCCC), CO2 supply and exclusivity agreements – and the overall project management of the delivery;
Work with the Technical PM to support delivery of the technical development workstreams critical to the success of the projects: managing utility, planning and permitting interfaces as well as the technical integration with CO2 sources and technology partners.
Understanding the technical development aspects and procurement activities of the project and how they interact with and impact on commercial workscopes, timelines and successful project delivery;
Management of all relevant stakeholders across the JV and commercial workscopes;
Support Director of Development in project financing/funding efforts and work collaboratively within the project to ensure all commercial agreements are appropriate for the best financing solutions.
Interfacing with government bodies as part of subsidy and policy discussions as well as supporting the Development Director in negotiations;
In cooperation with the JV, develop project budgets – DEVEX and CAPEX – and be responsible for delivering against budget;
Understanding of UK Hydrogen and e-Fuel policy environment, including hydrogen derivative policies;
Actively support offtaker and project origination work as well as market and competitor analyses.
Experience required:
Excellent project management skills with a good understanding of the steps and governance involved in developing and delivering process engineering projects.
Demonstrated experience in negotiating commercial agreements, offtake contracts, contract structuring, price structuring and origination, PPAs;
An understanding of power markets is not crucial but an understanding of \”molecules\” sector, i.e., natural gas, hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives is highly desired;
Strong project management skills with a good understanding of the steps and governance involved in developing and delivering chemical/process engineering projects.
Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills with a focus on our internal and external customers;
Specific experience in e-fuels and hydrogen is desirable as well as knowledge of the hydrogen/hydrogen-derivative market and familiarity with different end-use cases;