Senior-Lead Commercial Project Manager – Green Hydrogen – HYRO

Octopus Energy

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London, UK, United Kingdom

Posted on: 2024-07-16

Category: energy

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Full time

Experience required:

Senior

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About the company:

We're on a mission to make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.

That means making power greener, smarter, and more affordable for everyone.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do: with always-fair prices, transparency and outrageous customer service.

We drive system change: with transformative tech to make renewable energy the norm and end global reliance on fossil fuels.

Octopus Energy Group is made up of 10 businesses spanning 6 countries across 3 continents, including: Octopus Energy Retail, Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy Generation, Kraken Flex, Octopus Electric Vehicles, and the Octopus Centre for Net Zero. More on OEG @ octopusenergy.group

This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior-lead commercial project development professional to be an integral part of delivering HYRO’s business plan and ORI JV’s growth platform.

HYRO is a 50:50 joint venture between funds managed by Octopus Energy Generation (OEGEN) and RES UK & Ireland. HYRO is developing green hydrogen projects in GB to support commercial and industrial decarbonisation and has plans to deliver 700MWe of ready to build green hydrogen by 2030. HYRO will be responsible for delivering the Projects from origination to ready to build including the development of the various commercial agreements e.g., offtaker and power supply agreements.

The role will be based between the Octopus Energy office in London and RES office in Kings Langley. While it is expected you carry out your work from your base, you should anticipate travelling in the UK for up to 50% of the time in some weeks and to destinations in Europe from time to time.

As the Senior-Lead Commercial Project Manager, you will co-lead projects – from origination through to ready to build – alongside your RES co-lead. You are expected to actively support and contribute to Octopus’ efforts and commitments to the JV. You will be employed by ORI JV Holdings 6 Limited (“ORI JV”)- the development entity established by ORIT and Sky.

If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!

Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.

In your projects you will be responsible for all the Octopus workstreams in the JV, which include but are not limited to:

All commercial aspects of projects – power supply agreements, hydrogen offtake agreements, low-carbon hydrogen agreements (administered by LCCC) – and the overall project management of the delivery, in coordination with your RES co-lead’s workstreams

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

Interfacing with government bodies as part of subsidy and policy discussions as well as supporting the Development Director in negotiations

In cooperation with the RES co-lead, develop project budgets – DEVEX and CAPEX – and be responsible for delivering against budget

Understanding of UK Hydrogen policy environment, including hydrogen derivative policies

Actively support offtaker and project origination work as well as market and competitor analyses.

What you bring to us:

An ability to clearly communicate, to work effectively in a team and a knack for communicating complex matters in lucid, succinct form

Excellent project management skills with a good understanding of the steps and governance involved in developing and delivering energy projects. 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

Demonstrated experience in negotiating offtake contracts, contract structuring, price structuring and origination

Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills with a focus on our internal and external customers

Specific experience in hydrogen is desirable but not essential. Knowledge of the hydrogen market and familiarity with different end-use cases is desirable

An entrepreneurial, roll-up-sleeves, can-do, delivery focused attitude, wrapped in a relaxed and approachable manner

Mentoring/coaching of less experience team members, continuous improvement and lessons learned focus.

Why you'll love it here

Wondering what the salary for this role is? On a call with one of our recruiters, this is always something we cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit! We will also ask your current salary - we want to let you know this upfront so you're comfortable talking about it on a call with us.

Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership

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