Senior Commercial Manager, PtX

Would you like to join us in enabling the green transition on the very frontline of the renewable energy business? Would you like to put your commercial and analytical skills to work at European Energy in our Power-to-X division?

Then we look forward to welcoming you as our new colleague.

Your new team
As a part of our Project Economics and Optimisation Team, consisting of 4 engaged colleagues, but also in collaboration with the rest of the PtX department, you will be conceptualizing, framing, and developing new PtX and biogas projects.

The team’s primary focus is to:
1) Build, optimize, and maintain the business case for PTX projects from a commercial and techno-economic perspective throughout the project development cycle until Final Investment Decision (FID).

2) Secure offtake contracts and critical supply chain agreements necessary for project execution and financing.

3) Lead or support projects throughout EE’s stage gate model from early project framing to the Investment Committee at FID.

How you will create an impact
You will be leading the negotiation and execution of the offtake head of terms and subsequent offtake long-form agreements for our diverse PtX (methanol and hydrogen) and biogas (methane and certificates) product portfolio. You will also play an important part in securing key supply agreements, including CO2 sourcing, and in collaboration with our PPA team the power sourcing strategies.

You will be accountable for ensuring the commercial viability of PtX projects by managing both revenue-generating offtake contracts and critical supply chain agreements necessary for project execution and financing. This role is relatively broad scoped and requires strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and a deep understanding of the energy sector as well as project economics.

Key duties & responsibilities for the role:

• Manage and develop leads for offtake and where relevant, act as lead negotiations for agreements on project and portfolio level.
• Negotiate and execute the offtake Head of Terms and subsequent offtake long-form agreements for our diverse PtX and biogas product portfolio.
• Coordinate key commercial activities within projects and provide commercial insights to the PtX Management Team.
• Monitor regulatory landscape at the Danish and EU levels, ensuring compliance for the projects.
• Assist in identifying and materializing new revenue streams (excess heat/O2, etc).In collaboration with the PPA team define the power sourcing strategy for PtX projects incl. PPA(s), GO’s and hedging opportunities.Secure agreements with balancing responsible parties for PtX projects.
• Assist with keeping up to date easy to use PtX screening tools and evergreen economical models.
• Liaise with project PtX teams and perform relevant modelling for business case scenarios (low-mid-high).

Job prerequisites

• Relevant master's degree in commercial law, business administration, engineering, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of relevant experience from a similar function.
• Proficiency in English and Danish, orally and written is a must. Danish is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

You are enthusiastic, proactive, and results-driven. You thrive working independently as well as a part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You have good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with and communicate with different stakeholders.

With us you get

• To be part of a rapidly growing company at the core of the green transition.
• The possibility to work in an entrepreneurial environment where gaining hands-on experience is encouraged, while at the same time, new ideas and proactivity are valued.
• We make an effort to welcome you as our new colleague. We prepare individual onboarding plans and everyone is assigned a buddy.
• We prioritize our employees’ development. You will be enrolled in our People Development Program to ensure continuous learning and engagement.
• We offer the opportunity to work remotely and have flexible working hours.

About European Energy
European Energy is a Danish privately owned company founded in 2004. We operate all the way from development, construction, operation, and selling of wind- and photovoltaic (PV) farms on land as well as offshore globally. Further, we work with the development of future energy solutions, e.g. Power-to-X. We have a solid collaboration with local stakeholders and want to involve all parts in the process.

We are more than 840 employees with 43 nationalities represented in 22 countries. We all work for our common goal to be the most innovative partner within the green transition and to create The Power of Tomorrow, Today.

Reference: Peter Nørby Svendsen, Director, Head of Project Economics, Power-to-X, Project Development.

Apply for the position: Please submit your application including a CV and optionally a motivational letter by using the “apply for position” button to the right.

Background check: As a last step of the hiring process, a background check will be conducted on the final candidate. This is for safeguarding our operations and ensuring compliance with EU regulations for critical infrastructure. The check can include verification of identity, employment history, and criminal record.

Department:

Lokation: Søborg, Denmark