About Hyren
Hyren is the new green hydrogen platform created by Matrix Renewables, a global renewable energy platform created and backed by global alternative asset manager TPG and its $19 billion impact investing platform TPG Rise.
Backed by a proven track record and extensive experience in the renewable energy sector, which has led it to manage more than 15 GW of renewable power, as well as 60 years in the hydrogen sector, Hyren is aiming at the development of a pipeline of more than 4000 MW in Spain, whose construction, management and operation will also be carried out by the platform.
Hyren is poised for fast growth in an emerging field underpinned by national and European policies aimed at decarbonization across all sectors of the economy. To achieve this the company is assembling a multidisciplinary and energetic team of individuals.
The Role and Responsibilities
This role, which reports to the CEO, will be a key member of this team. Based in Madrid, the successful candidate will be primarily responsible for overseeing the development of Hyren's portfolio of projects.
He/she will use his/her experience to manage Hyren's project portfolio, development team and outside developers and partners. The performance of the candidate will be assessed vs. the achievement of key development milestones and annual budget commitments, their ability to manage the progress of the projects, and guiding Hyren in understanding and solving the challenges that these projects face. This will all be done against a backdrop of working within a very close, multi-disciplinary team with the expectation that the Candidate always fosters and embodies Hyren's values.
The candidate should have a good network of connections in the energy sector, especially hydrogen and renewable energy, in Spain. The candidate must be familiar with all aspects of the development of hydrogen and renewable energy projects and must execute the closings for the SPV/projects procedures. This will also require that the candidate be fully comfortable managing Hyren's position with partners through enforcing our contracts with them, so a working knowledge of SPAs, DSAs, PDAs and JDAs is necessary.
During the entire project development phase, the candidate will collaborate with in-house Hyren and Matrix team members and external teams to ensure that projects obtain all the permits, authorizations, and licenses necessary to reach Ready to Build ("RtB") status, on time and on budget, leading to SPV/project closing actions.
More Specifically, Responsibilities Will Include:
1. Lead the Project Development team to reach Hyren targets.
2. Project management through definition of activities, sequencing, resources, and duration estimation.
3. Ensuring that the project development team is tracking and controlling the development status of projects in its pipeline, liaising with developers to help and assure that the delivery of projects to RtB is reached as scheduled.
4. Delivery of key project milestones, budget and returns committed with our investors is the main key responsibility of this role.
5. Facilitating and coordinating a proper and structured relationship with other departments in Hyren and Matrix as well as external partners to ensure that the Development team receives the required support to undertake all related activities.
6. Establish and review development budgets, schedules, review work scopes, review and manage RFIs.
7. Ensure that all projects in the Hyren portfolio have updated financial models by collecting the technical, markets and development inputs to guarantee that projects meet with Hyren investors criteria.
8. Coordinate project development and engineering teams.
9. Preliminary analysis of required equipment and infrastructure necessary for the successful execution of a H2 project.
10. Negotiate collaboration agreements with potential partners and key specialised suppliers.
11. Manage reporting efficiently on time and with the expected requirements.
12. Management of community and public relations in respect of the projects in Hyren's portfolio.
13. Help implement ESG Company policy at local level in compliance with modern standards, regulations, and best industry practices.
14. Ensure the highest compliance about anticorruption practices along the relationship with all the stakeholders.
The Requirements:
1. Master's degree in Engineering, law or business.
2. 10+ years of energy industry experience in a business development, project development, project administration, project management, contract administration, deal execution, project finance or other commercial role, with 5 years minimum experience in the hydrogen sector.
3. Full understanding of the full development cycle, construction, and operational milestones & permits for hydrogen and renewable energy (solar, wind and BESS) projects.
4. Good knowledge of current state of the art in the different technologies and about main financial metrics of financial models used by the company.
5. Budgeting & financial funding controlling skills.
6. Team management and leadership.
7. Results and budget oriented.
8. Experience with dealing with developers, utilities, distributors and service providers and a good network of contacts in those companies.
9. An ability to perform at a high level in a matrixed organization, working in inter-departmental teams to achieve objectives.
10. Commitment to teamwork and excellent interpersonal skills.
11. Solid communication and reporting skills: capability to establish technical discussions in different cultural environments.
12. Fluent in English and Spanish.
13. Ability to travel.
You will be down-to-earth with a humble approach which will fit with Hyren's lean and collegiate corporate structure and culture. As a platform in a period of high-growth, Hyren has an entrepreneurial culture with a flat hierarchy; therefore, you will be a driven, ambitious, self-starter.
Hyren is committed to a fulfilling, inclusive and non-discriminatory working environment in all individuals are treated as individuals, with respect and dignity and are given opportunities to develop their careers and contribute to both the Company’s and their own success. Furthermore, Hyren is committed to ensuring a rigorous, fair and non-discriminatory selection and recruitment process and to treat all candidates who apply for a position in Hyren equally. We advocate for equal opportunity and do not discriminate against gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr