Project Commercial Director

Overview

Lead commercial strategy for a large-scale pumped storage hydro project.

Key Responsibilities

• governance
• reporting
• commercial strategy
• stakeholder management
• contract negotiation

Tasks

-Champion strong governance, ensuring accurate reporting, transparent decision-making and the consistent application of best practice across all commercial workstreams. -Empower and guide a diverse commercial team through a matrix structure, fostering a culture of trust, curiosity and shared accountability where people thrive and deliver their best. -Develop and implement the project’s commercial strategy, ensuring it supports the business case, investment criteria and long-term shareholder value. -Collaborate closely with shareholders, government, regulators and the supply chain to build consensus and secure the right conditions for project success. -Shape and manage key contract negotiations, including construction and offtake agreements, ensuring risk is balanced and commercial outcomes are optimised.

Requirements

• commercial management
• contract negotiation
• stakeholder engagement
• financial modelling
• project financing
• team leadership

What You Bring

-Extensive experience in the commercial management of large-scale, debt-financed infrastructure projects, ideally within energy, utilities or renewables, with international exposure and a proven ability to deliver complex, high-value outcomes. -Proven expertise in contract negotiation and administration, demonstrating a calm, solutions-focused approach to managing risk, resolving challenges, and optimising commercial outcomes. -Demonstrable experience of engaging and collaborating effectively with shareholders, government, regulators and supply chain partners, building trusted relationships that enable consensus and project success. -Exceptional commercial and financial insight, with deep understanding of CAPEX/OPEX modelling, project financing, and revenue mechanisms such as CfDs, CPPAs and cap & floor arrangements. -Strong leadership capability, inspiring and developing multidisciplinary teams within complex or matrix environments, and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

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About Sse Renewables

-Founded in 2010 from the rebranding of Airtricity, it became SSE plc’s core renewables arm based in Perth, Scotland. -Also delivering solar and battery storage, including pioneering park developments in the UK. -The world’s deepest fixed-bottom wind project with 1.1 GW operational capacity. -Secured a project pipeline exceeding 15 GW with ambitious targets to reach 9 GW capacity by 2027.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-successful candidates must undergo a criminality check and a credit check before starting work.