Head of Strategy

3 weeks ago

San Francisco CA, United States Berkner Group Full time

About the Company

Our client is a company pioneering breakthrough carbon utilization technologies that convert industrial emissions into sustainable chemicals with unprecedented energy and cost efficiency, starting with ethylene, the world's most used petrochemical.

The team is innovating across chemical, mechanical and system engineering to turn carbon transformation into an economically feasible, industrial reality by developing a completely novel technological approach. Having completed its medium-scale Proof-of-Concept, the company is now working towards its first-of-a-kind industrial-scale electrolyzer and is assembling key partnerships for future commercial roll-out.

This company is supported by world-class funders including Lowercarbon Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Gigascale Capital and has raised $26M to date. The team operates from two centers in Paris and California (so whether you are passionate about the outdoors or good food/art scenes, there is a great location for you to join)

Your Mission

We are seeking a highly talented and driven Head of Strategy to join the team at this pivotal phase of transition from in-house prototyping to commercial demonstration and roll-out. As Head of Strategy, you will take a leadership role over business analysis missions that will constantly inform the commercialization strategy. Partnering with the CEO, you will work across a wide range of missions to refine go-to-market strategy, project prioritization and enhance the company’s value proposition. In this capacity, your responsibilities will center around:

- Market Intelligence: Conducting in-depth market research and analysis to guide strategic planning and identify growth opportunities.

- Techno-economic modeling : ownership and refining of TEA models (cash cost models, CapEx amortization models,...)

- Sustainability insights : Leveraging data and analytics to enhance the company's sustainability initiatives, carbon utilization strategies and conducting life cycle analyses to assess and improve the environmental impact of products and processes

- Regulation: Constantly monitoring regulation and best leveraging existing frameworks (IRA 45Q tax credits, EU ETS quota, etc.) to enhance the company’s decarbonization value proposition

- Business Intelligence: Benchmarking and monitoring industry trends and identifying potential partnership opportunities to inform the business development team efforts

- Management & leadership : Leading the business intelligence team

The ideal Head of Strategy will be dedicated to advancing the company’s mission and possess the skills outlined below. Candidates with a minimum of eight years of relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

Abilities and expertise:

  • Best-in-class problem-solving /logical reasoning ability
  • Ability to simplify complex problems and communicate concisely and impactfully adapting to the audience
  • 8+ years experience overall including:
  • Experience in a business-strategy-related role in the field of chemicals / Sustainable aviation fuels / CCU
  • Experience in techno-economic modeling (cash cost models etc.)
  • High-level understanding of the decarbonization regulatory landscape
  • Engineering background (background in process engineering is a PLUS)

Mindset:

  • Commitment to the mission and ambition
  • Innovative spirit
  • Determination to deliver on the mission you own, whatever it takes
  • Irreproachable work ethic
  • Anticipation capabilities
  • Radical open-mindedness: no ego. Ideas first

This company offers:

  • Impact: The team is building a product unique in the world with the potential to radically transform a century-old chemical process to slash emissions at the gigaton scale.
  • Unique journey: This is an early-stage company with a world-class team, offering second-to-none career growth opportunities.
  • People-first : This is a team of no-ego doers focused on self-improving while helping each other grow.
  • International team : This is a uniquely international team with >10 nationalities
  • Top of market compensation packages including
  • Competitive salary, generous Employee Stock Ownership plans, 401(k)
  • Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Ergonomic work stations & state-of-the-art equipment
  • Emphasis on training opportunities
  • Fun: The company constantly strives to cultivate a great work atmosphere and organize regular team events.

Berkner Group has been retained to execute this search. If you were contacted by Berkner Group, please reply to the person who contacted you. If you are applying to a job posting, please email your resume and a brief introduction to careers@berknergroup.com. Please include your name and the title for this position (“[Your name] - Head of Strategy - QX7R45R3”) in the subject line of your email. We look forward to hearing from you

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