Commercial Manager

Rivan Industries; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

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Relocation support (£6,000/year)

Private health insurance

Unlimited time off

Job summary

Rivan Industries in the United Kingdom is seeking a Commercial Manager to drive commercial and partnership agreements for its synthetic fuels expansion. You will build relationships quickly with traders and industrial incumbents to expand across Europe.

The role requires deep energy sector experience, strong negotiation, pricing strategy, and the ability to align finance, engineering and permitting to deliver projects. In-person work at Bermondsey HQ with flexible options.

Qualifications

• 5-6+ years of experience in energy, chemicals, industry, manufacturing or trading.
• Bachelor’s or Masters in a related field (preference to STEM).
• Experience and aptitude for first-principles thinking and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build Rivan’s commercial pipeline from first contact to signed agreement.
• Negotiate offtake agreements and partnerships for synthetic fuels.
• Coordinate finance, engineering, manufacturing, deployment and permitting to convert opportunities into delivered projects.

Skills

Commercial experience

Pricing strategy

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

First-principles thinking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in related field (STEM preferred)

Job description

Rivan Industries (Rivan.com) is a synthetic fuel company designed to decarbonise heavy industry. We aim to make synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels and sustain life on earth by keeping the CO2 locked underground.

We design and manufacture modular synthetic fuel plants consisting of a DAC system, an Alkaline Electrolyser, and a Sabatier Reactor, whilst vertically integrating with off-grid DC solar and the European gas-grid. We’ve recently deployed the UK’s largest synthetic fuel plant and are planning to 1000x this scale in the next 2 years.

We are looking for a Commercial Manager to drive our commercial and partnership agreements.

The role:

• Build Rivan’s commercial pipeline from first contact to signed agreement, negotiating offtake agreements and partnerships for our synthetic fuels. You’ll build relationships quickly with commodity traders, industrial incumbents, and within high growth sectors to enable our rapid expansion through Europe.
• Contribute to our overarching commercial strategy, developing pricing models and market entry routes that enable us to scale from our first plants to volume deployment.
• Operate centrally, co-ordinating finance, engineering, manufacturing, deployment and permitting to convert commercial opportunity into real, delivered projects, ensuring elite execution of our go-to-market strategy at every stage.

Core skills:

• 5-6+ years professional experience within energy, chemicals, industry, manufacturing or trading
• Bachelor’s or Masters in related field (preference to STEM)
• Experience and aptitude for brilliant first-principles thinking and strategy

Specifics:

• £100-120k Salary depending on experience
• Share options as part of the early team
• Extensive relocation support, including £6000 per year extra to live close to our HQ
• In-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London – flexibility considered based on personal circumstances
• Private health insurance
• Unlimited time off

We encourage exceptional applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role, even if they do not meet all the requirements listed.

If you don't see a current role that fits, we also welcome open applications via our website.