VP of Cruise Solutions

ELIRE Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure and energy firm in the UK is seeking a VP of Cruise to drive innovation at the intersection of infrastructure and clean energy. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the cruise industry, a strategic mindset, and strong leadership skills. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of sustainable maritime transportation. Interested applicants should apply via email.

Qualifications

• Senior professional with extensive experience in the cruise, port, or large-scale infrastructure sectors.
• Proven leadership of complex, cross-border infrastructure or transport programmes.
• Understanding of relevant cruise, port, and maritime regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cruise strategy across ELIRE Group.
• Develop integrated cruise infrastructure offerings.
• Own relationships with cruise line operators and stakeholders.

Skills

Extensive experience in cruise or port sectors

Leadership of complex programs

Commercially strategic

Excellent communication skills

Job description

4 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

• Industries: Cruise, Infrastructure, Energy, Maritime Transport, Ports
• Remote working – 20 hours per month
• Services for equity arrangement
• Start and onboard immediately
• Evolves to a paid role upon closing our next capital raise

Want to assist an exciting, innovative, smart infrastructure and electric aircraft ventures that are passionate and determined to accelerate the new world of clean energy, transportation and maritime to net zero.

As a group, ELIRE has accelerated rapidly over the last few months to position our ventures and world-first solutions, which are critical to accelerating the ecosystem's shift towards adopting new technologies.

ELIRE Infra has a long pipeline of exciting projects from London, UK, UAE, Australia, the Nordics and the Mediterranean.

Company Description

ELIRE Group pioneers innovative solutions at the intersection of infrastructure, transport, and clean energy to help clients achieve decarbonisation and net-zero goals. The company values commercially viable, scalable, and impactful innovation, blending existing technologies with new ideas to drive change.

About ELIRE Group

ELIRE Group pioneers innovative, commercially viable solutions that accelerate the transition to net zero. Our ventures focus on scaling impactful technologies:

• ELIRE Infra – Our cutting-edge floating infrastructure solutions, “Smart Hubs” that enable ports, harbours, and cities to achieve their financial, operational goals and sustainability goals.
• ELIRE Aero – Advancing electric propulsion systems to drive aviation’s transition to net zero.
• ELIRE Labs – Strategic consulting services combining all of the team competencies under one house

The Group’s strength lies in leveraging our deep expertise across infrastructure, transport and energy to create scalable, agile and commercially impactful solutions.

Role Description

This senior leadership role will spearhead ELIRE’s cruise-focused innovation efforts, bridging infrastructure, energy, and operational design into coherent, future-ready offerings for the cruise industry.

The VP will work across the group, engaging with cruise lines, port authorities, shipyards, governments, and developers to develop bespoke solutions that resolve the space, energy, and passenger flow constraints facing modern cruise operations.

The successful candidate will blend commercial awareness with technical understanding to shape projects from early positioning through to implementation — unlocking value through creative strategy, programme structuring, and industry alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the cruise strategy across ELIRE Group, coordinating with the CEO and venture leads to align projects with emerging market needs.
• Develop and implement integrated cruise infrastructure offerings, including floating terminals, energy hubs (such as cold ironing and hydrogen), integration of new emerging technologies, and flexible gangway technologies.
• Own relationships with cruise line operators, port developers, city stakeholders, and technology partners.
• Represent ELIRE in industry forums, events, and working groups to elevate our positioning within the cruise and port development ecosystem.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and energy teams to align cruise projects with technical feasibility, regulatory standards, and future-proof operational models.
• Drive business development, bid strategy, partnership structuring, and value proposition tailoring for key cruise clients and projects.
• Support our early-stage feasibility and investment cases, including location assessments, passenger flow modelling, and interface coordination.
• Shape internal R&D around cruise-specific innovation opportunities, including short-stay port solutions, remote embarkation, and dynamic berth capacity expansion.
• Assist technical reviews, design gate processes and sustainability benchmarking to ensure alignment with cruise line expectations and IMO/regulatory compliance.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to integrate circular materials, ESG reporting, and net-zero pathways into all cruise-related infrastructure offerings.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Senior professional with extensive experience in the cruise, port, or large-scale infrastructure sectors.
• Proven leadership of complex, cross-border infrastructure or transport programmes (including with public or private stakeholders).
• Commercially strategic, with experience in opportunity development, partnership models and client relationship management.
• Comfortable engaging with both technical teams and C-suite decision-makers across the cruise and maritime ecosystem.
• Understanding of relevant cruise, port, and maritime regulations, particularly around emissions, passenger safety, and design standards.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to operate across global teams and client geographies.
• Ambitious, pragmatic, and passionate about redefining cruise infrastructure for a low-carbon future.

Contact and apply with your resume, portfolio, LinkedIn profile and a short description of your interest and experience via an email using the subject - VP Cruise + your name’ to Luke Jenkinson, CEO, [e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Climate Technology Product Manufacturing

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