Senior Director, Hydrogen Logistics & Growth

Plug Power; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Plug Power is seeking a Senior Director, Logistics to lead hydrogen logistics transportation across North America (excluding Europe). You will own transportation and partner with cross-functional teams to align sourcing, production, and product strategy, while driving cost efficiency and safety.

The role manages up to 5 direct reports and oversees $15M+ in annual transportation spend, focusing on scalable networks, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in a safety-critical cryogenic

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 10+ years of logistics or supply chain experience, including leadership in complex, high-growth environments.
• Deep expertise in transportation and logistics strategy, preferably within energy, industrial, or infrastructure sectors.
• Experience with hydrogen, hazardous materials, or over-dimensional logistics strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads the strategy, planning, and execution for the movement and delivery of hydrogen and related products to customers and suppliers, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations.
• Owns the transportation function and partners with Supply Operations, Engineering, and the Fuel Product Manager to align transport execution with sourcing, production, and product strategy.
• Establishes scalable logistics network strategies to support North America expansion, infrastructure development, and increasing operational complexity.
• Leads logistics capacity and asset planning, including cryogenic trailer fleet sizing, terminal and fueling infrastructure, and the associated capital plan.
• Provides oversight of all transportation modes, including bulk cryogenic liquid hydrogen and gaseous tube-trailer transport.
• Ensures logistics readiness and execution for new product launches, hydrogen deployments, and large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.
• Ensures adherence to compliance best practices and regulatory requirements while proactively mitigating risk.
• Builds and leads a high-performing, North America logistics organization, including talent development, succession planning, and organizational design.
• Drives enterprise-wide continuous improvement, cost optimization, and operational excellence across logistics operations, with explicit accountability for delivery costs and for product-loss yield.
• Establishes and monitors executive-level KPIs and reporting, including delivery cost per kg, OTIF, trailer utilization and turns, boil-off yield, carrier performance, and safety incident rate.

Skills

Logistics leadership

Strategy & planning

Cost optimization

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Logistics or related field

Job description

Plug Power is seeking a Senior Director, Logistics to lead hydrogen logistics transportation across North America (excluding Europe). You will own transportation and partner with cross-functional teams to align sourcing, production, and product strategy, while driving cost efficiency and safety.

The role manages up to 5 direct reports and oversees $15M+ in annual transportation spend, focusing on scalable networks, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in a safety-critical cryogenic