About Hyren

Hyren is the new green hydrogen platform created by Matrix Renewables, a global renewable energy platform created and backed by global alternative asset manager TPG and its $19 billion impact investing platform TPG Rise.

Backed by a proven track record and extensive experience in the renewable energy sector, which has led it to manage more than 15 GW of renewable power, as well as 60 years in the hydrogen sector, Hyren is aiming at the development of a pipeline of more than 4000 MW in Spain, whose construction, management and operation will also be carried out by the platform.

Hyren is poised for fast growth in an emerging field underpinned by national and European policies aimed at decarbonization across all sectors of the economy. To achieve this the company is assembling a multidisciplinary and energetic team of individuals.

The Role and Responsibilities

This role, which reports to the CEO, will be a key member of this team. Based in Madrid, the successful candidate will be primarily responsible for overseeing the development of Hyren´s portfolio of projects.

He/she will use his/her experience to manage Hyren’s project portfolio, development team and outside developers and partners. The performance of the candidate will be assessed vs. the achievement of key development milestones and annual budget commitments, their ability to manage the progress of the projects, and guiding Hyren in understanding and solving the challenges that these projects face. This will all be done against a backdrop of working within a very close, multi-disciplinary team with the expectation that the Candidate always fosters and embodies Hyren´s values.

The candidate should have a good network of connections in the energy sector, especially hydrogen and renewable energy, in Spain. The candidate must be familiar with all aspects of the development of hydrogen and renewable energy projects and must execute the closings for the SPV/projects procedures. This will also require that the candidate be fully comfortable managing Hyren´s position with partners through enforcing our contracts with them, so a working knowledge of SPAs, DSAs, PDAs and JDAs is necessary.

During the entire project development phase, the candidate will collaborate with in-house Hyren and Matrix team members and external teams to ensure that projects obtain all the permits, authorizations, and licenses necessary to reach Ready to Build (“RtB”) status, on time and on budget, leading to SPV/project closing actions.

More specifically, responsibilities will include:

Lead the Project Development team to reach Hyren targets.

Project management through definition of activities, sequencing, resources, and duration estimation.

Ensuring that the project development team is tracking and controlling the development status of projects in its pipeline, liaising with developers to help and assure that the delivery of projects

tB is reached as scheduled. Delivery of key project milestones, budget and returns committed with our investors is the main key responsibility of this role.

Facilitating and coordinating a proper and structed relationship with other departments in Hyren and Matrix as well as external partners to ensure that the Development team receives the required support to undertake all related activities. Achieving a seamless communication flow is considered essential for this position.

Establish and review development budgets, schedules, review work scopes, review and manage RFIs. The candidate shall control the funding activities and budgeting to follow what is stipulated in the contracts.

Ensure that all projects in the Hyren portfolio have updated financial models by collecting the technical, markets and development inputs to guarantee that projects meet with Hyren investors criteria.

Coordinate project development and engineering teams

Preliminary analysis of required equipment and infrastructure necessary for the successful execution of a H2 project

Negotiate collaboration agreements with potential partners and key specialised suppliers

Manage reporting efficiently on time and with the expected requirements.

Management of community and public relations in respect of the projects in Hyren´s portfolio.

The candidate should have experience working with stakeholders and be able to manage sometimes difficult or confrontational situations and renegotiate the existing agreements when it may be required to preserve Hyren´s interests and risk exposure. Industry contacts with developers, electric utilities and service providers will also be required.

Help implement ESG Company policy at local level in compliance with modern standards, regulations, and best industry practices. Flag any ESG issues as soon as possible, gather information related to them and where instructed interact with stakeholders if appropriate.

Ensure the highest compliance about anticorruption practices along the relationship with all the stakeholders.

A crucial role at a time when the company is growing rapidly, this position offers significant challenge and opportunity for the right individual.

The Requirements

Master’s degree in Engineering, law or business

>10 years of energy industry experience in a business development, project development, project administration, project management, contract administration, deal execution, project finance or other commercial role, with 5 years minimum experience in the hydrogen sector.

Full understanding of the full development cycle, construction, and operational milestones & permits for hydrogen and renewable energy (solar, wind and BESS) projects.

Good knowledge of current state of the art in the different technologies and about main financial metrics of financial models used by the company.

Budgeting & financial funding controlling skills

Team management and leadership

Results and budget oriented

Experience with dealing with developers, utilities, distributors and service providers and a good network of contacts in those companies

An ability to perform at a high level in a matrixed organization, working in inter-departmental teams to achieve objectives

Commitment to teamwork and excellent interpersonal skills.

Solid communication and reporting skills: capability to establish technical discussions in different cultural environments

Fluent in English and Spanish

Ability to travel

You will be down-to-earth with a humble approach which will fit with Hyren´s lean and collegiate corporate structure and culture. As a platform in a period of high-growth, Hyren has an entrepreneurial culture with a flat hierarchy; therefore, you will be a driven, ambitious, self-starter.

You will perceive this as a fantastic opportunity to join a growing company at an early stage and to make a major contribution to the delivery of their strategic objectives. This is a truly unique opportunity to join a high-quality early-stage business.

Hyren is committed to a fulfilling, inclusive and non-discriminatory working environment in all individuals are treated as individuals, with respect and dignity and are given opportunities to develop their careers and contribute to both the Company´s and their own success. Furthermore, Hyren is committed to ensuring a rigorous, fair and non-discriminatory selection and recruitment process and to treat all candidates who apply for a position in Hyren equally. We advocate for equal opportunity and do not discriminate against gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability.

Hyren hereby informs the job applicant that his/her curriculum vitae as well as all other personal data provided during the selection process will be processed by Hyren as data controller. Such data will be processed for the purpose of analyzing the Applicant’s skills and aptitudes and assessing the Applicant’s candidacy for the job offered. The Applicant, under the terms established in the data protection regulations in force at any time, may exercise his/her rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection and not to be subject to automated individual decisions. For this purpose, he/she may contact in writing to the following email address: info@hyren.es