Business Operations Manager; Commercial

Airswift is partnering with a leading clean‑energy developer to identify a Business Operations Manager for a high‑visibility, strategic, and confidential role supporting the development and execution of a multi‑billion‑dollar hydrogen/ammonia project.

This role operates in close partnership with executive leadership and sits at the center of a major capital project advancing toward Final Investment Decision (FID) and into construction.

While the role has strong exposure to strategy and decision-making, it is fundamentally execution-driven. The Business Operations Manager is responsible for driving progress across the organization, ensuring milestones are met, and maintaining momentum across all work streams.

• Support executive leaders by preparing presentations, reports, and governance materials.
• Actively drive progress across strategic, commercial, financial, and technical initiatives, ensuring milestones are achieved and deadlines are met.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to maintain alignment, accountability, and execution momentum.
• Identify and remove blockers, resolve ambiguity, and ensure issues are escalated and addressed promptly.
• Support major project milestones, including financing, permitting, EPC contracting, and FID readiness.
• Maintain dashboards, KPIs, calendars, and operating rhythms for executive oversight.
• Manage communication with external stakeholders, including advisors, EPC partners, investors, and regulators.
• Lead special projects and step in where needed to support critical execution priorities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in energy, infrastructure, chemicals, LNG, hydrogen, ammonia, or other capital-intensive industries.
• Experience working in or supporting large‑scale project development or capital investment processes.
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex, multidisciplinary initiatives to completion.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, with comfort reviewing investment cases and project economics.
• Experience supporting executive leadership and/or Board‑level stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence without authority across internal teams and external partners.

• Background in hydrogen, ammonia, LNG, chemicals, or large‑scale energy projects.
• Exposure to project finance, EPC contracting, and development‑to‑construction project life cycles.
• MBA or advanced degree.
• Prior experience in strategy, project development, investment, or Chief‑of‑Staff–type roles within energy or infrastructure.

• A critical role supporting the execution of a major clean‑energy project on a defined path to FID.
• High visibility and direct interaction with executive leadership, investors, and key external stakeholders.
• A fast‑paced, high‑impact environment with clear, measurable milestones.
• Opportunity to drive execution and delivery of a next‑generation energy asset at scale.
• Exposure to a global platform while operating within a lean, agile team environment.