Advert Close date: 12th January 2026
Purpose of Role: As the Business Development Manager (CCS & Hydrogen) at TCE, you play a pivotal role in driving the growth and success of our CCS and hydrogen marketing offering. Your responsibilities encompass developing and executing strategic plans for market engagement, identifying new opportunities, and leveraging your technical expertise to shape leasing design parameters. By leading contract management and fostering customer relationships, you contribute to expanding our presence in the dynamic CCS and hydrogen sectors
Context of opportunity / Main accountabilities:
* Drive the growth of our CCS and hydrogen marketing offering by developing and executing strategic plans for market engagement and new opportunity identification
* Provide technical expertise to inform and shape the development of leasing design parameters, ensuring alignment with industry standards and customer needs
* Lead contract management activities, ensuring effective negotiation, execution, and compliance with contractual agreements to ensure successful delivery of projects by external consultants
* Foster customer engagement and manage customer relationships through the Key Account Management (KAM) model, delivering exceptional customer service and identifying opportunities for value creation
* Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to influence and shape sector strategies, leveraging your insights and technical knowledge of the CCS and hydrogen sectors to drive sustainable growth
* Engage with external stakeholders, including industry partners and regulatory bodies, to enhance our presence and influence in the CCS and hydrogen sectors
* Contribute to the optimisation of business processes and commercial strategies to maximise value and sustainability
* Collaborate with procurement and commercial teams to ensure efficient sourcing and procurement practices in support of CCS and hydrogen initiatives
Most important skills based requirements:
* Strong understanding of business development, customer engagement, stakeholder management, and commercial strategies in the CCS and hydrogen sectors
* Technical expertise in CCS and hydrogen technologies, leasing design parameters, and contract management
* Knowledge of CCS and Hydrogen policy
* Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills
Our Offering / benefits:
As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.
Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk
The Crown Estate is a unique business with a distinct heritage and a portfolio unlike any other.
It includes some of central London’s best places to work, shop and spend time, retail and leisure destinations across the country, and a substantial rural portfolio. As manager of the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we play a role in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector as well as marine aggregates, cables and pipelines. We are also responsible for the Windsor Estate, including the world-renowned Windsor Great Park.