Responsibilities
- Lead the drafting, negotiation, and execution of high-value, complex commercial agreements with an initial focus on large new nuclear opportunities
- Develop and support the strategy to progress multiple commercial agreements; while identifying, assessing, and mitigating commercial risks
- Engage and incorporate insights from internal and external stakeholders to support the business case for progressing commercial opportunities. Specific focus on engagement with and working alongside legal in the development and progression of commercial agreements
- Support business development activities at the corporate level, leveraging existing project knowledge to drive new nuclear commercial growth
- Plan, grow, mentor and manage a small team of cross functional commercial team members to support the commercial program
- Build and manage critical relationships to support the progression of commercial agreements
Requirements
- Minimum 4-year university degree; Law, Business, Economics, Engineering, or Science, or a relevant study is required
- Significant progressive experience working with commercial contracts, preferably supporting infrastructure construction, EPC or energy organizations
- Experience developing commercial strategies and progressing commercial contracts from initiation to implementation, execution, compliance and amendments
- Demonstrated analytical and creative thinking skills to understand complex commercial positions, assess opportunities, quantify & consider impacts of risk and develop strategies to progress commercial agreements
- People and team oriented with a strong ability to establish an excellent level of confidence, credibility and cooperation with OPG’s internal and external stakeholders, working cross functionally in a collaborative manner within a matrixed environment
- Ability to present information clearly and effectively, communicate well, both verbally and written, is essential
- Ability to simplify complex problems and assess viable commercial alternatives
Nice to Have
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) / Master Finance (MFin) / Master Commerce (MCom) is preferred but not required
- Experience working within large engineering / infrastructure / utility scale projects, preferably in the energy sector, is advantageous
- Experience with intellectual property and / or law is an asset
