Planning and Strategy Manager

We are seeking a highly strategic and financially rigorous Senior Planning & Strategy Manager to lead enterprise strategy, capital planning, and investor-aligned growth execution during our R&D and early commercialization phase.

This role is critical in translating technical innovation into a structured, investable commercialization roadmap. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of R&D, commercialization strategy, and capital markets — ensuring technology milestones, scale-up planning, and funding strategy are fully aligned.

This position partners directly with the CEO, CFO, and Technical Leadership Team.

Transform R&D progress into a disciplined, milestone-driven commercialization strategy that supports capital formation, strategic partnerships, and long-term enterprise value creation.

• Develop and maintain a phased commercialization roadmap from pilot through demonstration to commercial-scale deployment.
• Define differentiated value propositions across priority markets (e.g., renewable fuels, low-carbon solutions, circular feed stocks).
• Translate technical development milestones into commercial inflection points and valuation drivers.
• Identify high-probability market entry pathways and early adopter segments.
• Support go-to-market and early offtake strategy development.
• Build investor-grade financial models tied to staged scale-up scenarios.
• Support equity raises, strategic investment rounds, grant funding, and non-dilutive capital initiatives.
• Align capital strategy with technical developmenttimelines and risk reduction milestones.
• Define capital requirements for pilot, demonstration, and first-of-a-kind (FOAK) facilities.
• Support data room preparation and investor due diligence processes.

• Establish measurable technical and commercial milestones linked to valuation inflection points.
• Develop stage-gated capital deployment frameworks.
• Integrate R&D progress into enterprise-level strategic planning.
• Provide board-level runway analysis, risk forecasting, and milestone tracking dashboards.
• Monitor regulatory frameworks, renewable fuel standards, carbon incentives, and tax credit programs.
• Identify policy mechanisms and subsidy structures that enhance project economics.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking of emerging technologies and adjacent solutions.
• Evaluate strategic partnerships with offtake partners, infrastructure players, and strategic investors.

• Scale-up cost curves
• CAPEX and phased deployment planning
• Feedstock assumptions and supply scenarios
• Commodity price sensitivity analysis
• Carbon credit and incentive impacts

• Conduct downside and upside risk scenarios.
• Integrate techno-economic analysis (TEA) into long-term strategic planning.
• Model capital efficiency and cost-to-scale reduction trajectories.

• Prepare board-ready strategic updates and commercialization progress reports.
• Develop investor materials articulating technology differentiation, scalability, and capital efficiency.
• Present commercialization pathways in clear, disciplined, and capital-aware narratives.
• Support diligence processes with data-driven strategic insights.

• Strengthen investor confidence during the pre-revenue phase.
• Secure capital aligned with milestone achievement and de-risking progress.
• Enhance capital efficiency across staged deployment.
• Position the company as a scalable, investable technology platform.
• Build credibility with strategic, infrastructure, and climate-focused investors.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering a plus, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Renewable Energy, or related discipline
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred (Project Management, Energy Management, Sustainability, Environmental Engineering)
• 8–12+ years of experience in strategy, investment banking, venture capital, project finance, cleantech growth, or commercialization
• Experience in R&D-stage, pre-revenue, or scale-up environments
• Strong understanding of infrastructure capital, project finance, and energy transition markets
• Advanced financial modeling (CAPEX-intensive projects preferred)
• Fundraising and investor communications experience
• Capital raised vs. strategic funding plan
• Milestone achievement rate (technical & commercial)
• Funding runway optimization
• Cost-to-scale reduction trajectory
• Demonstration project readiness and risk reduction metrics