Job Title: Business Development and Commercial Manager
Department: Business Development & Commercial
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany (Eavor GmbH headquarters)
Reports To: Managing Director – Eavor GmbH
Job Type: Permanent Full‑time
Language of Work: Professional fluency in German and English Required
Position Overview:
Eavor Technologies Inc. is seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial Business Development and Commercial Manager
to lead and coordinate the commercial management activities of complex energy and infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will combine strong business development, commercial, contractual, financial, and strategic capabilities with hands-on experience from the power / heat generation, drilling, or large-scale industrial project environment.
The position requires an enabling mindset focused on making projects commercially viable and executable by developing balanced commercial structures, bankable risk allocation concepts, and sustainable partnerships among utilities, developers, suppliers, service companies, and financing institutions.
The candidate will represent Eavor as a trusted commercial advisor and project partner while actively supporting business development initiatives and contributing to the growth of Eavor’s consulting and service activities.
The role requires extensive experience in project finance-based infrastructure projects, including international project financing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Business Development & Strategic Growth
- Support Eavor’s business development activities and strategic market positioning.
- Contribute to client acquisition, partnership development, and commercial opportunity evaluation.
- Participate in client discussions, workshops, commercial negotiations, and industry events.
- Identify new consulting and project support opportunities in the energy transition sector.
Help position Eavor as a trusted commercial and strategic partner within the market.
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Commercial Project Management & Project Enablement
- Lead and coordinate all business development and commercial aspects of energy and infrastructure projects from early-stage development through execution.
- Act as key account of Eavor towards third-party stakeholders, such as utilities, project developers and infrastructure partners.
- Support clients and project partners in structuring commercially viable and bankable project frameworks.
- Develop commercial strategies that align technical, operational, financing, and contractual requirements.
- Ensure projects are commercially structured to support financing, execution certainty, and long-term operational success.
Actively support project realization by identifying practical and commercially feasible solutions to complex project challenges.
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Risk Management & Commercial Structuring
- Represent Eavor in all commercial risk management matters.
- Support development of balanced and bankable risk allocation models between project stakeholders including utilities, project developers, contractors, suppliers, drilling companies, operators, insurance providers, and investors.
- Support the negotiation and implementation of commercially sustainable contractual structures.
- Evaluate commercial and contractual project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Collaborate with clients, legal advisors, financing institutions, insurers, and technical experts to ensure project bankability.
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Contract Management & Procurement Strategy
- Lead the development, negotiation, and management of commercial contracts across project phases.
- Work with Technical and Well Services team to develop standard consulting, screening, feasibility, and service agreements for Eavor’s growing advisory business.
- Support the development of more complex contractual frameworks for major infrastructure projects.
- Structure procurement and tendering processes for clients and project partners.
Coordinate commercial interfaces between technical, legal, procurement, and financing stakeholders.
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Organizational Culture & Growth
- Lead and mentor project teams and cross-functional project contributors.
- Foster a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and solution-oriented working culture.
- Drive accountability, transparency, creativity, and high-performance teamwork.
Support the continued growth and professional development of the commercial organization.
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Requirements / Qualifications
Must-Have Qualifications (Education, Experience, Skills)
- University degree in Economics or Business Administration with commercial specialization, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in commercial project management, business development/sales/proposals within the energy, infrastructure, power generation, drilling, or industrial project sector.
- Proven experience in international project finance-based infrastructure or energy projects is mandatory.
- Strong background in power plant projects, drilling projects, energy infrastructure, EPC environments, or comparable industrial sectors.
- Experience with risk management in complex projects, and subsequent internal approval processes.
- Extensive experience in:
- Commercial project management
- Business Developments / Sales / Proposals
- Contract management and commercial negotiations
- Project finance environments
- Procurement and supply chain management
- Commercial risk management
- Tendering and award procedures
- Financial and commercial reporting
- Stakeholder coordination in multi-party project environments
- Senior-level client and partner management capability — comfortable owning relationships and representing Eavor at the executive and technical level across industry, government, and partner environments
- Proven ability to coordinate and manage multidisciplinary teams and external specialists in a project management capacity, delivering integrated outputs to clients
- Proven ability to operate independently with a high degree of initiative and accountability in a geographically distributed, growth-stage technology company
- Excellent cross-cultural communication skills, with experience navigating German business culture and stakeholder environments
Professional fluency in German and English is required; additional European languages are considered an asset
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Working Conditions:
- Based at Eavor GmbH’s Düsseldorf office (Peter-Müller-Straße 14).
- Hybrid working arrangements possible depending on project requirements.
- Frequent travel within Germany and internationally depending on project and client needs.
- Exposure to a highly dynamic international energy transition environment.
Direct reporting to Eavor GmbH’s Managing Director.
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Why Join Eavor?
Our company is committed to providing an environment where we enable quality learning experience and mentoring with a group of professionals. We will help to grow your professional career in our quickly expanding company.
What We Offer You:
In addition to having a highly motivated and collegial team, you can expect:
- A meaningful and challenging range of tasks.
- Attractive remuneration package.
- Room for your own ideas and participation.
- Flexible working hours.
- Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths.
- Permanent employment with a competitive compensation package.
- 30 days of annual vacation plus additional free days.
- Individual training, further education, and development opportunities.
Company and employee events.
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We offer you the prospect of working on projects in Germany and across Europe, as well as great opportunities for professional development in our young but rapidly growing company. We place great value on collegial and respectful collaboration at eye level, as well as on equal opportunities and diversity. We are the game changer for the heat transition.
Who is Eavor Technologies Inc.
Eavor (pronounced “Ever”) is a private company founded in 2017 to commercialize disruptive geothermal technology. We leverage oil and gas technology, along with some proprietary solutions, to create the world’s first closed-loop geothermal system. Working with clients and partners, we are progressing a pipeline of commercial projects in Northern Europe, Canada, The United States, and Japan.
Eavor Technologies is an equal-opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and barrier-free workplace for all employees and candidates. Accommodation is available throughout the recruitment process upon request.
