Senior Vice President of Steel Design and Product Development

H2 Green Steel is here to accelerate the greatest single technological shift that the global steel industry has ever seen. With the enabling from green hydrogen, and a transformation of the entire value chain, the industry now has a historic opportunity to enable the global climate transition.
Senior Vice President of Steel Design and Product Development
Responsibilities:
Drive the product development of steel grades and design the technology of the future together with our customers and our equipment suppliers.
Define and drive a dynamic product development budget strategy that focuses on establishing high performing steel grades.
Identify new areas for R&D to strengthen the companies position across production optimization and product portfolio solutions.
Work closely with Digital to optimize the product quality and performance.
Drive strategy and steel work development roadmap for highest priority short and long-term opportunities.
Leverage analysis of industry trends, competitive threats, expansion opportunities and internal performance from a product development perspective.

Qualifications:
PhD Degree in Material Science or related discipline.
10 or more years of experience with product development of steel grades.
Ability to bring innovative thinking coupled with practical execution to solve multi-dimensional issues.
Delivers tasks on-time and within budget with alignment to defined strategies.

Interpersonal skills:
Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication.
Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, thrives in an agile work environment and the ability to work independently.
Excellent communication and presentation skills; be comfortable interacting with executive-level management.
Excellent leadership skills.
Energy, drive and being a team-player, are skills we value.

What we offer:
You will have great impact in setting up the future steel product development structure.
We offer a unique opportunity to be part of a fun, professional team with high ambitions. Together we want to create great environmental impact and we offer you to be part of a very rewarding, challenging, and exciting journey.
You will be given the freedom to shape your future career. You will be part of a company who values wellbeing and focuses on enabling talent growth.
We are looking forward to hear from you and to understand how you can contribute to our success.
About Us
H2 Green Steel is a green impact company on a journey to cut CO2 emissions down to zero.
To do this, we need to break new ground. By combining leading expertise and new technology with clean energy, we are on a path to take global leadership within green hydrogen, enabling us to transform steelmaking and other sectors. Changing an industry is not a small task, but we know it’s possible, and necessary, for our customers, society, and our planet.
Things are moving fast, and we are accelerating. At the beginning of 2020, we announced our plans to make the steel industry fossil-free, and in 2022 we will start construction of our first plant. We want to build diverse, dynamic and driven teams. We look for ambitious individuals from all disciplines, sharing our vision of cutting CO2 emissions down to zero. As a team, we innovate, collaborate, and enjoy the ride.