VP Deployment / Engineering

Head of Deployment

Permanent position, full-time · Berlin

Your mission

As the Head of Deployment, you will be responsible for leading the deployment of our pilot project, from coordinating permits to managing operational readiness. You will oversee the engineering team, align stakeholders, and ensure that all components are delivered on time, within budget, and at the highest standard. This role requires a strategic and hands-on leader who can navigate complex challenges while driving the project toward successful implementation.

Key responsibilities

• Pilot Project Deployment: Lead the deployment of our pilot project, ensuring all elements are executed efficiently and effectively. Manage timelines, budgets, and deliverables to meet project goals.
• Permits and Compliance: Oversee the permitting process, ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements. Plan and implement operational strategies to prepare for project execution and post-deployment operations.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the central coordination point for the engineering team and other stakeholders involved in building the pilot. Foster clear communication and collaboration between internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: Provide leadership to the engineering team, being their first point of contact for technical challenges and ensuring clarity of roles, accountability, and professional development. Build and nurture a high-performing, motivated team capable of meeting deployment goals.

Your profile

Skills and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Proven track record of managing complex engineering or infrastructure projects, ideally in hydrogen or desalination projects or other pilot projects considering engineering from all disciplines (mechanical, electrical, process, civil, etc).
• Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders under high-pressure conditions to reach ambitious goals.
• Ideally, experience with permitting and regulatory processes.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Technical understanding of multiple engineering disciplines.
• Leadership skills with the ability to inspire and manage teams.

Workstyle and culture

• Fast learning and quick to grasp complex topics.
• A team player with a hands-on mentality.
• Authentic and reflective self.
• Self-organizer and structured workstyle to keep focus and get things done.
• Good listener and effective communicator in cross-sectional teams.
• Curious and open-minded.

Benefits

Perks

• Employee stock options.
• Flexible working hours.
• Hybrid working.
• Regular team events.
• Subsidized BVG ticket.
• Laptop and your individual work set-up.
• Development Budget.

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About us

We are an early startup with a big vision – capture 0.5GT of global CO2 emissions from the air by 2035 through biotechnology, roughly the same weight as all humans on earth combined! To meet our climate targets, the reduction of CO2 emissions is not enough; the world actively has to capture billions of tons of CO2 from our atmosphere. To achieve that, we at Ucaneo develop the world’s first biomimetic Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from ambient air. We are a science and mission-driven team, fast-moving with a break-or-make attitude . Our office is located in the heart of Berlin, at Torstraße 110, lab in Buch, but we will move to Mazahn this summer to our industrial hall.

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