Programme Lead - Green Hydrogen

Responsibilities

• Lead program management support for the MNRE PMU under NGHM, including work planning, coordination, progress tracking, stakeholder engagement, and quality delivery.
• Provide strategic insights to MNRE on hydrogen market development, industry trends, project implementation models, and emerging opportunities.
• Conduct market research, gather industry inputs, and prepare concise notes, reports, presentations, and decision-support material.
• Provide technical inputs for hydrogen production, handling, storage, transportation, safety, utilization, and project/program formulation.
• Support design and review of contract frameworks, commercial structures, procurement approaches, bidding guidelines, and implementation mechanisms.
• Analyse trade, taxation, customs, incentives, regulatory provisions, and policy issues relevant to hydrogen and low-carbon fuels.
• Facilitate consultations with ministries, regulators, industry players, technology providers, developers, investors, and other stakeholders.
• Required Experience and Expertise:
• More than 15 years of relevant experience in industry, consulting, project implementation, energy, hydrogen, infrastructure, policy, regulation, or related fields.
• Direct industry experience and strong knowledge of hydrogen production, handling, storage, transportation, safety, and utilization is essential.
• Experience in project implementation, contract structuring, procurement, bidding processes, trade, taxation, customs, incentives, and regulatory matters.
• Strong understanding of hydrogen, low-carbon fuels, energy transition, market structures, commercial drivers, and policy implementation issues.

Requirements

• Strong program management, stakeholder management, analytical, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to prepare high-quality market research reports, industry insight notes, proposals, workplans, dashboards, bidding documents, contract frameworks, and executive-level presentations.
• Ability to interpret technical, commercial, financial, regulatory, trade, and taxation information and convert it into actionable recommendations.
• Master's degree in engineering, energy, economics, public policy, management, or MBA from a reputed institution.
• Willingness to work from the MNRE location and travel for meetings, consultations, workshops, site visits, and project requirements.
• Working at ICF
• ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we're not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.
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• New Delhi Client Office (II88)

Benefits

Additional Information

ICF is a global consulting and technology services provider supporting government and commercial clients across energy, climate, sustainability, infrastructure, and policy domains. ICF's energy transition work focuses on practical, evidence-based solutions that help clients design, implement, and scale clean energy programs. The Program Lead will be positioned at the MNRE location as part of the MNRE PMU for the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM). The role will support MNRE with strategic insights, technical inputs, market research, industry engagement, project and program formulation, contract frameworks, bidding guidelines, and analysis of trade, taxation, customs, incentives, and regulatory issues related to hydrogen and low-carbon fuels.

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