Program Associate

India Programme Associate

MPP – ITA

Location: New Delhi, India (hybrid)

Reports to: India Country Lead, Mission Possible Partnership

Term: Fixed-term, 6-month contract (initial contract subject to funding and delivery).

Starting Date: Immediately

The India Programme Associate has a fantastic opportunity to support the development and implementation of MPP’s activities in India and work with regional partners to fast-track India’s clean chemicals (green ammonia and methanol) and fertiliser sector transition.

This is an exceptional opportunity to support a lean team coordinating across central and state governments, industry leaders, project developers, financiers, and technical experts — building bottom-up insights and developing unique ground-truth perspectives on one of the world’s most consequential industrial decarbonisation opportunities. It comes at a pivotal moment for India, as the country scales its National Green Hydrogen Mission, designs market mechanisms, and positions itself as a globally competitive producer and exporter of green hydrogen.

The India Programme Associate’s responsibilities include:

1. Programme Delivery

• Assist in the execution of programme objectives, milestones, and outcomes, including developing strategic pathways to unlock lead markets for green ammonia, methanol, and fertilisers in India and for exports.
• Contribute to a flagship strategic study on pathways to transition India’s fertiliser sector to green inputs — covering stakeholder dynamics, policy, market restructuring, and financing dimensions.
• Assist in the delivery of knowledge products, including policy briefs, stakeholder presentations, technical notes, and research reports.

2. Stakeholder Engagement & Consensus Building

• Support high-level dialogues with central government ministries, state governments, project developers, fertiliser producers, financiers, and off-takers.
• Engage with national and international partners to secure public and private buy-in for lead-market mechanisms and strategic supply pathways.
• Contribute to building momentum for voluntary and policy-driven demand creation through buyer platforms, first-mover coalitions, and cross-sectoral convenings.

3. Technical & Policy Insight

• Assist in overseeing techno-economic modelling and scenario analysis of green ammonia, methanol, and fertiliser value chains.
• Support the identification of feasible regulatory and market-based mechanisms to inform policy recommendations and project investment cases.
• Contribute to stress-testing real-economy FOAK project bankability and designing enabling mechanisms (e.g., offtake aggregation, book-and-claim, government-backed sales processes) tailored to the Indian context.

Position Requirements:

• 2–5 years of experience in energy or climate policy, project-level techno-economics, green hydrogen, industry decarbonisation, or with a top-tier consulting firm.
• Good knowledge of energy and/or industry decarbonisation with familiarity of India’s energy and industrial policy landscape.
• Knowledge of green hydrogen value chains (ammonia, methanol, fertilisers) and relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., EU RFNBO, IMO, SECI tenders, National Green Hydrogen Mission) a strong advantage.
• Proactive and self-starter, with an appetite for working autonomously in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.
• Excellent project management and coordination skills — ability to support a complex programme delivered by a lean team, while adapting to changing circumstances.
• Clear, high-quality communication: verbal, written, and presentation. Ability to develop compelling narratives based on quantitative and qualitative data, and to write concise, well-structured documents conveying clear but subtle messages.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills; comfort with techno-economic or policy modelling and ability to shape strategies based on insights.
• Experience in government engagement, policy advocacy, or interacting with senior executives preferred.
• Ability to develop and nurture trusting relationships and partnerships with a range of stakeholders (including senior executives and public officials).
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English. Working knowledge of Hindi an advantage.
• Master’s or equivalent degree.

About Mission Possible Partnership

Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) is an independent non-profit advancing the global clean industry transformation. Since 2019, MPP has worked with some of the most energy-intensive industries — aluminium, cement, chemicals, shipping, aviation, steel, and trucking — to cut their global GHG emissions. MPP has people and partners on the ground in North America, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, India, and Australia. In India, MPP’s Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA) supports the scale-up of clean industry projects in partnership with government and industry.

How to apply: If you are interested in joining our team, please submit your CV and a cover letter to recruitment@missionpossiblepartnership.org

Compensation: MPP compensates based on the level and requirements of the role. Tentative salary range ~ USD 4000 – 5000 per month

Salary may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Equal opportunity: MPP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse team and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.