At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.
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Manager of Business DevelopmentIndustrial Gases & Strategic Growth
📍Location: Hungary (preferably Budapest)
📄 Contract: Full-time employee
We are seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to direct our Industrial Gases investment and growth strategy in Hungary. This is a prominent leadership role responsible for identifying significant investment opportunities, establishing strategic alliances, and encouraging sustained profitable growth throughout Hungary.
What you'll do
As the Business Development Manager, you will handle the identification, development, and delivery of strategic investment projects related to the Industrial Gases business. You will partner with senior customers, government partners, and internal leadership teams to formulate Air Products' growth strategy and advance complex investment opportunities.
Your key responsibilities will include
✔️ Directing business growth and investment efforts throughout Hungary, from spotting opportunities to completion
✔️ Building and handling a pipeline of strategic growth opportunities, including greenfield developments, asset expansions, and partnership opportunities
✔️ Driving commercial negotiations, deal structuring, and investment proposals for capital projects
✔️ Developing strategic relationships with customers, partners, government authorities, and industry collaborators
✔️ Leading major projects through Financial Investment Decision (FID) readiness and supporting successful execution
✔️ Crafting competitive commercial and technical solutions in collaboration with engineering, operations, finance, legal, and project delivery teams
✔️ Handling the commercial outcomes and contract oversight of existing industrial gas assets
✔️ Leading and progressing Business Development and Contract Management teams
✔️ Handling government relations and supporting regulatory approvals for key investment projects
✔️ Ensuring compliance with company governance, risk management, safety, and environmental standards
What you will bring
✅ Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
✅ 10+ years of experience in business development, commercial leadership, investment delivery, or strategic project development
✅ Consistent track record of developing, negotiating, and closing complex investment projects and long-term commercial agreements
✅ Experience working in industrial gases, energy, chemicals, manufacturing, infrastructure, or related sectors
✅ Strong understanding of project financing, investment cases, cash flow modelling, and commercial evaluation
✅ Experience leading large-scale capital investment projects from concept development through approval and contracting
✅ Validated ability to engage and influence senior executives, customers, investors, and government collaborators
✅ Strong leadership experience, including leading teams and operating successfully within matrix organisations
✅ Outstanding communication, collaborator management and negotiation skills
✅ Proficiency in Hungarian and English
✅ Willingness to travel as required
Nice to have
➕ Experience with hydrogen, syngas, gasification, carbon capture, ASU, or other industrial gas technologies
➕ Experience in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, or strategic partnerships
➕ Previous responsibility for industrial asset management and contract governance
➕ International business development experience
What we offer
💼 Opportunity to build the future growth strategy of a global industry leader
🌍 Dynamic and international working environment
📈 Exposure to large-scale investment and energy transition projects
🤝 Collaboration with senior leaders and global teams
📚 Continuous learning, development, and leadership growth opportunities
🚀 A high-impact role with significant commercial and strategic responsibility
Pay Transparency Statement
We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices. Compensation decisions are based on objective, role-related criteria such as experience, education, skills, and assessed proficiencies.
Each role has an established pay range. Individual offers are determined within this range. The applicable pay range will be shared with you during the introductory call.
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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in business development, commercial leadership, investment delivery, or strategic project development
- Proven track record developing, negotiating, and closing complex investment projects and long-term commercial agreements
- Experience in industrial gases, energy, chemicals, manufacturing, infrastructure, or related sectors
- Strong understanding of project financing, investment cases, cash flow modelling, and commercial evaluation
- Experience leading large-scale capital investment projects from concept through approval and contracting
- Ability to engage and influence senior executives, customers, investors, and government collaborators
- Leadership experience, including leading teams and operating within matrix organisations
- Outstanding communication, collaborator management and negotiation skills
- Proficiency in Hungarian and English
- Willingness to travel as required
- Experience with hydrogen, syngas, gasification, carbon capture, ASU or other industrial gas technologies
- Experience in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, or strategic partnerships
- Previous responsibility for industrial asset management and contract governance
- International business development experience
What We Do
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products’ base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally. The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $65 billion. Approximately 23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products’ higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world.
