Senior Grid Manager
About The Position
At Alight, we’re on a mission to kick carbon off the grid by helping large businesses transition to solar energy. As we continue expanding across the Nordics — including utility-scale solar, BESS, Energy Hubs, and powered land initiatives — grid strategy is becoming one of the most critical enablers of our growth. We’re now looking for a Senior Grid Manager to own and shape Alight’s Nordic-wide grid strategy and help ensure our development pipeline is built around what is actually grid-realistic. This is a highly strategic role sitting within the Development team, where you will act as the senior grid voice across the business — guiding origination, portfolio decisions, partner selection, and cross-functional initiatives related to grid capacity, congestion, and connection strategy.
Requirements
- Has strong experience working with grid connections, grid strategy, power systems, or grid development within the energy sector
- Understands Nordic grid markets, connection processes, congestion challenges, and regulatory environments
- Has experience engaging with TSOs, DSOs, utilities, regulators, or large infrastructure stakeholders
- Can combine strategic thinking with practical understanding of how projects get connected in reality
- Is comfortable operating cross-functionally between Development, Revenue, Engineering, and external partners
- Has strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Enjoys solving complex infrastructure and development challenges
- Is fluent in English
Nice To Haves
- Experience within renewable energy, utility-scale solar, BESS, or energy infrastructure projects is highly valued.
Responsibilities
- Shape Alight’s Nordic grid strategy
- Develop and continuously evolve Alight’s grid strategy across the Nordic markets
- Translate country-specific grid realities, congestion, reinforcement plans, regulations, and connection processes into actionable guidance for Development and Origination teams
- Advise on which project concepts (solar, solar+BESS, Energy Hubs, powered land, co-location with wind) are most viable depending on local grid conditions
- Support portfolio steering and investment decisions from a grid feasibility perspective
- Act as Alight’s senior grid counterpart
- Lead senior-level relationships with TSOs, DSOs, and relevant regulatory bodies across the Nordics
- Anticipate and interpret regulatory and market developments related to grid access and connection procedures
- Support escalations and strategic discussions with grid operators and authorities
- Support strategic development and acquisitions
- Partner closely with JDAs & Acquisitions teams to evaluate partner pipelines and M&A opportunities
- Develop practical grid evaluation frameworks and decision criteria for project screening
- Assess grid risks, opportunities, and constraints for strategic investment decisions
- Guide complex grid execution
- Provide guidance and decision support to Project Developers and Grid Connection Managers on complex or high-risk connection cases
- Review and sign off on major connection strategies and grid offers for strategically important projects
- Capture lessons learned and continuously improve internal standards, policies, and decision-making frameworks
- Collaborate cross-functionally
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Full flexibility to decide when to work remotely/at the office
- Remote and flexible work setup
- Quarterly company events
- Sports activities organized by employees, always paid for by the company
- Session with a running coach every Tuesday
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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