Senior Portfolio Manager - Project Development (m/w/d)

Job Description

ENCAVIS Management GmbH & Co. KG is the holding company of ENCAVIS GmbH, one of Europe's leading electricity producers from renewable energies. We operate a broadly diversified portfolio of over 330 onshore wind farms, ground-mounted solar plants and battery storage facilities in 13 European countries with an installed capacity of more than 3.8 GW. And best of all, we are continuing to grow! Our subsidiaries, Stern Energy SpA, which operates throughout Europe as a specialist in technical services for photovoltaic systems, and Encavis Portfolio Management GmbH, which specialises in supporting institutional investors, complement our portfolio.

What does this mean for you? The opportunity to make a difference, to shape and change things. As part of a multinational team that enjoys helping to make the energy transition a success.

Join our Encavis team as a Senior Portfolio Manager and play an active role in shaping the energy transition as part of our Development Team. You will drive the transition to digital-first systems and scalable processes, ensure the integrity and quality of our development data, and optimise processes for smooth portfolio operations. Using tools such as Sitetracker and our M365 collaboration space, you will establish robust feedback loops, continuous improvement and excellent data control - enabling efficient, scalable project development and seamless collaboration across teams and countries. If you enjoy working in a dynamic and meaningful environment, here you have the opportunity to play a decisive role in shaping the renewable energy landscape internationally.

Your sunny outlook

• Portfolio overview & data quality: You ensure high data quality across all project portfolios, keep master data up to date and establish effective standards and controls for reliable portfolio steering.
• Process optimisation & digital governance: You drive the digitalisation and optimisation of our development processes, automate workflows and integrate decision-making and approval mechanisms into our digital tools.
• Continuous improvement & feedback: You establish structured feedback and learning loops, ensure that lessons learned are transferred to systems such as Sitetracker, and thus promote the sustainable further development of our working methods.
• Contract & compliance management: You will implement and manage our commercial contract management, ensure regulatory compliance and guarantee complete and audit-proof digital documentation of all obligations.
• Collaboration & reporting: You will work closely with data engineers and other stakeholders to ensure accurate, up-to-date and decision-relevant project reporting.

We'll get wind of that soon

• Professional experience & industry knowledge: You have at least five years of experience in portfolio or project management, operations or digital transformation - ideally in the renewable energy or infrastructure sector.
• Technological expertise & tool affinity: You have strong skills in using Microsoft 365, are proficient in workflow automation solutions and are confident in working with project management systems such as Sitetracker.
• Data quality & system compliance: You attach great importance to accurate, reliable data, ensure clear quality standards and make sure that feedback mechanisms are consistently implemented across teams and tools.
• Analytical thinking & process understanding: You critically analyse existing processes, identify potential for optimisation and drive the further development of digital processes in a structured and solution-oriented manner.
• Language skills: You communicate confidently in English and German in a business environment; other languages such as Spanish or Italian are a plus.
• Mobility & flexibility: You are willing to travel internationally on occasion to support projects, teams or partners on site.
• Berufserfahrung: Du verfügst über 5-8 Jahre Erfahrung in der Entwicklung von Erneuerbare‑Energien‑Projekten, insbesondere im PV‑Bereich, und hattest idealerweise bereits erste Berührungspunkte mit BESS‑Projekten.
• Regulatorisches Know-how: Du kennst die relevanten deutschen regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen sowie behördliche Genehmigungsprozesse und steuerst unsere Stakeholder sicher bei komplexen Verfahren.
• Projektmanagement & Analysefähigkeiten: Du überzeugst mit exzellenter Projektmanagement-Kompetenz, starkem Organisationstalent sowie technischem und kaufmännischem Verständnis, einschließlich Financial‑Analysis‑Methoden wie NPV und IRR.
• Kommunikation & Verhandlung: Du bringst ausgeprägte Kommunikationsstärke und souveräne Verhandlungskompetenz mit und bist in der Lage, unterschiedlichste Stakeholder zuverlässig zu managen.
• Sprachen & Mobilität: Du kommunizierst fließend auf Deutsch und Englisch und bist bereit, regelmäßig innerhalb Deutschlands (und gelegentlich international) zu reisen.

What we offer

• Employee Assistance Program: Individual counselling and coaching by the Fürstenberg Institute
• Professional & personal development: Comprehensive onboarding, individual training opportunities, language courses, development programmes
• Health & well-being: Health platform machtfit (including health budget), health weeks, free drinks and fruits
• Culture & Cooperation: Small and large corporate and team events, Giving Back Week, Sustainability Working Group
• Lunch offer (only in Hamburg): Subsidised meals in the office in Hamburg
• Employee Bonuses: Finder's Fee for new colleagues
• Employee Discount: Use of Corporate Benefits
• Mobility: Takeover of the Deutschlandticket and subsidised JobRad
• Office room for animals (only in Hamburg): Possibility to bring a pet to a specially reserved office if the care of a pet cannot be guaranteed
• Provision & insurance: Employer subsidy for company pension scheme and occupational disability insurance, group accident insurance free of charge, subsidy for computer glasses
• Work-Life-Balance: Flexible working & mobile office (up to 50%), 30 days holiday (+1 day each for Christmas and New Year's Eve)

Does that sound good?

Then we look forward to getting to know you!