Job description
Welcome to Encavis! Our world is all about the power of the sun, the wind and the more than 400 people across our group who are working together to shape the energy system of the future in order to ensure a sustainable energy supply for future generations.
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.
As our Senior Business Development Manager Western Europe, you drive the international expansion of our renewable energy portfolio beyond core markets. You lead market entry and growth in countries such as France, the UK, and the Republic of Ireland by developing robust route-to-market strategies and building high-impact co-development partnerships and joint ventures. With a strong focus on delivering utility-scale Solar PV, Wind, and BESS portfolios of at least 500 MW per market, you combine strategic vision with hands-on execution. Acting as a senior representative in the region, you shape partnerships, acquisitions, and investment decisions while ensuring strong governance and sustainable long-term value creation.
Your Sunny Outlook
- Strategic Market Expansion: You define and execute market entry and growth strategies for utility-scale Solar PV, Wind, and BESS projects, translating ambitious growth targets into bankable development pipelines across selected West European markets.
- Route-to-Market & Portfolio Delivery: You design and implement country-specific route-to-market strategies and ensure the successful delivery of large-scale portfolios with a clear focus on achieving at least 500 MW COD per target market.
- Market Analysis & Opportunity Identification: You conduct in-depth market, regulatory, and competitive analyses to identify attractive development, partnership, and acquisition opportunities while proactively managing market-related risks.
- Co-Development & Joint Venture Management: You initiate, structure, and negotiate co-development partnerships and joint ventures, acting as the primary interface to partners and ensuring effective governance and value creation.
- Portfolio Acquisition & Investment Decisions: You lead portfolio acquisition processes end-to-end, from due diligence and transaction structuring to preparing robust investment cases and presenting them to internal decision-makers.
- Stakeholder Representation & Governance: You represent the company's interests in target countries, manage key external stakeholders, and ensure compliance with internal governance standards and local regulatory requirements.
We'll Get Wind Of That Soon
- Education & Professional Background: You hold a degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field and bring a strong academic foundation to complex commercial and investment decisions.
- Extensive Renewable Energy Experience: You have 10-15 years of experience in renewable energy project development, with a strong focus on utility-scale Solar PV and/or Wind; experience in BESS is a plus.
- Proven Portfolio Delivery Track Record: You demonstrate a proven ability to deliver large-scale renewable portfolios and to successfully manage partnerships or joint ventures across multiple European markets.
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management: You bring strong leadership skills and experience in aligning diverse internal and external stakeholders around shared strategic and commercial objectives.
- Languages & International Mindset: You are fluent in business English and German and are comfortable working in international, cross-cultural environments; additional languages are an advantage.
- Mobility & Flexibility: You are willing to travel regularly across West European markets to support portfolio growth, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement.
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
- Modern workplaces: Modern, fully equipped office spaces in Neubiberg and Hamburg (located directly on the Elbe), featuring for example height-adjustable desks, ergonomic office chairs, on-site workshop rooms, and phone booths ("mini offices") for private work or undisturbed meetings.
- 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!
Contact Artur Rychter People & Culture Business Partner
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About ENCAVIS
Company Overview
ENCAVIS AG, a subsidiary of Elbe BidCo AG, controlled by KKR-advised investment vehicles
HeadquartersHamburg, Germany
Founded1989
SizeApproximately 400 employees, with revenues of EUR 14.184 million in fiscal year 2024 (source: encavis.com)
What They Do
ENCAVIS is an independent energy producer based in Hamburg, specializing in the development, acquisition, ownership, and operation of onshore wind farms, ground-mounted solar parks, and battery storage systems across Europe (source: linkedin.com, encavis.com). The company is increasingly focusing on hybrid and storage-capable portfolios, combining renewable generation with storage solutions and market-oriented optimization to enable flexible financing structures for future battery storage integration (source: encavis.com). ENCAVIS operates a broadly diversified portfolio across 13 European countries, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, and the Netherlands, ranking among the leading European producers of renewable energy (source: encavis.com). Additionally, the company offers structured renewable energy solutions such as hybrid Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and battery-backed projects, reflecting a customer-focused commercial offering beyond pure asset management (source: encavis.com).
Projects & Track Record
ENCAVIS pursues an active acquisition strategy, acquiring both operational and under-construction projects. In August 2025, a 34 MW wind farm project in Sundern-Allendorf in the Sauerland region was acquired, scheduled to become operational in the first half of 2026 (source: encavis.com). In July 2025, ENCAVIS acquired a 199 MW wind and solar portfolio in northern Spain near Zaragoza in Aragon from BayWa r.e. (source: encavis.com). In June 2025, two German wind farms in Zeven, Lower Saxony, and Raßlitz, Saxony, with a combined capacity of around 59 MW were added (source: encavis.com). The 80 MW Vietlübbe wind farm was described as ENCAVIS's largest wind project in Germany (source: encavis.com). In September 2025, the 48 MW Schierenberg wind project was acquired from ABO Energy, the first of five jointly planned projects totaling 106 MW (source: encavis.com). Additionally, another 34 MW wind farm in Bebensee was acquired as part of the cooperation with PNE (source: encavis.com). The solar portfolio in Italy totals 351 MW, financed with EUR 282 million in project financing, complemented by a large-scale battery storage system in Ceprano, Lazio, with approximately 65 MW and 260 MWh capacity (source: encavis.com). By the end of 2025, the additional capacity reached 854 MW, with total operational capacity around 3.3 GW (source: encavis.com).
Recent Developments
The most significant event in the past two years was the completion of the merger squeeze-out in September 2025, which resulted in the exit of minority shareholders and the full ownership transfer to Elbe BidCo AG, the acquisition vehicle managed by KKR (source: encavis.com). Between June and September 2025, ENCAVIS expanded its portfolio through several acquisitions in Germany and Spain, reflecting an aggressive growth and consolidation strategy in wind and solar energy (source: encavis.com, encavis.com, encavis.com, encavis.com). For 2025, ENCAVIS reported a record increase of 854 MW of new capacity and a total operational capacity of 3.3 GW, accompanied by intensified financing and expansion of battery storage projects in Italy (source: encavis.com, encavis.com).
Working There
ENCAVIS employs approximately 400 people, located in Hamburg and Neubiberg near Munich (source: linkedin.com). The workforce includes specialists in project development, asset management, operations, finance, trading/optimization, and corporate communications (source: encavis.com). The corporate culture is characterized by a hybrid profile combining infrastructure investment, asset operation, and commercial market optimization, reflected in diverse roles across acquisitions, project financing, portfolio management, engineering, and market analysis (source: encavis.com, encavis.com). The focus on wind and solar transactions as well as the integration of battery storage and structured energy solutions for corporate clients highlights the team's technical and commercial expertise (source: encavis.com).
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