Permitting Lead

Job Description

Are you passionate about renewable energy, environmental planning, and shaping how solar parks come to life?

Fantastic – welcome to Alight! We’re a fast-growing scale-up with a bold purpose: to kick carbon off the grid by helping businesses save money with solar — and now also storage — from day one. As one of Europe’s leading solar IPPs, we’re growing fast across Sweden and Finland, and now we’re looking for a Permitting Lead to help guide our projects through the environmental and regulatory landscape.

That’s where you come in. As our new Permitting Lead, you’ll take full ownership of permitting for grid-connected solar and BESS parks in Sweden and Finland. You’ll be Alight’s internal expert on environmental regulation and planning processes, working cross-functionally with our site developers, legal team, and external stakeholders to ensure smooth, efficient, and high-quality permitting. Over time, you’ll also help build out a permitting team across markets.

Your impact

Permitting is a critical success factor in project development — and this role is at the center of it. You’ll define and continuously refine Alight’s permitting strategies, reduce reliance on external consultants, and drive forward collaboration between our teams in Sweden and Finland. By ensuring we submit high-quality, timely, and cost-effective applications, you’ll help accelerate the deployment of solar and storage across the Nordics.

Key Objectives & Responsibilities

• Own and continuously update Alight’s permitting strategy for Sweden and Finland
• Lead and coordinate permit applications across the full project lifecycle, from site origination to FID
• Support site developers with legal and strategic permitting guidance
• Monitor market developments and regulatory changes in both countries, and ensure internal knowledge sharing
• Reduce reliance on external consultants by writing or supporting the drafting of permit applications
• Streamline collaboration with permitting consultants to improve quality and reduce cost
• Represent Alight in consultations and stakeholder dialogues with municipalities, authorities, and landowners
• Ensure permitting requirements are integrated into project planning and development across departments
• Conduct quality reviews of environmental and permitting documentation (EIAs, cultural and nature studies, etc.)
• Support the site origination and investment team by evaluating permitting conditions for potential projects

We’re looking for you

You’re a structured, proactive professional with deep knowledge of environmental permitting in Finland and a strong understanding of how infrastructure projects move through the regulatory system. You’re comfortable navigating legislation, writing applications, and speaking with stakeholders — from consultants to county officials — and you thrive in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

Must-haves

• University degree in Environmental Science, Planning, Law, Engineering, or similar
• Solid knowledge of Finnish environmental and land-use permitting legislation
• Experience working with permitting processes for infrastructure or energy projects in Finland
• Strong communication skills — written and verbal — in Finnish and English
• Ability to coordinate, write, and review permitting documentation
• Confidence in engaging with authorities, municipalities, and landowners

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in Swedish
• Experience with permitting processes in Sweden
• Background in environmental law, consulting, or public sector/regulatory agencies
• Technical understanding of solar PV and BESS systems

What's in it for you

You will be part of an entrepreneurial scale-up in a flat, coaching, and knowledge-driven culture with a high degree of autonomy and accountability. Ever since we started, we've defined ourselves as a diverse company with global reach, which means that remote and flexible work is how we operate and our people are at the center of everything.

Other things we want you to know

• At Alight, we know the benefits that follow a diverse team, hence we’re looking broadly for talent!
• Our largest hubs are in Stockholm and Madrid, but our staff is spread across Europe, and our hybrid ways of working provide everyone with a fully flexible work setup
• We have a fun office vibe with regular team dinners, breakfasts and AWs, and sports activities. For example, we have a session with a running coach every Tuesday, and other ad hoc sports activities organized by employees, always paid for by the company
• Quarterly company events where we gather our remote team for a few days. This always includes some fun activities such as sailing, skiing etc.
• Flexible working hours and full flexibility to decide when to work remotely/at the office

Sounds like a fit? Apply today!