Senior Grid Manager

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.

YOUR IMPACT

What you’ll do

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

You’ll work closely with:

• Development teams on project strategy and pipeline prioritisation
• Revenue and Asset Management teams on how grid conditions affect tariffs, imbalance exposure, and commercial opportunities
• Engineering teams on BESS, Energy Hubs, and grid integration concepts
• External stakeholders including TSOs, DSOs, regulators, and development partners

• 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

Experience within renewable energy, utility-scale solar, BESS, or energy infrastructure projects is highly valued.

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.

• 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

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