Senior Business Development Manager - Grid Expert

NEOEN; Sweden; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Neoen in Sweden seeks a Senior Business Development Manager with a Grid Expert focus to lead grid connection activities for wind, solar, storage, and data center projects. You will drive feasibility, secure grid capacity, and support construction energisation in collaboration with development, engineering and asset teams.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Sweden, you will define robust connection solutions, manage studies and permits, and lead negotiations on grid offers to ensure timely

Qualifications

• Experience leading grid connection projects for wind, solar, storage or data center developments.
• Strong understanding of grid codes, capacity planning and connection studies.
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and external consultants.

Responsibilities

• Assess grid capacity and connection options for site feasibility.
• Lead grid connection applications and manage milestones with operators.
• Develop and optimise grid connection strategies and points of interconnection.
• Oversee electrical studies (load flow, short-circuit, power quality) with specialists as needed.
• Act as main grid interface with operators, consultants and internal teams.
• Coordinate grid code compliance and support permits and land rights.
• Lead negotiations on grid connection offers including costs and schedules.
• Lead pre-construction work for substations, cables, and EPC contracts.
• Translate data center power needs into grid connection requirements.
• Maintain budgets, schedules and risk registers for grid tasks.

Skills

Grid connections

Energy storage

Power systems

Project management

Job description

Our Swedish Development Department is looking for a Senior Business Development Manager with a Grid Expert focus. Reporting to the Managing Director of Sweden, you will lead grid connection activities for wind, solar, battery energy storage and data center projects, from early-stage feasibility and securing grid capacity through pre-construction, construction support and energisation. Working closely with development, engineering, construction and asset management teams, you will define technically robust and commercially viable connection solutions for both electricity generation and consumption. The role has a strong focus on securing grid connections and preparing projects for construction.

The main tasks include:

• Assess grid capacity, connection options and network constraints to support site selection and feasibility for wind, solar, battery storage and data center projects;
• Lead grid connection applications, capacity requests and connection studies, managing the process and key milestones with distribution and transmission system operators;
• Develop and optimise grid connection strategies, including connection points, voltage levels, import and export capacities, phased connections and opportunities for co-location;
• Scope, commission and review electrical studies, including load flow, short-circuit, power quality, protection coordination and dynamic performance, using specialist consultants where required;
• Act as the main grid interface with network operators, consultants, equipment suppliers and internal project teams, coordinating technical requirements and delivery responsibilities;
• Coordinate applicable grid code compliance and support permits, concessions and land rights for connection infrastructure together with development and legal teams;
• Lead technical and commercial discussions on grid connection offers and agreements, including capacity, costs, delivery schedules and operating restrictions, with support from legal and commercial teams;
• Lead grid-related pre-construction work, including electrical design reviews, risk assessments, procurement specifications and technical appendices for substations, cables, overhead lines and EPC contracts;
• Assess data center power requirements with project teams, including demand ramp-up, supply capacity, redundancy, reliability and power quality, and translate them into grid connection requirements;
• Maintain grid connection budgets, schedules and risk registers, providing connection costs, network tariffs, losses and capacity constraints as inputs to project investment decisions;
• Support construction, commissioning, compliance testing and energisation, ensuring a clear handover of grid obligations and technical documentation to asset management;
• Monitor developments in Swedish grid planning, connection processes and technical requirements, sharing expertise and identifying opportunities and risks across the project portfolio.