Senior Business Development Manager - Europe

Enlight Renewable Energy is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager – Renewable Energy Origination (IPP) to lead the origination, structuring, and closing of renewable energy project acquisitions across Europe.

This is a senior, front-line origination and execution role with full ownership of deals from first market entry through closing and handover. The role is accountable for sourcing and closing MW-scale projects across PV, BESS, and wind, with the ambition to expand into additional technologies such as Data Centers and Power-to-X.

The position is Europe-based with flexibility, and requires extensive travel across Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe.

Responsibilities

• Proactively originate off-market and proprietary renewable energy opportunities across Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe
• Build and maintain strong local origination pipelines with developers, landowners, brokers, utilities, and other partners
• Lead market entry efforts and establish long-term origination channels in new geographies
• Continuously screen opportunities across early-stage to RTB assets
• Own full commercial evaluation and transaction strategy for each opportunity, with a clear IPP ownership mindset
• Lead valuation, risk assessment, and investment logic
• Prepare and submit Non-Binding Offers (NBOs) and term sheets in competitive processes
• Drive deal execution with urgency, discipline, and accountability
• Lead end-to-end due diligence processes (technical, legal, commercial, permitting, grid, and financial), leveraging in-house teams and external advisors
• Challenge assumptions, identify execution risks, and safeguard long-term portfolio value
• Manage and push external advisors to timelines aligned with deal velocity
• Lead negotiations of SPA, DSA, joint venture, and development partnership agreements
• Take full commercial ownership of contractual terms
• Drive transactions to signing and closing under tight timelines
• Ensure a clean and effective handover to development, construction, and asset management teams

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in renewable energy origination, acquisitions, or development within an IPP or leading market player
• Proven track record of closed transactions (not only sourced) in PV, BESS, and/or wind
• Hands-on experience leading NBOs, due diligence processes, and SPA/DSA negotiations
• Strong understanding of European permitting regimes, grid connection processes, and development risks
• Direct market experience across Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe
• Strong commercial mindset combined with technical credibility
• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision and manage multiple transactions in parallel
• Fluent English required; additional European languages are a strong advantage
• Willingness to travel extensively across Europe