Senior Project Developer

General Responsibilities

• Take full and clear ownership and accountability for assigned priority wind, PV and BESS projects across the development lifecycle, from early-stage/greenfield development or acquisition through Ready-to-Build, FID and handover to construction, ensuring that each project has an actionable development plan, active follow-up and sustained progress.
• Lead and coordinate key workstreams including land securitization, permitting, environmental procedures, grid connection, technical development and, where relevant, support for offtake and financing.
• Own project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies and critical milestones; identify bottlenecks early and proactively implement mitigation measures.
• Coordinate internal multidisciplinary teams and manage external consultants, advisors and contractors, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
• Build and manage relationships with authorities, municipalities, grid operators, landowners, local communities and project partners, with extensive field presence across Poland.
• Ensure projects meet Akuo’s internal requirements for development gates, investment decisions, Ready-to-Build status and handover to construction.
• Provide clear project reporting, recommendations and escalation of priorities and risks to the Head of Development Poland and senior management.
• Foster the deployment of best development practices in accordance with local and international standards, sharing experience across the Polish development team and wider Akuo organization.
• Provide guidance, practical support and knowledge sharing to other members of the Polish development team, without formal line-management responsibility.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

Reporting directly to the Head of Development Poland, Joanna Zienkiewicz, the Senior Project Manager is a senior member of the Polish development team. The role is responsible for end-to-end ownership of the most important renewable energy projects and for strengthening the team’s capacity to advance projects efficiently from early-stage development through Ready-to-Build, FID, and handover to construction.

Required experience and qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience, including strong exposure to renewable energy or infrastructure development in Poland.
• 5+ years of project management experience in complex, multidisciplinary projects.
• Proven experience in utility-scale wind and solar development; BESS experience is a strong advantage.
• Good practical understanding of Polish permitting, environmental procedures, land securitization, grid connection and technical development.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience progressing renewable energy projects through Polish permitting, environmental, spatial-planning, land and grid-connection processes.
• University degree in engineering, energy, environmental sciences, construction, economics or a related field.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and stakeholders simultaneously, while maintaining focus on the critical path.

Competencies and personal profile

• Demonstrated ownership and accountability for project delivery, with strong commercial awareness and sound decision-making.
• Ability to anticipate problems and propose practical solutions, rather than only identify issues.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and interpersonal communication skills; able to challenge consultants and align multidisciplinary teams.
• Established and extensive professional network in the Polish renewable energy sector, with a proven ability to develop and maintain trusted partnerships with authorities, municipalities, grid operators, landowners, local communities, consultants and other key market stakeholders.
• A collaborative and open-minded team player, willing to work closely and proactively within a small but highly driven team, with strong cooperation skills and a constructive approach to sharing knowledge, ideas and responsibilities.
• Ability to combine technical, permitting and commercial thinking and to communicate priorities and risks clearly.
• Driver’s license and willingness to travel frequently and spend significant time in the field across Poland, with occasional travel abroad.
• Comfortable working in a multicultural and highly digital environment.

Additional advantages

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Microsoft Project or similar project planning and scheduling software.
• Familiarity with renewable-energy industry software (for example, PVsyst, pvDesign, OpenWind or similar tools) is considered an advantage but is not a requirement.

Language

• Fluent in Polish and English.