Permitting Lead
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!
- Department
- Development
- Locations
- Finland, Sweden
- Remote status
- Hybrid
What's in it for you?
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At Alight, you’ll make a real, tangible impact on a global scale by accelerating the transition to a fossil fuel-free world. Your work will be more than a job; it will be a meaningful contribution to ensuring the sustainability of our planet.
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We’re proud to have a flat and autonomous organizational culture where everyone takes accountability for their own work. You'll have the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, or you can decide to work hybrid/fully onsite at one of our offices in Stockholm, Madrid, Gothenburg, Paris or Malmö. We’ll support your home office setup, including subsidies for equipment like adjustable desks and office chairs.
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To ensure we attract the best talent out there, we don't limit ourselves to a specific location. Alighters are based across Europe and our diverse backgrounds and skills complement each other well.
We know that having a diverse team drives better collective decisions and superior business performance. Today our gender split is 44/56, with 15 nationalities and employees in 6 countries.
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At Alight, you’ll be a part of an entrepreneurial culture in which you’re encouraged to “think like an owner,” which means that we trust you to call the shots and excel in your role. Many Alighters are also shareholders, and we believe in giving our employees incentives to create the best possible impact.
Historically we’ve regularly had warrant/option programs that give our employees the option to own a part of Alight. We also give our employees the option to buy shares when the opportunity arises (e.g. when any of our owners sells shares, we're not a listed company).
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As an Alighter, you’ll have 30 days of paid vacation and the option to exchange public holiday days for other days off. We also offer market-leading insurance programs for all our employees, together with an annual wellness allowance of €500 (5000 SEK).
At our HQ in Stockholm, we also have weekly activities like lunch runs and Thursday yoga sessions.
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While we take our role in driving the green transition seriously, we know how to have fun. We believe that a positive team spirit enhances our collective impact. Some examples of planned activities are Friday breakfast every second week, Guest lecturers with dinner, team dinners, and sports activities. But there are also a lot of spontaneous activities driven by our employees!
Each quarter we also have "Alight Next," our company-wide meetup, a two-day strategy day with workshops, lectures, and team building in which we focus on the next quarter. We also always have some fun activities planned during those meetup days, examples being ski trips, sailing, dinners, and parties
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We’re committed to helping you grow and embrace new areas of responsibility, whether vertically or horizontally.
It’s common for our team members to be promoted to leadership roles or transition into entirely new domains. We have structured career coaching, internal training programs, performance reviews, and goal-setting frameworks to help you develop your career.
About Alight
At Alight, we’re on a mission to kick carbon off the grid by helping energy-intensive businesses switch to solar.
We develop, own, and operate onsite and offsite solar projects across Europe and sell clean energy to businesses at a low, fixed cost backed by a power purchase agreement (PPA), always independent of government funding or subsidies. By 2030, we aim to have an installed capacity of at least 5 GW, paving the way for a more sustainable future.
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