Head of Consenting HUB 1
Agriculture, Energy & Environment · Renewable Energy · Solar Energy
In short
Vattenfall is seeking a Head of Consenting HUB 1 to lead consenting teams across Denmark, Sweden, and the UK for its offshore wind projects. This role involves people leadership, technical expertise, and strategic influence to secure and manage project consents, while also contributing to the overall consenting function's development and strategy. The position requires a leader with offshore consenting experience, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to develop people in a complex international environment.
Responsibilities
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team of Consent Managers across Denmark, Sweden, and the UK.
- Overseeing consenting delivery across the Hub 1 portfolio, including prioritization and resource allocation.
- Supporting the development and implementation of consenting strategies for major offshore wind projects.
- Providing guidance on complex regulatory, environmental, stakeholder, and commercial challenges.
- Collaborating with the Head of Consenting and Hub 2 leadership to ensure consistent ways of working.
- Contributing to organizational development, succession planning, and capability building within the consenting function.
- Providing consenting input to portfolio strategy, opportunity assessment, and business development.
Requirements
- Experience with offshore wind, large-scale infrastructure, energy, or another highly regulated industry.
- Expertise in offshore wind consenting, permitting, or comparable regulatory frameworks (ideally in Denmark, Sweden, UK, or similar markets).
- Experience with Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA), or similar environmental assessment processes.
- Experience developing and implementing strategies within complex regulatory and project environments.
- Experience building productive relationships with regulators, authorities, stakeholders, and project partners.
- Experience leading programmes, managing budgets, consultants, risks, and key project milestones.
- Experience supporting consent compliance during construction and operations, including amendments or variations.
- Demonstrated people leadership skills, including engaging, coaching, and developing specialists.
- Ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
- Comfort balancing strategic priorities with operational needs.
- Ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes to achieve results.
- Degree in Environmental Science, Marine Science, Geography, Planning, Environmental Management, or a related discipline.
- 5-10 years of relevant professional experience, including substantial offshore wind consenting experience.
- Experience delivering major infrastructure consent applications.
- Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong practical knowledge of EIA and HRA processes.
- Experience managing complex consenting programmes, consultants, budgets, risks, and project interfaces.
- Strong stakeholder and regulator management experience.
- Experience working across different phases of the offshore wind project lifecycle or comparable projects.
- Strong strategic, commercial, and organizational judgment within an international and multidisciplinary organization.
Desired Qualifications
- Strategic thinking, sound judgement, and the ability to create clarity and direction in a changing environment.
- Ability to provide direction, challenge assumptions, and empower individuals to make decisions.
- Ability to build trusted relationships across projects, functions, and countries.
- Ability to balance environmental, regulatory, project delivery, and commercial considerations.
- Ability to translate complex consenting challenges into practical solutions.
Benefits
- Good remuneration.
- Challenging and international work environment.
- Opportunity to work with some of the best in the field.
- Work in interdisciplinary teams.
- Support from committed colleagues.
- Attractive employment conditions.
- Opportunities for personal and professional development.
Skills
ConsentingStakeholder EngagementEnvironmental Impact AssessmentsHabitats Regulations AssessmentsProject ManagementRisk ManagementBudget Management
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About Vattenfall
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20,000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are working for fossil freedom.
Company
VattenfallJob Posted
1 week ago
Expires
in 21 hours
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kolding, Denmark
London, United Kingdom
Stockholm, Sweden
Hamburg, Germany
Qualification
Bachelor
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