Senior Business Developer, Onshore Germany

Join us in this role where you’ll work creatively with external stakeholders, partners, and colleagues from across the organization, developing relationships, mutual understanding, and influence.

 

Welcome to Business Development
You’ll be part of our Business Development and M&A team where you, together with your colleagues, will  work to grow our German Onshore business (wind, solar and batteries) through business development initiatives, asset transactions and partnerships.

As a team, we are a group of ambitious professionals that are passionate and motivated to solve challenges related to the green transition.

 

You’ll play an important role in:

  • lead business development and acquisition processes independently
  • build and maintain relationships with partners, and develop cooperation agreements
  • coordinate valuations, structure business cases, and participate in negotiations
  • manage Due Diligence processes, negotiate commercial terms, and oversee transaction processes until closing
  • prepare investment decision cases, evaluate projects' commercial viability
  • build and maintain a reliable network within the renewables’ industry
  • oversee ongoing market developments; derive resulting business development initiatives.

                                                                                                                                                                

To succeed in the role, you:

  • possess a commercial mindset and have relevant experience in working in the German renewable sector with a commercial / transaction focus
  • are familiar with M&A processes and valuation frameworks
  • show strong analytical skills and financial modelling experience
  • are eager to take over responsibility and have a proactive approach
  • like to build relationships and have an ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
  • speak and write German and English fluently or at negotiation level, and believe in a future that runs entirely on green energy.

 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

 

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

 

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job

Application deadline:  30 March 2025
Location: 

Hamburg, DE Potsdam, DE Essen, DE Berlin, DE, 10117 Regensburg, DE

Field of work:  Strategy and business development
Employment type:  Permanent
Work hours:  Full-time
Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted

- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America. 

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years. 

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing. 

 

An inclusive team

Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.