Senior Project Development Manager

Join Fastned at the forefront of Europe’s electric vehicle and charging infrastructure revolution! We are building a network of 1,000 fast-charging stations across Europe, and we are looking for a Senior Project Development Manager to help us get there. Together with 400+ colleagues from over 40 nationalities, spread across 10 countries, we drive change in the energy transition. What sets us apart is our focus on reliability, sustainability and the energy transition. We have been awarded “Best Charging Network” in the UK, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, further establishing Fastned as a leading player in the field. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact! The role Fastned’s Network Development team finds and secures locations, develops bids and proposals to tenders and supports the growth of our European charging network. As the team and markets grow, we need to continuously improve the way we work across Network Development. The Projects & Excellence team helps Network Development deliver this growth efficiently and effectively across markets. You will join the Projects & Excellence team within Network Development as a Sr Project Development Manager. Your focus will be the “excellence” part of the team, centered around building practical solutions that enable Network Development to improve, scale and deliver more effectively. You will lead complex, cross-functional projects from initial problem definition through to implementation. These projects may involve improving processes, collaboration, tools, ways of working, or decision-making across Network Development. What you’ll be doing What makes this role distinctive is its end-to-end strategic scope: you will anticipate the challenges of scaling Fastned’s network, identify and frame the most important opportunities, develop practical solutions based on that, and lead them through implementation and adoption, rather than handing off strategy, design or change execution to others. Project Management and delivery • Lead complex, cross-functional projects which improve quality, efficiency and governance of the work of Network Development and Tender Management. • Take projects from initial problem definition and discovery through to solution design, testing, rollout and follow-up. • Create clear project plans, milestones, decision points and ownership • Work constructively with stakeholders at all levels, create alignment around a shared goal and guide them through the change. • Lead the analytical framing of complex bottleneck, growth challenges or efficiency blockers , using data and stakeholder input to assess options, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs, and translate the findings into actionable recommendations and decisions aligned with Fastned’s strategy and Network Development priorities. Building scalable solutions through process and continuous improvement • Challenge our current processes like our tender or site validation process and identify bottlenecks, duplication, unclear handovers and avoidable manual work. • Design practical improvements, such as new workflows, templates, playbooks, decision frameworks or guidelines. • Build a habit of continuous improvement across Network Development, rather than treating each project as a one-off exercise. Additionally, you will also support more junior colleagues in their projects and share your experience, while remaining an individual contributor without formal people-management responsibilities. You will report to the Projects & Excellence Lead in the Network Development and collaborate closely with colleagues across Fastned. The role offers a lot of autonomy and also requires the confidence to ask questions, make decisions and create clarity where there is not yet a defined playbook. What we’