Head of Department · Hybrid

Location:

Region: North Rhine-Westphalia
Country: Germany

Role:

  • Industry: Engineering
  • Job Type: Permanent
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Salary: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 12/07/2026
Job Reference: LMTCFH83

Head of Department · Hybrid

Head of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Hybrid)

Overview

An established renewable energy developer is looking to appoint a Head of BESS to lead the development and scale-up of its energy storage platform across Germany.

This is a high-impact role with full ownership of strategy, pipeline, and execution, playing a central part in integrating storage into an existing solar portfolio and shaping the company’s next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the BESS strategy and market approach
  • Build and deliver a pipeline of standalone and co-located storage projects
  • Lead key development activities including grid, permitting, and project structuring
  • Own commercial strategy, including route-to-market and trading partnerships
  • Set direction on technology, suppliers, and system design
  • Support investment decisions and project financing
  • Establish and lead a dedicated BESS function

Candidate Profile

  • 10+ years’ experience across energy, with exposure to BESS or flexibility markets
  • Background in project development, IPP, utility, or trading environments
  • Strong grasp of storage economics, grid infrastructure, and energy markets
  • Proven commercial capability: modelling, structuring, negotiation
  • Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on levels
  • Fluent English; German advantageous

Success Metrics

  • Delivery of a scalable BESS pipeline (MW / MWh)
  • Projects progressing to FID and execution
  • Establishment of a commercially viable storage portfolio

Why This Role

  • Opportunity to build and shape a core business line from an early stage
  • Direct influence on company strategy and investment decisions
  • A key position at the intersection of renewables, flexibility, and power markets

If you are interested in this role, apply below or send your CV to contact@g2recruitment.com

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

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Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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