Powerdot started with the vision that charging your car should be as easy as charging your smartphone. And so for that to happen, chargers need to be available where people naturally spend their days. To bring this vision to life and accelerate it as fast as possible, we have recently secured €150M from Antin Infrastructure Partners, one of the world's largest investment funds.
⭐Our Mission is as simple as ambitious - Accelerate Sustainable Mobility. And we do it by investing, installing, and operating EV chargers with an innovative business model akin to an Infra and Tech scale-up. So in a nutshell, we help businesses find the right charging solution that fits their customers' needs, and today we’ve joined forces with more than 1,200 partners across Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Poland, where we have more than 2,200 contracted locations.
⭐Our Values: We are partner obsessed and create bespoke solutions to better serve their customers. We love the challenge of making EV charging simpler, readily available, and integrated with varied retail and service experiences.
🚀 Finally, we are all about growing - our network, partner businesses, teams' professional development but mostly the EV ecosystem. So that sustainable mobility becomes a reality for all as fast as possible.
At the end of the day we believe that everything we are and all we want to be, is and will be due to our Team, composed by a collective of creative thinkers and doers with backgrounds from McKinsey, UBS Investment Banking, Oliver Wyman, or Burger King to people responsible for scaling Uber, Glovo, and Lime at their earliest stages. We welcome empowered top performers that apart from sharing our mission and our values, want to bring disruptive ways of thinking and become part of this amazing journey!
As the Subsidies Operations Manager, you will play a pivotal role in orchestrating the acquisition and management of subsidies for Powerdot's electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects.
- Research and Identification: Conduct thorough research to identify available subsidies, grants, tax incentives, and other forms of financial support at both local and European levels for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects.
- Opportunity Pursuit: Proactively seek out and evaluate potential subsidy opportunities aligned with Powerdot's expansion goals and market strategies across various European markets.
- Application and Proposal Development: Prepare compelling subsidy applications, proposals, and documentation, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations, guidelines, and deadlines.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal departments including Finance, Legal, Energy, and Operations to gather necessary data, provide insights, and ensure alignment with subsidy requirements throughout the application process.
- Relationship Building: Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with relevant government agencies, industry associations, and other stakeholders to stay informed about subsidy programs, changes, and emerging opportunities.
- Tracking and Reporting: Develop and maintain comprehensive tracking systems to monitor the progress of subsidy applications, approvals, and disbursements, providing regular updates and reports to senior management.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends, policy developments, and best practices related to subsidies and financial incentives for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and incorporate insights into Powerdot's subsidy acquisition strategies.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and internal policies related to subsidy acquisition and management, while also identifying and mitigating potential risks.
We believe you’ll thrive in this role if you have:
- Demonstrated experience in researching, identifying, and securing subsidies or financial incentives, preferably in the renewable energy or electric vehicle charging industry.
- Strong understanding of European subsidy programs, regulations, and funding mechanisms, with a track record of successful subsidy acquisitions.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret complex subsidy requirements, assess eligibility criteria, and develop strategic proposals.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple departments and stakeholders, with strong communication and negotiation skills.
Get to know our benefits!
- Private health insurance
- Gym pass membership
- Flexible time (you own your time)
- Annual offsite - last year it was in Óbidos, don’t miss the next one!
- Recurrent team buildings in our local teams
Last but not least, at Powerdot we strongly believe that the best solutions and the most innovative ideas come from the coexistence of people with different backgrounds that reflect the diverse world we live in. We seek for a culture of diversity and inclusion - a culture where equal opportunities and mutual respect prevail and where everyone has the opportunity to speak up, challenge the status quo and make the difference.
