Senior Business Development Manager

Vattenfall; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Mobile work up to 49%

Job summary

Vattenfall in Hamburg seeks a Senior Business Development Manager to lead the BU Trading's strategic agenda, drive commercial projects, and develop external relationships in gas and power, with a focus on structured products and portfolio development.

You will work in an international environment, leading two employees and coordinating with Origination and Trading Desks to optimize liquidity and growth across markets.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in energy sector, preferably in trading portfolio business development.
• Strong understanding of trading value drivers and the energy market.
• Fluency in English; additional languages beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Drive BU Trading's strategic agenda and overall business development activities.
• Analyze market developments to derive implications for Trading's strategy and new opportunities.
• Interface with Commodity Origination and develop relationships with external counterparties.
• Coordinate growth initiatives and complex commercial projects with Trading Desks.
• Oversee broker and exchange agreements and support negotiations on terms.

Skills

Energy sector experience

Trading portfolio development

Power & Gas market knowledge

Commercial drive

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Communication & presentation

Independent working

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Company Description

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 modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

Right in the heart of Vattenfall, at Business Area (BA) Markets, you will find an inspiring international environment, with a culture of care and personal growth, enabling you to be who you are, having fun, building strong relationships and learning every day. Find out what our colleagues think about our culture: https://youtu.be/-9qGrDUCptA

We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to drive the energy transition together. Our role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging, and sourcing for Vattenfall's sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates.

Within Markets the Business Unit (BU) Trading is the energy trading hub of the Vattenfall Group. BU Trading is responsible for all trading activities around Vattenfall´s asset and customer flows to maximize value creation and improve sourcing costs. It provides market access services for the Vattenfall Group which means managing all hedging flows, from generation assets or customers, by Market Access. Next to handling our flow business, BU Trading also has a proprietary mandate. Our working environment is based on a collaborative approach, as we strongly believe that through teamwork, we can develop the most successful trading strategies.

The Business Development team within the BU Trading works closely with the Head of BU Trading and the trading desk heads to advance the trading function. The Senior Business Development Manager takes a leading role in designing and implementing the BU's strategy, and drives both changes and commercial projects across all commodities.

Job Description

At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways and free from fossil fuel within one generation. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.

For our offices in Hamburg our Business Area (BA) Markets is looking for the right person to fill the position as

Senior Business Development Manager

Your key responsibilities

• Drive BU Trading's strategic agenda and overall business development activities
• Analyse the constantly changing market environment to derive the implications for Trading's general strategy and identify related new business opportunities
• Act as one of the key interfaces to Commodity Origination
• Develop relationships to new external counterparties (in collaboration with Origination) to explore business scope, in both gas and power with a focus on structured products and portfolio development
• Develop business cases and conduct analysis to open up new markets or businesses
• Facilitate the delivery of new growth initiatives and complex commercial projects in cooperation with the Trading Desks
• Steer and prioritise the project portfolio as well as coordinate all relevant stakeholders
• Responsible for overseeing broker and exchange agreements, ensuring alignment on terms, and supporting negotiations on fees and related contractual conditions
• Coordinate internal efficiency and change initiatives
• Be part of the BU Trading Management Team
• Functional lead for 2 employees
• Monitor liquidity risk arising from the balance of physical and margined/financial positions, and take proactive measures in coordination with the Trading Desks and Origination.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Strong academic background
• At leat 5-10 years in the Energy sector, preferably in Trading Portfolio Business Development, ideally in Power and Gas.
• Very good understanding of trading value drivers, the energy market and the energy transition
• Biomethane experience is beneficial
• Proven experience in developing, pitching and implementing business opportunities in a Trading environment
• Experience in managing complex projects and aligning the interest of different stakeholders
• Strong commercial drive combined with excellent communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken
• Additional languages are beneficial
• Ability to work independently, can-do attitude.

Additional Information

Benefits

Your development is a priority at Vattenfall BA Markets. Your professional journey will benefit from working in the exciting industry of energy trading, and in interdisciplinary teams. To support your career, we offer opportunities to grow through training, job rotations, talent programs and a working environment that stimulates learning.

Our work culture at Vattenfall is excellent. We have an open corporate culture with flat hierarchies. Modern and flexible working conditions, including mobile work, promote wellbeing. In Germany, our work week consists of 37.5 hours with, in many cases, the possibility to work part-time. Up to 49% of your working time can be mobile work, and you are entitled to 30 days of vacation per year.

Your health is important to us. We provide several health programs and support throughout potentially challenging life situations.

Your colleagues will be another highlight. We employ inspiring people with diverse backgrounds. Together with our culture and your tasks, they form an interesting and fun place to work.

You can find our new state of the art office next to Elbbrücken.

We welcome your application in English, no later than 11th of October 2026.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called DISA. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.

We look forward to receiving your application!