Experienced portfolio manager

Danske Commodities A/S; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shape your development

Global career paths

Flexible work life

On-site wellness

New HQ in Aarhus

Job summary

Danske Commodities A/S in Aarhus seeks a senior portfolio lead for its German flexibility portfolio. You will own end-to-end performance, including P&L, risk, pricing, profitability and long-term value creation across the German market.

Working across origination, technology and operations, you will drive growth through commercial offerings, contract negotiations and robust valuation methods, while monitoring market design and regulation to translate insights into actionable portfolio actions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading energy portfolios with P&L responsibility.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision making.
• Deep understanding of German power markets and market design.

Responsibilities

• Owning the end-to-end performance of the German flexibility portfolio, including P&L, risk management, pricing, profitability and long-term value creation.
• Driving portfolio growth by developing commercial offerings and supporting contract negotiations.
• Monitoring market design, regulation and competitive developments and translating changes into portfolio strategies.
• Acting as portfolio lead across originators, technology, analytics and operations to optimize performance.
• Continuously improving portfolio management capabilities by developing tools and processes.

Job description

Combine commercial ownership, market insight and strategic influence. Own and grow one of Europe’s most exciting flexibility portfolios in one of the most volatile markets, Germany.

The job

Here’s what the job entails

More specifically, your responsibilities include:

owning the end-to-end performance of the German flexibility portfolio, including P&L, risk management, pricing, profitability, and long-term value creation

driving portfolio growth by developing commercial offerings, supporting contract negotiations, and ensuring robust valuation and pricing methodologies

monitoring market design, regulation, and competitive developments, translating changes into actionable portfolio strategies, commercial initiatives, and operational improvements

acting as the portfolio lead across the value chain, aligning originators, technology teams, analysts, and operations to ensure optimal portfolio performance and execution

continuously improving portfolio management capabilities by challenging existing approaches, developing tools and processes, and sharing expertise that raises the performance of both colleagues and stakeholders

The team

Meet the team

You will join our Flexible Asset Management team, who is responsible for maximising the value of Danske Commodities' flexibility portfolio across European energy markets. We manage and develop commercial strategies, pricing, and performance of flexible assets such as battery energy storage systems and other flexibility resources. Working closely with Origination, Technology, and Asset Operations, we translate market opportunities into profitable and scalable portfolio solutions.

We are a team of eight energy market experts responsible for maximising the value of our flexibility portfolio through portfolio optimisation, pricing, and commercial development. We combine commercial ambition with high levels of trust, ownership, and accountability while we challenge ideas openly and value constructive debate over hierarchy.

In this role, you’ll have direct influence on portfolio performance, pricing, and commercial strategy while working at the intersection of asset management, trading, origination, and technology to create value from flexible assets in Germany.

Head of Flexible Asset Management

But enough about us… over to you!

As you will be working with portfolio strategy, commercial development, and stakeholders across the value chain, we imagine that you are motivated by turning market opportunities into scalable business results. You thrive when building alignment across functions and seniority levels goes hand in hand with balancing commercial priorities and long-term value creation.

Furthermore, we imagine that you:

have a deep understanding of German power markets, flexibility assets, ancillary services, and market design

have strong commercial judgement with proven ability to assess risk, value drivers, and portfolio performance

have experience managing asset portfolios with direct ownership of financial performance and decision-making

have advanced pricing, valuation, and business case development capabilities

can translate market insights into commercial strategy and tangible portfolio actions

possess solid analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive decisions and challenge assumptions

understand trading, optimisation, and physical asset operations across the energy value chain

We offer

We’ll take good care of you

At Danske Commodities, we take great care of our people. Joining us means you’ll get a lot of great perks – including social events, cultural experiences, tasty food and benefits to better your health, your life and your future.

Here are some of the benefits we offer our employees:

Shape your developmenttailored growth plans, 100+ DC University courses & Harvard Learning access

100+ yearly eventsfrom office parties to DC Sports events, CS:GO team, student network & more

Global career pathsas part of our parent company, Equinor’s 20,000-strong international network

Flexible work lifeadjustable hours, part-time options & up to 2 work from home days/week

Fuel Fridays one paid Friday off every month (July and December excluded)

Top-tier parental leaveup to 26 weeks paid, pension during leave & post-leave support

Unlimited paid child's sick days because family comes first

Extra time off5 additional days on top of your 5 weeks

Senior days extra time off if you’re 55+

Share savings the option to join Equinor’s attractive share programme

Home setup covered paid internet, phone & IT gear

Free tickets & discountsculture, family fun, hotels, restaurants & more

Organic meals light breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner & take-away

On-site wellnessstate-of-the-art gym, physio, chiro and massage therapy

New HQ in the heart of Aarhuswith stunning views, inspiring architecture and close to public transport

…. and much more

The process

Recruitment process and relocation

You can read more about our recruitment process here . Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.

About us

What we’re about

At Danske Commodities, we trade energy across 40+ markets and deliver solutions for energy producers and large-scale consumers.

Our people work together to find valuein everything we doand deliver it. For our partners.And for the energy system as a whole.Together with our parent company Equinor, weoperateon ascalefew trading houses can match.

Ourorganisationis flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your colleagues. And about the difference we make.

Aspiring chefs, beekeepers, runners, parents, gamers –we’reproud of our diversity of ideas. What binds us together is that we allfind average genuinely uncomfortable and want to do something about it.

We’rebig on trust and providing the freedom for you to thrive. Together,we’llmake sureyou’llbe the best version of you. Because happy employees perform better andwe’rein this for the long run. No matter the stage in lifeyou’rein,we’vegot you.

A workplace like no other

In 2025, we moved into our new headquarters in the heart of Aarhus – a workplace built for the precision, focus and collaboration that define how we work. Withstate-of-the-artfacilities, our own barista café, a modern fitnesscentreand views worth coming in for.

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