Experienced portfolio manager

Danske Commodities; Denmark; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DC University courses

Harvard Learning access

Flexible work life—2 WFH days/week

30% pension & health benefits

Job summary

Danske Commodities is seeking a portfolio lead to own the end-to-end performance of the German flexibility portfolio, including P&L, pricing, and profitability. You will drive growth through commercial offerings and support contract negotiations, while monitoring market design and regulatory changes that affect strategy and value creation.

You will coordinate with originators, technology, analytics, and operations to ensure optimal portfolio execution and continuous improvement, turning market

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of German power markets, flexibility assets, ancillary services, and market design.
• Strong commercial judgement with ability to assess risk, value drivers, and portfolio performance.
• Experience managing asset portfolios with ownership of financial performance and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end performance of the German flexibility portfolio including P&L and pricing.
• Drive portfolio growth by developing commercial offerings and supporting contract negotiations.
• Monitor market design, regulation, and competitive developments and translate changes into portfolio strategies.

Skills

German power markets

Pricing & valuation

Risk management

Portfolio performance

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

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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.

Here’s what the job entails

You will be responsible for building and growing our German BESS flexibility portfolio, driving the risk/reward thinking while keeping it transparent and collaborative.

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

Meet your 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.

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’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+

Attractive package10% pension, health insurance, bonus scheme & more

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

Barista caféhigh-quality coffee, always on us

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