Senior Short Term Trader

Ørsted Group; Gentofte Kommune; Remote; DKK 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ørsted Group in Denmark invites you to join the Short-Term Gas Trading team. You will contribute to European gas portfolio performance through short-term trading, market analysis, and risk-aware decision making.

You will trade within EU day-ahead and intraday markets, build asset-backed strategies, perform ad hoc analyses, and support 24/7 duty coverage as needed. Collaboration and continuous learning are emphasized.

Qualifications

• Experience in energy markets, preferably gas trading.
• A strong commercial drive and ability to work in a high-performing team.
• Good communication and cross-functional collaboration in international environments.

Responsibilities

• Trade in within- and day-ahead gas markets in Europe.
• Develop and execute short-term asset-backed trading strategies.
• Carry out ad hoc analyses and participate in projects.
• Occasionally participate in 24/7 duty roster for holiday coverage.

Skills

Gas trading

Energy markets

Commercial drive

Job description

Join us in this role where you'll contribute to the performance of our European gas portfolio through short-term trading and balancing activities. You'll identify market opportunities, make informed trading decisions, and help ensure operational excellence while working with experienced colleagues in a collaborative and supportive environment where learning and development are encouraged every day.

Welcome to Gas

You'll be part of the Short-Term Gas Trading team where you, together with your colleagues, will provide the route to market for our European gas portfolio. The team executes trading strategies, and captures opportunities across short-term gas markets. Working closely with specialists across the business, you'll contribute to value creation while helping ensure reliable operations and effective risk management.

As a team, we support each other's growth, share knowledge openly, and succeed together by combining diverse perspectives, strong collaboration, and a passion for delivering results.

You will play an important role in:

• trading in the within- and day-ahead gas markets in Europe and add value to the gas portfolio
• building and executing short-term asset backed trading strategies and taking on proprietary positions across Europe.
• conducting ad hoc analysis and participating in various projects
• occasionally, participating in the 24/7 duty roster, covering 365 days a year for holiday coverage

To succeed in the role you:

• ambitious with relevant experience from energy markets, preferably gas trading
• have a strong commercial drive and can work in a high performing team with appetite for risk-taking in trading
• have an understanding of technical and fundamental analysis in trading
• are solution oriented and show initiative with excellent communication skills
• show strong responsibility and have proven cross-functional collaboration skills in an international environment.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [e-mail].

We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.