Energy Markets & BESS Strategy Lead

Worklane GmbH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Octopus Energy Group's OEGEN is seeking an Energy Markets Specialist to provide senior commercial and market expertise across its renewable portfolio. The role focuses on overseeing energy-market activity for a key fund and expanding OEGEN’s strategic BESS capability, collaborating with Asset Management, Fund Management, Investment and Technical teams.

The successful candidate translates complex energy markets into clear commercial recommendations, supports investment decisions, optimises assets

Qualifications

• Significant experience in European power markets and renewable energy commercialisation.
• Strong practical experience of BESS commercial strategy and revenue modelling.
• Experience working for renewable IPP, fund manager, utility, trading house, or energy-market adviser.
• Excellent commercial judgement with a track record of challenging market assumptions.
• Understanding of renewable revenue drivers: PPAs, merchant exposure, hedging and grid constraints.
• High financial and numerical acumen for building and challenging complex revenue models.
• Experience leading complex commercial processes and managing external counterparties.
• Ability to collaborate with investment, technical, fund-management and asset-management teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication to present to senior management and investors.

Responsibilities

• Lead energy-market coverage for ORIT, including route-to-market performance, revenue strategy, hedging, market risk and key commercial counterparties.
• Build OEGEN’s BESS commercial strategy across priority markets, including revenue underwriting, route-to-market, optimiser selection and risk management.
• Provide senior market input into investment decisions, challenging assumptions on power prices, capture prices, ancillary services, balancing, negative pricing, grid constraints and commercial structures.
• Develop clear standards and guidance for BESS and collocated assets, ensuring lessons from operational assets are reflected in new investment assumptions.
• Lead or oversee complex commercial processes, including optimiser, route-to-market and strategic PPA tenders; work with external providers to deliver routine contracting efficiently where appropriate.
• Monitor energy-market, regulatory and policy developments across OEGEN’s priority markets, identifying risks and opportunities for funds and assets.
• Work closely with Fund Asset Directors and Fund Management teams to develop and implement market strategies that support fund objectives, investor returns and risk appetite.
• Manage relationships with traders, optimisers, balancing parties, advisers and other key commercial partners, holding them to account for performance.
• Define and interpret quantitative analysis required for hedging, BESS, merchant exposure and portfolio risk, working with specialist analytical support where appropriate.
• Communicate complex market issues clearly to Investment Committee, Asset Boards and investors, with practical recommendations and a clear view of risk.

Skills

European power markets

BESS revenue modelling

renewable IPP/fund adviser experience

commercial judgement

renewable revenue drivers

financial acumen

complex commercial processes

cross‑functional collaboration

clear communication to leadership

Job description

Octopus Energy Group's OEGEN is seeking an Energy Markets Specialist to provide senior commercial and market expertise across its renewable portfolio. The role focuses on overseeing energy-market activity for a key fund and expanding OEGEN’s strategic BESS capability, collaborating with Asset Management, Fund Management, Investment and Technical teams.

The successful candidate translates complex energy markets into clear commercial recommendations, supports investment decisions, optimises assets