Energy Markets Strategy Partner (Demand) - Flexible

SSE; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym membership discounts

Online GP & counselling service

Cycle to Work scheme

Maternity & adoption pay

Paternity leave

Job summary

SSE Energy Markets is seeking an Energy Markets Business Partner (Demand) to link EM with ECS, translating trading, risk and commercial decisions into clear insight for senior stakeholders. This role offers hybrid working across Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, and other locations, with a strong focus on delivering sustainable value for customers and SSE Group.

You will build trusted relationships, prioritise ECS requirements, and help shape short- and long-term optimisation and hedging strategies in

Qualifications

• Broad experience within energy markets, with a strong understanding of market structures, commercial mechanisms and regulatory change.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted, collaborative relationships across EM and ECS, bringing a strong understanding of ECS strategy, customers, propositions and commercial priorities into trading, optimisation and risk decisions.
• Coordinate and prioritise ECS requirements within EM, providing clear and transparent insight into commercial decisions, trades, portfolio performance and their impact on Business Unit and Group outcomes.
• Identify emerging opportunities and risks across areas such as customer flexibility, products, propositions, technologies and evolving market models, bringing together expertise from across EM and ECS to develop practical commercial solutions.
• Support short and long-term optimisation, hedging and strategic decision-making, constructively bringing different perspectives together and helping senior stakeholders reach well-informed recommendations that maximise sustainable value.
• Lead by example in creating an inclusive, safe and supportive working environment, embedding safety, health and wellbeing into decision-making, positively promoting safe behaviours and constructively speaking up where something doesn’t feel right.

Skills

Energy markets

ECS knowledge

Trading insights

Cross-functional

Governance & risk

Job description

SSE Energy Markets is seeking an Energy Markets Business Partner (Demand) to link EM with ECS, translating trading, risk and commercial decisions into clear insight for senior stakeholders. This role offers hybrid working across Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, and other locations, with a strong focus on delivering sustainable value for customers and SSE Group.

You will build trusted relationships, prioritise ECS requirements, and help shape short- and long-term optimisation and hedging strategies in