Portfolio Manager/Data Scientist

Volue ASA; Arendal; On-site; NOK 695,000 - 927,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading green tech company based in Arendal, Norway, is seeking a Portfolio Manager / Data Scientist to enhance trading strategies and support decision-making in energy markets. The role involves forecasting trades, developing predictive models, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field and programming skills. The company offers a hybrid work environment, a competitive salary, and excellent coworking culture.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Competitive compensation package

6th week vacation

Qualifications

• Recent graduates are also encouraged to apply.
• Experience from the Nordic energy market is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop trading strategies based on data trends and programming logic.
• Monitor model performance, data drift, and data quality.
• Support customer onboarding and follow-up.

Skills

Programming skills (e.g., Python, R)

Strong communication skills in English

Proactive and solution-oriented mindset

Education

Degree in Economics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field

Job description

Overview

Our mission is to provide innovative services critical to society, unlocking a cleaner, better and more profitable future. Volue is a leading technology supplier and enabler of the green transition, helping energy companies simplify and optimize everyday operations. Volue is looking for a Portfolio Manager / Data Scientist based in Arendal, Norway, with a strong interest in the Nordic physical power markets. In this hybrid role, you will help us continuously improve our ability to deliver value to customers – in line with Volue’s mission to enable a sustainable tomorrow.

As a Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for forecasting, nominating trades in the day-ahead market, trading in the intraday market, and submitting bids in ancillary markets on behalf of our customers.

As a Data Scientist, you will play a key role in extracting actionable insights and predictions from structured and unstructured data to support decision-making in the energy markets.

You will collaborate closely with domain experts and other portfolio managers to develop and maintain predictive models using machine learning and statistical techniques – enhancing trading strategies and improving customer experience. You will also act as the customer’s preferred point of contact.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to portfolio tasks, including developing trading strategies based on data trends and programming logic.
• Monitor model performance, data drift, and data quality, and implement improvements to ensure high performance and adaptability.
• Work closely with domain experts and the physical portfolio customer team.
• Help improve systems, processes, and routines for trading in the physical power market.
• Support customer onboarding and follow-up, ensuring tailored solutions that meet their specific needs.

What you need to succeed

• A degree in Economics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Energy Studies, or a related field. Recent graduates are also encouraged to apply.
• Programming skills (e.g., Python, R, or similar).
• Strong communication skills in English and one of the Scandinavian languages.
• Experience from the Nordic energy market is an advantage.
• A proactive and solution-oriented mindset.

Reasons to join Volue team and what we offer

• Large degree of influence in shaping & developing the role further
• Great colleagues in one of Europe’s most exciting green tech companies with innovative and international work environment
• Flexible working hours & competitive compensation package
• 6th week vacation

In Volue, we cherish each employee’s competence, ideas and personality. Let your skills and talent be a part of our team – and let us leave our mark on the world together!

Company Culture

In Volue, we believe that in order to be a successful company, we need to bring everyone to the table. We look at diversity as a competitive advantage. A diverse workforce enables better decision-making and creates more value. By inclusion, we refer to the sense of belonging and being part of a community at work. We want the people of Volue to feel welcome, valued and not least encouraged to bring their whole, unique selves to work. Volue is about people. From staff to client, people are at the center of all our operations, and we always strive for a flat structure where everyone feels included, appreciated and recognized for their individual efforts. Or as we call it "ONE Volue". We hire talented individuals, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, cultural background or religious beliefs.