Asset Optimization Community Lead (m/f/x)

enspired; Osterreich; Vor Ort; PEN 330.000 - 404.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

60 days work from anywhere

30 days vacation

Modern tech stack

Referral bonus

Lifelong learning support

Social events

Zusammenfassung

enspired seeks a passionate Asset Optimization Community Lead to drive the evolution of our trading technology platform. You will lead and develop a high-caliber team of optimization engineers, balancing capacity with product delivery and market expansion, while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with Product, Delivery, Trading Operations and Business Development to align technical capabilities with customer needs and commercial opportunities,

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience leading specialist technical teams, developing people and managing performance.
• Strong planning and prioritization skills, with the ability to balance capacity, growth and operational demands.
• Solid understanding of optimization, mathematical algorithms or quantitative software.
• Experience delivering and operating reliable software in a business-critical environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to navigate competing priorities.
• A coaching mindset that empowers others and encourages knowledge sharing.

Aufgaben

• Lead and grow the Asset Optimization Community: line manage Team Leads, foster ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Set priorities and enable delivery across product development, new markets, pilots and live operations.
• Champion engineering excellence: set expectations for quality, reliability and safe operation, drive improvements.
• Provide technical direction: offer sound judgment on complex optimization challenges and guide decisions.
• Connect technology and business: align capabilities with customer needs and commercial opportunities.
• Encourage new ways of working: promote AI-assisted and agentic development tooling to boost productivity.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Planning & prioritization

Optimization understanding

Software delivery

Communication

Coaching mindset

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for a passionate Asset Optimization Community Lead (m/f/x) who wants to help build the most innovative energy trading platform on the planet.

As part of our Trading Technology function, you will lead the Asset Optimization Community, responsible for developing and maintaining automated trading algorithms that optimize customers’ grid-scale batteries and other flexible renewable energy assets. You will create the conditions for our teams to deliver robust, high-quality optimization solutions across energy markets and asset types, balancing customer needs, commercial opportunities and product delivery priorities.

In this people-focused leadership role, you will lead and develop Team Leads, strengthen technical capabilities and ensure that engineering capacity, priorities and commitments remain clear and realistic. Combining technical credibility with sound judgement and a delivery mindset, you will empower highly skilled optimization engineers to do their best work, foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement, and enable the community to deliver reliable solutions at pace without compromising quality or sustainable workloads.

Note: We can only consider candidates based in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, and the UK (or open to relocation to one of these countries, provided the candidate holds the right to work).

Redefine "automation" in energy trading

As Asset Optimization Community Lead, you will

• Lead and grow the community: Line manage Team Leads, support their development and build a culture of ownership, collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Set priorities and enable delivery: Balance engineering capacity and competing demands across product development, new markets, customer pilots and live operations, working closely with Product and Delivery
• Champion engineering excellence: Set expectations for software quality, reliability and safe operation, helping teams continuously improve their algorithms and engineering practices
• Provide technical direction: Bring sound judgement to complex optimization challenges, support technical decision-making and strengthen expertise across the community without becoming a bottleneck
• Connect technology and business: Work with Product, Delivery, Trading Operations and Business Development to align technical capabilities with customer needs and commercial opportunities
• Embrace new ways of working: Encourage the thoughtful use of AI-assisted and agentic development tools to improve productivity, quality and innovation

How you fit into the team

You're passionate about the energy transition and enjoy helping talented technical people do their best work. You bring

• Proven experience leading specialist technical teams, developing people and managing performance.
• Strong planning and prioritization skills, with the ability to balance capacity, business growth and operational demands.
• A solid understanding of optimization, mathematical algorithms or quantitative software, allowing you to challenge approaches and engage credibly with technical experts.
• Experience delivering and operating reliable software in a business-critical environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to navigate competing priorities, make trade-offs transparent and align diverse stakeholders.
• A coaching mindset that empowers others, encourages knowledge sharing and builds expertise beyond individual specialists.

It's a plus if you also have

• Experience with battery energy storage systems (BESS), revenue optimization, European power markets or multi-market trading platforms.
• A background in algorithm development, backtesting, customer pilots or market launches.
• Experience scaling teams and engineering practices in a fast-growing technology business.

What's in it for you?

No matter who you are, at enspired, we embrace your authenticity because we know that true innovation comes from the contributions of each team member. Furthermore, we offer a wide range of benefits.

• 60 days of work from anywhere
• 30 days of vacation
• A modern tech stack with the freedom to innovate
• Referral bonus
• Extensive support of lifelong learners
• Regular social events and holiday parties
• Free public transportation ticket in Vienna
• Free lunch & fruits and fair-trade coffee at the office
• Offsetting your private CO2 emissions
• Sustainable enspired merch

Along with the listed benefits that are part of the overall compensation package, the salary for this role is aligned with a band starting at EUR 95,000, with the actual salary determined based on the experience and skills brought to the position.

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