Energy Market Competitive Intelligence Lead

bp; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

bp is seeking a senior analyst to join the Retail Power team, focusing on competitive intelligence, pricing trends and margin optimization across deregulated energy markets. You will partner with Sales, Billing Operations and Costing to produce actionable insights and executive dashboards that drive pricing and market strategies.

The role emphasizes data gathering from multiple sources, translating complex datasets into clear recommendations, and leading analytical projects in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Senior in market analysis, energy pricing or a substantially similar role.
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, Engineering or related analytical field.
• Strong understanding of deregulated energy markets and pricing/margin drivers.
• Experience analyzing retail energy product structures and pricing trends.
• Proficiency in collecting, querying, organizing and analyzing complex datasets.
• Excellent data visualization and dashboard design, translating data into exec-level reporting.
• Ability to synthesize feedback with data from multiple sources to draw commercial inferences.
• Experience designing data-collection frameworks and workflows for consistency.
• Sophisticated Excel and SQL skills; VBA/Power BI or similar tools preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; leadership in analytical projects.

Responsibilities

• Analyze market conditions, competitor behavior and pricing trends within bp Energy Services and across deregulated energy markets.
• Design and own a structured competitive intelligence framework for Sales across markets and segments.
• Develop methodologies for apples-to-apples comparisons when data is incomplete or aggregated.
• Analyze product-level, customer-level and market-wide feedback to differentiate causes of differences.
• Challenge assumptions and identify cost allocation and contractual differences affecting comparisons.
• Partner with Sales, Gross Margin Reporting and Billing Operations to combine data into a complete view.
• Create tools, definitions and feedback processes to improve data quality and granularity.
• Generate inferences from imperfect datasets and document assumptions clearly.
• Track normalization metrics over time to identify trends and opportunities.
• Develop market benchmarks and competitive positioning assessments by market and product.
• Translate market intelligence into actionable recommendations for leadership and commercial teams.
• Design intuitive executive dashboards showing competitiveness, pricing and margin drivers.
• Apply data-visualization judgment to present outcomes and drivers clearly.
• Collaborate with Costing to assess regulatory and market-design impacts on pricing and economics.
• Automate recurring analyses to improve timeliness and scalability.
• Support growth initiatives and market-entry assessments with fact-based competitive analysis.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for competitive intelligence and communicate findings clearly.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Business acumen

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, Engineering or related analytical field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

VBA

Job description

bp is seeking a senior analyst to join the Retail Power team, focusing on competitive intelligence, pricing trends and margin optimization across deregulated energy markets. You will partner with Sales, Billing Operations and Costing to produce actionable insights and executive dashboards that drive pricing and market strategies.

The role emphasizes data gathering from multiple sources, translating complex datasets into clear recommendations, and leading analytical projects in a fast-paced