ETRM Project Lead: Energy Trading Transformation

NTT DATA, Europe & LATAM, Branch in USA, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking an experienced ETRM Project Manager to lead a modern Energy Trading & Risk Management platform implementation. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across Trading, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Technology, ensuring governance, data migration, testing, and go-live success.

The role emphasizes extensive experience in energy/commodities trading, complex program management, and a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade transformations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Project Management experience delivering complex technology and transformation programs.
• Proven experience leading ETRM implementations, migrations, major upgrades, or enterprise trading platform transformations.
• Strong understanding of commodity trading processes and the end-to-end trade lifecycle across Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office functions.
• Experience managing large-scale cross-functional programs involving integrations, data migration, testing, governance, and production deployments.
• Demonstrated success managing project budgets, schedules, resources, vendor relationships, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with Trading, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Technology teams in highly regulated or complex business environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of an Energy Trading & Risk Management platform implementation, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, and objectives are met.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Trading, Risk, Operations, Finance, IT, Architecture, vendors, and partners.
• Own governance, planning, resource coordination, budget management, and risk/issue resolution.
• Drive requirements gathering, design, configuration, integrations, data migration, testing, and deployment activities.
• Manage dependencies and ensure alignment between business and technical teams.
• Lead UAT, cutover planning, go-live activities, and hypercare support.
• Support change management and business readiness to ensure adoption of new processes and technology.
• Provide updates and recommendations to executive stakeholders and sponsors.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Vendor management

Agile methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Finance/Business

PMP certification preferred

Tools

Orchestrade

Endur

Allegro

RightAngle

Data migration tools

PM methodologies

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking an experienced ETRM Project Manager to lead a modern Energy Trading & Risk Management platform implementation. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across Trading, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Technology, ensuring governance, data migration, testing, and go-live success.

The role emphasizes extensive experience in energy/commodities trading, complex program management, and a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade transformations.