Manager, Commercial Analysis Americas West

RWE Gruppe; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RWE Supply & Trading Americas, LLC in Austin seeks a Manager Commercial Analysis to deliver revenue analyses for major investments across wind, solar, storage, and flexible generation. You will collaborate with international teams and tackle complex modeling for strategic decisions.

The role emphasizes leadership, quantitative modeling, and market insight to maximize value within RWE’s U.S. portfolio and growth plans.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as Engineering, Energy Economics, Sciences, Statistics, or Mathematics.
• At least 5 years of commercialization or project economics experience in wind, solar, storage, or related energy assets.
• Strong knowledge of US power/commodity markets and revenue drivers for Renewables & Battery assets.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue analyses to support major investment, offtake, auction, and M&A decisions in the US Western power markets.
• Develop market beliefs and model market fundamentals for renewable and flexible generation.
• Lead asset valuation and optimization analyses to translate insights into commercial strategies.
• Lead development of offtake and auction strategies aligned with corporate frameworks.
• Deliver short- and long-term market insights to guide investment decisions and responses.
• Collaborate with Strategy, Regulation, Valuation, Development, Trading, Risk, and Engineering.

Skills

Quantitative modeling

Power markets

Python

R

VBA

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Masters or PhD in Engineering, (Energy) Economics, Sciences, Statistics, or Mathematics

Tools

Python

R

VBA

Job description

RWE Supply & Trading Americas, LLC,Austin

To start as soon as possible,full time / part time,permanent

Functional area:Commercial / Trading

About the role

As Manager Commercial Analysis, you will be the key point of contact for delivering all necessary revenue analysis to support major investment and commercial decisions across wind, solar PV, battery storage, and flexible generation technologies, directly contributing to RWE Clean Energy’s growth targets.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to work with a team of highly skilled experts in power markets and complex modeling with diverse backgrounds such as engineering, consulting, academia, and IPPs.
It also provides the chance to collaborate with international teams across the broader RWE organization, offering valuable insights into the rapidly evolving global energy landscape and underscoring the impact and strategic importance of your role.

Responsibilities

• Drive Impactful Decisions: Influence major investment, offtake, auction, and M&A decisions within RWE U.S., with a focus on the Western U.S. power markets. Your goal is to maximize commercial value for individual projects and the broader portfolio, guiding the business toward commercially optimized and viable outcomes.
• Shape Market Beliefs: Develop and refine key market beliefs related to the Western U.S. power markets, including trends in energy transition, renewable and battery deployment, flexible generation, demand response, tax credits, regulatory constraints, and state and federal emissions targets.
• Lead Market and Asset Valuation: Conduct and oversee analyses of market fundamentals, risks, and valuations for renewable and flexible generation assets using both internal and external models. Translate these insights into commercial strategies for the RWE Clean Energy portfolio or specific assets.
• Optimize Offtake and Auction Strategy: Lead the development of profit-maximizing offtake and auction strategies, aligning with RWE’s commercial frameworks and tailored for various RFPs and market auctions.
• Deliver Market Insights: Provide robust short- and long-term market analyses to assess the impact of energy market dynamics—such as commodity price movements or regulatory changes—on investment decisions, and recommend appropriate commercial responses.
• Collaborate Across Functions: Work closely with internal stakeholders including Strategy, Regulation, Valuation, Development, Trading, Risk Controlling, and Engineering, as well as with external consultants. Take ownership in steering these engagements to ensure commercially sound outcomes

Your powerful skills

• Graduate degrees (Masters or PhD) in an quantitative subject, such as Engineering, (Energy-) Economics, Sciences, Statistics, or Mathematics
• At least 5 years experience in commercialization of on-/offshore wind, solar PV, battery, and/or hydrogen projects, especially for California and WECC market
• Detailed understanding on U.S. power & commodity market principles, fundamental drivers and risks of energy revenues with respect to Renewable / Battery / Flex Generation development perspectives
• Experience in fundamental modeling of power markets, renewable / battery project valuations, and / or programming skills (e.g. Python, R, VBA)
• High affinity for quantitative and complex modeling, and ability to draw the key insight from complex concepts and make relevant commercial decisions

Your leadership skills

• Team Leadership: Ability to lead, inspire, manage and delegate effectively
• People Development: Ability to develop your team and your team members to their full potential
• Working Together: Ability to collaborate globally in cross functional teams
• Open mindset: Self-reflective personality, able to learn and act on feedback
• Integration Management: Ability to lead teams through change processes
• Performance Orientation: Self-motivated to drive the business, increase performance and deliver results
• Strategic thinking: Push the boundaries to grow the business
• Continuous Improvement: Constantly optimizing the business
• Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate internally & externally
• Hands-on mentality: Actively involving him-/herself, pragmatic and fact focused attitude

Our offer

We offer an environment where working is meaningful, respected and supported. There are also a few things more that you will experience:

• RWE Supply & Trading is a leading European energy trading company and top tier global employer. Our incredibly diverse and dedicated team of experts has been representing the RWE Group on the global wholesale markets for energy and energy-related raw materials and services for more than 20 years. Building on the continuous evolution of our European trading footprint, and the successful expansion of our local trading presence in the APAC region, we now have a strong confidence and commitment to succeed with our growth plans in North America;
• We offer competitive terms of employment, excellent benefits, and an open and collaborative work environment.
• Salary: $150,000 - $170,000

We look forward to meeting you!

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, age or sexual orientation and identity. #inclusionmatters