Senior Commercial Operations Analyst

NextGenEnergyJobs; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical, dental & vision (n

Paid time off — 20 days vacation + 8 S

401(k) with employer match

Parental leave

Flexible working environment - Houston

Equity Options

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in Houston is seeking a data-driven pricing analyst to own and support pricing across the business for residential and commercial segments. You will produce clear commercial reporting and ad hoc analyses for stakeholders across the company while partnering with sales, finance, operations, and tech.

The role emphasizes autonomy, improving processes, and building tools to reduce manual work.

Qualifications

• Comfortable with data and able to explain numbers to stakeholders.
• Able to build and dissect code (Python or SQL) when needed.
• Turns messy problems into clean, reliable processes.
• Curious with rigorous approach and responsible use of AI tools.
• Self-starter capable of autonomous work in ambiguity.
• Experience in data-heavy or commercial roles (pricing, finance, ops, or consulting).
• Energy/markets/retail background beneficial.
• Proven track record of fixing broken processes or reports.

Responsibilities

• Own and support pricing across the business for residential and commercial segments.
• Support day-to-day commercial operations with analysis and reporting.
• Produce clear commercial reporting and ad hoc analyses for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with sales, finance, operations, and tech on weekly needs.
• Improve processes, build better tools and reports to reduce manual work.
• Tackle new challenges in a flat, fast-moving, autonomous team.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Python/SQL

Data interpretation

Communication

Autonomy

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

• Own and support pricing across the business: product prices, customer contracts, and the analysis that sits underneath them. You’ll work on both residential and commercial.
• Support day-to-day commercial operations. That includes analysis, reporting, and the practical work that keeps the commercial function running.
• Produce clear commercial reporting and ad hoc analysis for the team and for stakeholders across the business.
• Work with commercial, sales, finance, operations, and tech on whatever the business needs that week: a deal, a product change, a process, a number someone has to trust.
• Improve how we work. Challenge processes, build better tools and reports, and move recurring work away from manual workarounds.
• Any other interesting challenges and opportunities which are guaranteed to pop up along the way. We have a very flat, open structure. You’ll be expected to be independent and run with your own projects with relatively light supervision.

Requirements

• Analytical confidence: You’re comfortable with data, quick to spot when something looks off, and able to explain numbers clearly to anyone.
• Coding basics: You can build & dissect working code (Python or SQL is plenty) when it’s the right tool for the job, leaving behind clean scripts or models others can actually run.
• A simplification instinct: You genuinely enjoy taking messy, ambiguous problems and turning them into clean, reliable processes.
• Curiosity with rigour: You’re keen to leverage modern tools or AI to speed up your workflow, but you have the discipline to double-check and validate every result.
• Self-starter mindset: You’re comfortable operating autonomously through some ambiguity (our world is changing fast!), but humble enough to raise your hand and ask for help when stuck.
• A willingness to roll up your sleeves: We’re a lean commercial team in a fast-growing business. You’re ready to pitch in wherever help is needed.
• Experience in a data-heavy or commercial role (pricing, commercial analysis, finance, operations, consulting, or similar).
• Energy, markets, or retail experience.
• A track record of fixing broken things: Proven experience building, taking over, or streamlining a process, tool, or report that was previously messy or manual.
• Real autonomy, real ownership , and a team that moves fast and backs each other.
• A mission you can feel good about — accelerating the shift to a cheaper, greener grid .
• Being a part part of one of the most impactful and disruptive climate / energy technology companies in the world
• Equity Options - every Octopus employee owns part of the business. We’re a team, working together towards huge goals. Every person is crucial to our success, you should be rewarded as such.
• Fully paid medical , dental , and vision insurance for employees & their family.
• Paid time off — we know working hard means also being able to recharge as needed, we trust our employees to get the work done and take the time they need. We offer 20 days of paid vacation and 8 paid sick days annually.
• 401(k) plan with employer match. Octopus matches 100% of contributions on the first 3% and 50% of contributions from 3-5%.
• Parental leave. Biological, adoptive and foster parents are all eligible.
• Flexible working environment - This team works in our Downtown Houston Office 3 days a week. You need to shift around your schedule? You do you, we genuinely believe in work/life balance.