Senior Energy Trading Manager

Energy Vault, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Vault is seeking a Senior Energy Trading Manager in the United States to lead day-ahead and real-time trading for our BESS fleet in ERCOT and CAISO, with scope to expand into additional markets. You will own trading strategy and use internal tools and forecasting to optimize performance.

This senior role influences market analytics, optimization, product, and engineering; you will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and asset operations to improve trading results and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, economics, finance, or another quantitative field.
• 5+ years of power trading experience at a utility, IPP, trading firm, or energy trading software company.
• Deep expertise in ERCOT with working knowledge across multiple markets.
• Understanding of transmission topology, ISO LMP and ancillary service pricing, and power flow constraints.
• Understanding of risk management and ability to maximize revenue subject to risk constraints.
• On-call rotation for live market operations and time-sensitive trading decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills; Python experience preferred, Excel required.
• Experience across one or more financial products is a plus.
• Self-directed, highly organized, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.
• Comfortable in fast-growing environments; interest in sustainability a bonus.
• Must pass pre-employment background check; Energy Vault participates in E-Verify.

Responsibilities

• Participate in physical dispatch and optimization of BESS assets, executing energy and ancillary service offers in day-ahead and real-time markets.
• Develop and execute day-ahead trading strategies, allocating capacity across market segments.
• Act as a subject-matter expert on wholesale electricity trading and ISO protocols.
• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and asset operations to refine optimization and software tools.
• Identify likely transmission constraints and adjust optimization strategies accordingly.
• Evaluate hedging activity to maximize long-term storage revenue and explore futures/options as opportunities arise.
• Monitor regulatory developments and market design changes across ISOs and communicate implications to teams.

Skills

Power trading

ERCOT market knowledge

Transmission constraints

Risk management

Quantitative analysis

Python

Excel

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, economics, finance, or another quantitative field

Tools

Python

Excel

Job description

Our Company

Welcome to Energy Vault® (NYSE:NRGV),a global energy storage and power infrastructure company focused on owning,operating, and enabling resilient, dispatchable energy assets.

Energy Vault’s focus is to deliver reliable, flexible power that supports the evolving needs of modern grids, communities, and large energy users. Since 2024, the Company has centered its strategy on an Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, developing, building, owning, andoperatingcritical energy assets around the world.

Energy Vaultoperatesglobally, with headquarters in Westlake Village, California and Lugano, Switzerland, and regional development across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Company partners with utilities, grid operators, and large energy consumers to deliver infrastructure that strengthens grid reliability, enables renewable integration, and supports long-term energy security.

By combining asset ownership with advanced technologies and integrationexpertise, Energy Vault is building the next generation of critical energy infrastructure, delivering dependable power when and where it matters most.

Learn more at energy vault.com, explore recent updates inour Newsroom, and connectwith us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, or YouTube.

Our Values

We Commit: To Building a Better Future for Earth and All Its Beings.

We Innovate: Cutting Edge Solutions to Accelerate the Unique Energy Aspirations of Our Clients.

We Connect: To Build Genuine Relationships.

We Deliver: Going Above & Beyond by Being Fast & Nimble.

We Lead: With Authenticity and Purpose.

Our Energetic Team:

Energy Vault Solution, a division within Energy Vault, is dedicated to delivering customer-focused energy storage products that merge Battery and Clean Hydrogen technologies. The Energy Vault Solution team also develops and manages our AI/ML powered software applications that include EMS, Lifecycle Management, and Energy Trading Platforms.

Your Impact as a Senior Energy Trading Manager:

Energy Vault is seeking a Senior Energy Trading Manager to lead the day-ahead and real-time energy and ancillary service offers of our utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) fleet in ERCOT and CAISO, with scope to expand into additional ISO/RTO markets as our Asset Vault portfolio grows. You will own the trading strategy for our assets — executing offers using Energy Vault’s internal software and forecasting tools, following QSE and Scheduling Coordinator operating procedures, and intervening with manual trading when market conditions call for it.

This is a senior role with broad influence across market analytics, optimization, product, and engineering, reporting to the Sr. Director of Data Science & Optimization. The successful candidate combines deep market expertise with strong analytical skills to make informed trading decisions, improve bidding strategies, and collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and asset operations teams to continuously enhance trading performance.

As a seasoned energy trader, you will utilize our internal software and oversee the Day-Ahead (DA) positions to allocate the energy storage capacity between the DA Energy, Real-Time (RT) Energy and Ancillary Service Markets, and monitor RT trades and dispatches.

Your Mission:

• Establish frameworks and success metrics used to evaluate trading performance; monitor daily performance and risk metrics and communicate results transparently to internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Participate in physical dispatch and optimization of BESS assets, executing energy and ancillary service offers in the day-ahead and real-time markets using Energy Vault’s internal software and forecasting tools.
• Oversee day-ahead trading strategy, developing views of market fundamentals to guide the daily allocation of BESS capacity between the Day-Ahead Energy, Real-Time Energy, and Ancillary Service markets.
• Act as the team’s subject-matter expert on wholesale electricity trading, market fundamentals, bidding strategy, and ISO protocols and operations.
• Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and asset operations teams to evaluate and refine Energy Vault’s programmatic optimization and software development; translate analytical findings into product requirements and roadmap priorities.
• Develop processes and frameworks to identify likely transmission constraints in day-ahead and real-time markets and incorporate those expectations to adjust optimization strategy appropriately.
• Contribute to Energy Vault’s understanding of appropriate hedging activity to ensure adequate storage revenue over the long term of offtake agreements; potentially execute in futures and options markets for energy price volatility as opportunities arise.
• Monitor regulatory developments and market design changes across relevant ISOs (e.g., ERCOT RTC+B, CAISO reforms); evaluate their commercial and operational implications and communicate proactively with internal teams.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, economics, finance, or another quantitative field.
• 5+ years of power trading experience at a utility, IPP, trading firm, or energy trading software company. Experience in energy storage asset trading is preferred.
• Deep expertise in ERCOT (including operating protocols and rules) with working knowledge across multiple markets.
• Deep understanding of transmission topology, ISO LMP and ancillary service pricing, and power flow constraints.
• Understanding of risk management and ability to maximize revenue subject to risk constraints.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation supporting live market operations and time-sensitive trading decisions, including occasional evening or weekend coverage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex market dynamics to technical teams, commercial stakeholders, and executive audiences.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex datasets and translate findings into actionable recommendations; working experience in Python preferred, strong Excel skills required.
• Experience across one or more financial products (virtuals, CRR/FTR, forward contracts) is a plus.
• Self-directed, highly organized, and able to manage multiple priorities independently while maintaining analytical rigor in a fast-paced operational environment; embraces a disciplined entrepreneurial culture.
• Willingness to travel, up to 20%.
• Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, rapid growth environments.
• A passion for sustainability, our mission, and our vision is a bonus!
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
• Energy Vault participates in E-Verify.

Join Us in Empowering Change

At Energy Vault we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants. We believe inclusion creates opportunity for collaborative excellence through diversity of thought. We invite individuals of all genders, races, identities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, national origins, abilities, protected veteran status, religions, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds to explore employment with our organization.