Senior Managing Director, North American Trading

Uniper; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniper seeks a Senior Managing Director for North American Trading to lead a high-profile team across the US and Canada. The role focuses on profitability, risk management and strategic growth in physical trading, LNG support, and regional expansion.

You will drive commercial excellence, oversee schedulers and traders, collaborate with origination, and advance a broad portfolio across key geographies from Waha to Gulf regions. Immediate start preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level University/College is preferred.
• 10 years’ minimum of Energy Experience
• Ability to manage a large team of schedulers, traders and originators across a large geography.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of futures, options, and other structured products.
• Strong agility to manage multiple tasks and absorb new market intelligence.
• Interpersonal skills are paramount to this success. Very involved directly with customers.
• Initiative is key as we are building a business.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of physical traders, optimizers and schedulers
• Responsible for profitability & sustainability of US Trading business and LNG Support for SE
• Responsible for aggregating and profitability of entire US & Canadian storage portfolio
• With Origination team, develop strategy to broaden portfolio into new geographies and expand in current regions
• Oversee connectivity of natural gas grid NA wide
• Co-ordinate Uniper LNG relationship within the UCGNA Gulf-Texas Team
• Extend LNG gateway to incorporate new supply regions: Waha, Permian, Utica, Marcellus & WCSB
• Co-ordinate with Origination team to build asset infrastructure
• Deploy Uniper VaR to financially & physically trade assets and proprietary positions

Skills

Energy trading

Leadership

Communication

Futures options

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

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Senior Managing Director, North American Trading

Uniper seeks a Senior Managing Director, North American Trading, to join its North American team.

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are proactively transforming the world of energy while at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams, and our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as proactively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we look forward to meeting you!

Your responsibilities

• Manage a team of physical traders, optimizers and schedulers
• Responsible for profitability & sustainability of US Trading business and LNG Support for SE
• Responsible for aggregating and profitability of entire US & Canadian storage portfolio
• With Origination team, develop strategy to broaden portfolio into new geographies and expand in current regions
• Oversee connectivity of natural gas grid NA wide
• Co-ordinate Uniper LNG relationship within the UCGNA Gulf-Texas Team
• Extend LNG gateway to incorporate new supply regions: Waha, Permian, Utica, Marcellus & WCSB
• Co-ordinate with Origination team to build asset infrastructure
• Deploy Uniper VaR to financially & physically trade assets and proprietary positions

Your profile

• Bachelor level University/College is preferred.
• 10 years’ minimum of Energy Experience
• Ability to manage a large team of schedulers, traders and originators across a large geography.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of futures, options, and other structured products.
• Strong agility to manage multiple tasks and absorb new market intelligence.
• Interpersonal skills are paramount to this success. Very involved directly with customers.
• Initiative is key as we are building a business.

At Uniper, we reward our employees with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas.

We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries.

Our employees are the reason for our success. You will find many benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Job information

Working Hours: Full-Time

Start Date: Immediate

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.