Senior Managing Director, North American Trading

Uniper; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniper in Houston seeks a Senior Managing Director, North American Trading to lead a high-impact team of physical traders, optimizers and schedulers across the US and Canada. You will shape profitability, risk management and growth in a dynamic energy market.

The role requires a deep energy trading background, exceptional leadership, and the ability to drive strategy with Origination and LNG teams, expanding regional coverage and improving trading efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of energy industry experience.
• Experience leading large teams of schedulers and traders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Deep understanding of futures, options and other structured products.

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.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication skills

Futures & options

Strategic thinking

Market intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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.