Senior NA Trading MD — LNG & Gas Market Leader

Uniper Energy; 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

Job description

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.