Indicium AI - Consulting Director - Energy & Commodity Trading
Requirements
• Energy Trading Domain Knowledge • Energy or Commodity Trading: 5+ years of experience in energy or commodity trading environments with deep understanding of multiple commodities: power, gas, oil, and/or renewable energy either on client-side or working with such organisations via a consultancy • Energy or Commodity Trading: • Trading Systems: Hands-on experience with ETRM platforms (Endur, Allegro, Brady, Eka, etc.) and how they fit into trading architectures • Trading Systems: • Risk Management: Understanding of energy trading risks including market, credit, operational, and regulatory risks, and how they flow through trading operations • Risk Management: • Physical and Financial: Experience with both physical commodity flows and financial derivative instruments, including basis trading and asset-backed strategies • Physical and Financial: • Consulting & Client Management • Consulting Background: 5+ years in consulting, preferably with Big 4 or specialist energy consulting practices • Consulting Background: • Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of managing C-level and senior executive relationships in complex, high-stakes environments • Stakeholder Management: • Business Case Development: Demonstrated ability to build compelling financial and strategic business cases for technology investments • Business Case Development: • Commercial Acumen: Experience supporting account growth through identifying and shaping expansion opportunities within existing client relationships • Commercial Acumen: • Workshop Facilitation: Expert-level facilitation skills for requirements workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder alignment meetings • Workshop Facilitation: • Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to board-level audiences • Communication: • Delivery & Programme Management • Programme Leadership: Experience leading complex, multi-workstream delivery programmes (>£2M value) involving trading systems, data platforms, and analytics solutions • Programme Leadership: • Cross-functional Leadership: Ability to lead diverse teams including business users, technologists, and external vendors without direct line authority • Cross-functional Leadership: • Agile Delivery: Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies and their practical application in enterprise consulting engagements • Agile Delivery: • Change Management: Experience driving organisational change and user adoption in complex stakeholder environments • Change Management:
Responsibilities
• Client Engagement & Strategic Leadership • Act as the primary relationship owner for strategic energy trading engagements, maintaining executive-level relationships with CTOs, Heads of Trading, Risk Directors, and other senior stakeholders throughout project lifecycles • Partner with senior client stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into actionable solution roadmaps that deliver measurable outcomes • Develop compelling business cases that demonstrate ROI and value creation for trading solution investments • Support account growth by identifying opportunities to expand scope and deepen client relationships over time • Lead client workshops and design sessions to define and refine complex trading solution requirements across multiple energy commodities — power, gas, oil, and renewables • Drive thought leadership discussions on industry trends, market structure evolution, and technology adoption strategies in energy and commodity markets • Facilitate cross-functional stakeholder alignment between Trading, Risk, Operations, IT, and Regulatory teams • Solution Design & Requirements Management • Lead requirements gathering for Front, Middle, and Back Office use cases and shape Indicium AI’s approach to building bespoke solutions for these challenges • Design end-to-end solutions that address complex trading workflows across multiple parts of the business • Establish clear success criteria and KPIs for solution delivery, ensuring alignment with client business objectives • Delivery Oversight & Practice Development • Oversee end-to-end delivery across strategic client engagements to ensure consistent business impact and on-time, on-budget execution • Coach and coordinate cross-functional teams including data engineers, software developers, quantitative analysts, and business stakeholders • Monitor delivery health, identify risks early, and implement mitigation strategies across workstreams • Promote reuse of Indicium AI frameworks, accelerators, and proven delivery methodologies across engagements • Ensure effective resource allocation across projects and drive knowledge sharing to improve scalability and efficiency • Support development of the wider Energy and Commodity Trading consulting practice through coaching, mentoring, and contribution to Indicium AI’s thought leadership and go-to-market proposition
Benefits
• We’re building a market-leading Energy consulting practice, this is a pivotal senior hire with real influence over practice direction, client selection, and how we deliver • Highly competitive salary package along with company bonus • Fast-growing AI-native consultancy with a clear path to practice leadership for the right person • A hugely collaborative working environment where every person’s viewpoint is considered, a chance to make your mark on the business from day one • Financially backed business meaning security and support for new initiatives and global market expansion • Pick your own Gear! Macbooks, PCs, Accessories! • Drive your development with a personal learning budget
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