Climate17
Markets & Strategy Lead - BESS Optimisation
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Climate17 is working with a leading UK renewable energy business to appoint a Markets & Strategy Lead within its growing Optimisation and Trading function.
This is a senior specialist role sitting at the intersection of energy markets, BESS optimisation, trading and technology.
Reporting directly to the Commercial & Trading Director, you will help shape how a growing portfolio of battery storage assets participates across UK power markets, translating market and regulatory developments into actionable optimisation and trading strategies.
Importantly, this isn't a traditional trading desk position, nor is it a pure software or quantitative role. We're looking for someone who understands the commercial dynamics of UK power markets while being technically comfortable working alongside traders, software engineers and data scientists.
The role
You will take a leading role in developing and evolving optimisation strategies across a portfolio of BESS assets, helping maximise value across wholesale, Balancing Mechanism and ancillary service markets.
Working closely with trading, commercial and technology teams, your responsibilities will include:
- Developing BESS optimisation and revenue stacking strategies across UK power markets
- Translating market and regulatory developments into actionable trading and optimisation strategies
- Working with traders to help shape short and medium-term trading strategy
- Working alongside software engineers and data scientists to help prioritise optimisation platform development
- Evaluating and developing route-to-market strategies across supplier, aggregator and direct market participation models
- Providing direction and challenge around asset dispatch and real-time market decisions
- Identifying new flexibility products, revenue streams and market opportunities
- Monitoring optimisation performance and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
- Maintaining a forward-looking understanding of regulatory and market developments
- Engaging with key industry stakeholders including NESO, Elexon, suppliers and technology providers
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The position combines strategic thinking with practical implementation and provides significant exposure across the optimisation and trading function.
About you
We're interested in speaking with people who have strong experience within UK power markets, BESS, flexibility, trading or energy optimisation.
You'll ideally bring:
- Strong knowledge of UK wholesale power markets, the Balancing Mechanism and ancillary services
- Experience working with BESS or other flexible energy assets
- Experience developing or implementing optimisation, trading or revenue stacking strategies
- A strong commercial mindset and the ability to translate complex market information into practical decisions
- Experience working alongside trading, optimisation, software, data or product teams
- Understanding of different route-to-market models
- Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills
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Experience within a BESS optimiser, energy trader, utility, flexibility provider or renewable energy asset owner would be particularly relevant.
The underlying role requires experience of optimisation platforms or automated/algorithmic dispatch systems and considers direct real-time BESS optimisation experience particularly valuable.
The opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a growing optimisation and trading function at an important stage of its development.
The role is currently structured as a senior individual contributor position, working closely with the Commercial & Trading Director and wider trading and technology teams, with scope for the responsibilities to develop as the function continues to grow.
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