EDF (UK)
PPA & Renewable Certificates Senior Manager
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About The Role
Ready to lead complex energy deals that shape the UK’s renewable future? Join a team where your leadership, commercial insight and drive for results directly influence how businesses source low carbon power. At EDF, Success is Personal – and this is your chance to define what success looks like for you while delivering real impact.
The Opportunity
As Senior Manager of PPA and Renewable Certificates, you’ll lead a high-performing team responsible for originating, negotiating and delivering complex power purchase agreements (PPAs) and renewable certificate trades, at the largest PPA offtaker in GB. You’ll work with hundreds of different independent renewable generators each year, and with large wholesale market counterparties for the delivery of large-scale certificate transactions to meet EDF’s ‘Renewable Obligation’ and supply customer needs for REGOs. Your work will play a key role in supporting EDF’s journey towards An Electric Britain while driving commercial value at scale.
You’ll join us on a salary of circa £90,000 per annum (open to discussion dependent on experience). This role requires travel to our #London, #Exeter and #Gloucester offices to stay connected with your teams and stakeholders.
You’ll operate at the centre of the energy markets, working with renewable developers and generators across GB, and working within EDF across pricing, hedging, legal and regulatory teams to deliver high-value agreements. With responsibility for significant portfolio growth and innovation, you’ll influence strategy while leading change across systems, processes and propositions.
Who You Are
As a PPA and Renewable Certificates Senior Manager, you bring strong leadership, commercial expertise and proven success in complex negotiations. You’re confident working in fast-moving environments, balancing strategy with delivery, and building trusted relationships at senior levels. Are you experienced in…?
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Leading and developing high-performing commercial teams, including coaching and performance management Negotiating and structuring complex commercial agreements (PPAs and other instruments including ROCs and REGOs), identifying risks and opportunities, and devising appropriate terms and conditions Making data-driven commercial decisions using financial analysis and market insight. You’ll know your numbers, can analyse trends, and have exceptional commercial acumen Managing senior internal and external stakeholders to secure deal approval and support growth Identifying and converting new business opportunities within competitive energy or commodity markets Defining and delivering strategy, translating it into actionable plans and embedding change Managing multiple high-value negotiations simultaneously with tight deadlines Delivering transformation, automation or operating model change within commercial environments, ideally with experience of product ownership and Agile change methodologies Demonstrating strong understanding of GB renewables markets and certificate mechanisms such as ROCs and REGOs Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience
What You’ll Be Doing
Leading the origination, negotiation and delivery of PPAs and renewable certificate transactions Setting team objectives and managing performance to achieve commercial and operational targets Developing trading and hedging strategies for renewable certificates to meet regulatory obligations Building and maintaining relationships across internal functions, external renewable generators, and market participants Driving innovation, proposition improvement and systems/process enhancements across the PPA function, with responsibility for our change roadmap Contributing to our marketing strategy and playing an active role at events and conferences
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Pay, Benefits And Culture
Alongside a salary of c.£90,000 per annum (open to discussion dependent on experience), you’ll receive a sales bonus of up to 40% of salary depending on performance, with additional annual bonus potential of 10%, and a market-leading pension scheme. Your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.
At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.
Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.
Closing date for applications is Monday 6th July 2026
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