Requisition ID: 73768
NextEra Analytics provides renewable energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis. As a NextEra Energy Resources company, the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, we thrive on solving the toughest problems facing the energy industry, and creating innovative forecasting and optimization solutions that lead the way into the next era of energy. Do you want to help accelerate the transition to low-cost sustainable energy? Join our world-class team today!
Position Specific Description
NextEra Analytics is the optimization and analytics team for the world’s largest renewable energy generator. We are currently seeking a Market Optimization Manager — this position is available for remote work to competitive candidates. This position is responsible for leading a team of engineers on designing, developing, and benchmarking effective electricity market trading and plant dispatch strategies for utility-scale and C&I customers. This is an algorithmic product team that implements automated software solutions for monetizing energy storage, hybrid aggregations, and other market participation models through mastery of market rules and regulations, forecasting of price and other market conditions, and optimizing bidding and dispatch behavior. The current technical staff has proven success and is core to the NextEra 360 Energy Optimization Platform. There is massive opportunity for career growth and company-wide visibility of contributions in this role.
The Team Will Lead On
In this role, you will be interacting with asset managers, schedulers, facility operators, and risk managers to prioritize new and existing opportunities for algorithms/models that increase valuation of our trading, origination, and asset optimization decisions.
Implementing solutions leveraging operations research and electricity market fundamentals for scheduling and trade support products,Abstractions for scalability of products to new ISO markets and customization of techniques for different customer use cases and market participant models,Presenting capabilities and outcomes of strategies to new and existing customers and partners.
The job duties and responsibilities of the Manager for this team are as follows:
Solid quantitative and technical skills to lead the R&D of new design and implementation,Coordination with other management on tracking market/retail and regulatory changes that can impact current algorithm performance,Coordination with other management on benchmarking and performance reporting of algorithm performance in production,Communicates updates and presentations, both formal and informal, to varying levels of management and external customers,Leadership in the supervision, training, and development of direct reports.
Required Qualifications
A track record of converting novel ideas into software solutions or peer-reviewed publicationsPrior experience in operations research techniques, machine learning/deep learning or forecasting applied to an energy domain problem Strong background in electricity market fundamentals (e.g., unit commitment, economic dispatch, power flow), and market products and market participation models in one or more ISOs5+ years experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in production cost modeling and power flow modelingExperience presenting technical material to a non-technical audienceFluency in Git and Python/R/JuliaPhD qualifications in related field
Job Overview
Leaders in this role are responsible for P and L and the growth of the trading, full requirements, and assets optimization business. This role oversees a team responsible for the development of advanced core algorithms and models that lead to and support the energy trading business.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
Oversees a team responsible for the development of energy price forecast, forward curve, and volatility models Designs and constructs risk management tools used in evaluating company’s risk profile and exposure levels Prices energy transactions Manages, guides, directs and mentors analysts within the group Performs other job-related duties as assignedRequired Qualifications High School Grad / GED Bachelor’s DegreePreferred Qualifications Supervisor/Management Experience:Without Rating
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: NextEra Analytics Inc
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
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