Senior Commercial Originator - Germany

Senior Commercial Originator - Germany

Join a fast-growing energy transition company that owns and operates grid-scale battery storage assets, as it expands into Germany and builds a 1GW / 4GWh storage pipeline for delivery by 2030.

This is an opportunity for an experienced energy market leader to lead the route-to-market function in Germany and de-risk future revenues across a large-scale battery storage portfolio. Reporting to the Country Director, you’ll work closely with the Chief Commercial Officer and the business development, legal, commercial analytics and corporate finance teams. This is a hybrid role based in Germany, with travel to the UK.

The role would suit someone with a strong energy trading or origination background who enjoys closing complex commercial deals and is comfortable working at pace in an entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the origination and development of tolls, offtakes and other hedging products for large-scale battery storage projects
• Take overall responsibility for maximising contracted revenues across the battery storage portfolio
• Build and manage senior relationships with route-to-market providers, partners and energy-intensive corporates
• Support commercial contract negotiations and business case development through to deal close
• Identify value-accretive opportunities on existing assets and present proposals to the Investment Committee
• Work with the Corporate Finance team to ensure projects are bankable
• Support lobbying efforts to enhance battery storage revenue streams and open up market access
• Develop in-house market insight and assess the impact of regulation on project revenues
• Work with the Asset Management team to ensure contract compliance
• Contribute to wider strategy, including identifying contracting and hedging opportunities in other European markets

Key Skills & Experience

• Fluent German and English
• Excellent understanding of the German energy market
• More than 10 years of B2B experience within the energy trading sector, preferably in energy storage or renewables
• Experience managing trading and settlement processes
• Detailed understanding of revenue optimisation, PPAs and trading strategies
• Strong commercial skills, with confidence negotiating legal contracts
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present sophisticated contracts and sales pitches
• Strong partner relationship management and senior team leadership experience
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably in engineering, economics or finance
• Genuine passion for clean energy and working in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment

Experience within battery storage tolling, route-to-market optimisation, corporate PPAs or energy policy and lobbying would be advantageous.

If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up to date CV to the application below or directly to my email: M.cases-falque@brightsmithgroup.com