VP, UK Power Markets
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About the role
As a Vice President, you will play a central role in building and scaling Orennia's European business from the ground up, with a particular focus on the UK power markets. You will lead the development and application of our analytical platform in new markets , working directly with senior clients and internal leadership to shape strategy, drive commercial growth, and establish Orennia as a trusted partner in the energy transition. This role combines deep technical expertise with market leadership, offering the opportunity to influence product development, expand our client base, and build a high-performing team in a rapidly evolving market environment. Our people are passionate and have a strong belief in our mission. Our efforts impact individuals and communities, all the while working toward a net-zero future. If you're hungry for opportunity, growth, and something meaningful in a dynamic, fun and challenging environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of Orennia's long-term fundamental power market and price forecasts and analytics for the UK, with consideration of European market linkages.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships in the UK, acting as a trusted advisor on complex strategic questions such as market entry, asset valuation, and portfolio optimisation.
- Support business development efforts in the UK, including leading client meetings, contributing to proposals, and identifying new commercial opportunities.
- Represent Orennia in the UK market through industry events, conferences, and thought leadership.
- Own and evolve modelling approaches for key UK market drivers, including demand (e.g., electrification, data centres, hydrogen), generation buildout, interconnection, and policy impacts.
- Provide senior-level oversight and direction on power market simulations (e.g., production-cost models), ensuring robust and commercially relevant price forecasts.
- Translate analytical outputs into actionable insights for UK-based clients, including utilities, developers, investors, and infrastructure funds.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to guide the development of scalable datasets, models, and analytical tools tailored to the UK market, with future extensibility to Europe.
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a growing UK-focused team, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
Requirements
- 5-10 years of experience in power markets or energy analytics, with a strong focus on the UK electricity market.
- Deep understanding of UK power market fundamentals, including dispatch dynamics, price formation, and key policy/regulatory frameworks (e.g., CfDs, Capacity Market, ancillary services).
- Experience with or exposure to broader European power markets is a strong plus, particularly in the context of cross-border flows and market coupling.
- Demonstrated experience applying analytical models to real-world commercial or investment decisions.
- Strong technical foundation, with familiarity in tools such as Python, SQL, and optimisation or production cost modelling frameworks.
- Proven ability to engage with senior stakeholders and translate complex analysis into clear, decision-ready insights.
- Experience contributing to or leading commercial initiatives, including client develop
Additional Information
Location: London, England Position Type: Full time, salaried Reports to: Managing Director, Analytics About Orennia Orennia provides an all-in-one platform for accurate data, predictive analytics and actionable insights across the energy transition. We drive faster capital allocation decisions and help our clients maximize returns across the solar, wind, storage, power, RNG, CCUS, clean fuels and hydrogen sectors. The technology that powers Orennia's platform delivers an unparalleled experience, distilling information into actionable insights to give our clients a competitive edge. As the world decarbonizes its energy stack, trillions in capital need to be deployed. Global investment in the energy transition must quadruple to over $5 trillion annually to stay on the 1.5°C pathway, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Without accurate data and predictive analytics, developers and investors will struggle to deploy capital efficiently and maximize returns. Orennia's platform expedites the energy transition with effective and robust information for smarter capital allocation choices. Why Join Orennia? People are at the heart of the best technology companies. We've brought together some of the industry's top experts and brightest minds in data orchestration, analytics, software development, and industry insights to uncover opportunities where others can't. At Orennia, you'll become part of a collaborative culture and do work that matters. We trust and support each other, ask hard questions and solve complex problems together. Guided by a spirit of inquiry, our team has a product-driven, continuous delivery mindset to drive our innovation forward.
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