The Energy Market Manager will optimize distributed generation resources in wholesale markets, manage data processes, and ensure operational excellence while influencing regulatory policy.
About Aigent Energy
AiGent is developing the leading software platform to optimize distributed generation resources and turn liabilities into reliable assets. AiGent brings AI to the aggregation, orchestration, and monetization of distributed generation resources in wholesale and retail power markets and delivers significant reliability, economic, and sustainability benefits to commercial, institutional, and industrial energy users, utilities, and grid operators.
About the role
- AiGent has an immediate opening for a world-class energy market manager who is passionate about the execution of the business and bringing distributed generation MW into wholesale energy markets. This role requires a critical thinker with experience participating in wholesale energy markets and who can develop innovative solutions. A passionate problem solver who can build processes and systems for scale while also being exceptionally detail-oriented and excited to drive tactical requirements of participating the markets. You love data and working cross functionally. The objective of this role is to build an ecosystem that can take a MW, get it into a market and then maximize its value daily - at scale. This role requires previous experience in the DER and wholesale energy markets.
Responsibilities
- Build the wholesale energy market registration process for our target markets
- Conduct the registration process with exceptional attention to detail
- Own the build or buy strategy for tools & technology to achieve operational excellence
- Build processes and integrate technology to scale the end-to-end lifecycle of a MW in the wholesale markets: connect interval data acquisition, offer management, registrations, dispatch operations and settlement with the market operators
- Ability to connect multiple stakeholder responsibilities into seamless processes across data
- Load Modeling & Performance Forecasting
- Data acquisition, analysis and management
- Support building tools for GTM team to ensure maximizing value for prospects
- Influence regulatory policy
- Work with engineering to ensure all systems are aligned and symbiotic
- Ensure program milestones for season starts are met on time (MW are tested and validated)
- Metrics: Lead the creation, identification, and insight of metrics to improve business performance and drive business actions
- KPIs: Develop and track key KPIs across the team to track strategic goals, milestones and accomplishments
- This is an exciting opportunity to build a strategy and plan with your vision as well as significant career growth opportunities
Qualifications
- Strong alignment with AiGent values and mission
- MUST HAVE experience in wholesale energy markets
- MUST HAVE experience registering MW with grid operators
- Comprehensive knowledge of Python and SQL
- Experience building systems
- 3+ years experience in DER space
- Analytical, process-oriented mindset who takes action and has follow through
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated desire for continuous learning and improvement
- Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ideally experienced implementing cross-functional technology platform(s)
- Preferred: Experience in the virtual power plant / distributed power plant industry
- The role is remote - it is important that team members are excited about working remotely and have the right environment to be successful
Benefits
- Competitive compensation: Base, bonus and early-stage company equity
- Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k)
- 100% of Health, Dental and Vision premiums are covered for FTEs
- We offer two health plan options: a traditional plan with an FSA and a high-deductible plan with an HSA that the company contributes to monthly
- Basic Term Life Insurance
- Other Voluntary Insurances
- Flexible PTO
- Remote work benefits: Work from anywhere in the U.S. - no commuting
- Opportunity to shape the future of the energy transition
- Collaborative and innovative work environment
We are hiring a world-class team and we believe deeply in offering world-class benefits.
Top Skills
Python
SQL
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