Portfolio Manager

Role Overview

• Take ownership of Veolia's existing Capacity Market activities, generating £ms per year, managing all steps of the process with strong attention to detail and adherence to strict deadlines.
• Operate with a high degree of freedom in defining and refining the scope of portfolio activities, with regular steering meetings with the Head of Flexibility to align direction and set objectives.
• Develop and maintain a robust understanding of energy market direction and the evolving role of flexibility services, translating this into actionable strategies and pilot projects with defined KPIs.
• Responsible for asset registration with relevant flexibility services and ensuring ongoing compliance with participation rules, including instrumentation and data logging requirements.
• Maintain close and regular interaction with Veolia Business Units involved in and impacted by flexibility services — including Energy Markets, IWE, Treatment, Commercial, and Municipal — engaging at all levels from operations managers through to directors.
• Engage with other Veolia zones and Veolia Group to share and promote best practice in flexibility and portfolio management.
• Represent Veolia UK in workshops and forums with TSOs, DSOs, and wider market stakeholders, contributing to Veolia's external profile in the flexibility space.
• Act as the primary operational and technical point of contact for clients throughout onboarding, project delivery, and ongoing operations, ensuring high service quality and long-term client satisfaction.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve processes for asset performance tracking, aggregator performance monitoring, risk evaluation, potential assessment, contract management, and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Thorough experience in energy markets, operations, engineering, data, or other technical/regulated environments.
• Strong analytical mindset and a solid interest in power systems and market mechanisms.
• Working at the intersection of clients, markets, and technical systems in fast-moving environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of energy markets, power systems, or regulated environments.
• Ability to work with data and modeling tools (e.g. Excel, SQL, Python, Grafana or similar).
• Interest in market mechanisms and energy regulation; knowledge of ancillary services is a plus.
• Operational knowledge of capacity markets is a huge addition.
• Good understanding of fundamentals of flexibility markets.
• Degree in a numerical relevant discipline (i.e. mathematics, engineering, economics) is desirable.
• Specific modelling and technical skills in energy markets.
• Knowledge and comfort with modelling in Python, utilising Databricks, Grafana, Power BI or other analytical tools.

Tech Stack

• Grafana
• Python
• SQL

Benefits

• Access to our enhanced company pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company car or allowance £6,600 per annum
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household