Head of Commercial Job at Mint Selection (London)

Job Description

Our client is a leading UK energy infrastructure platform with a rapidly growing operational portfolio and a substantial development pipeline spanning energy storage, flexible generation, long-duration storage, and other emerging technologies. As part of its next phase of growth, the business is seeking a Head of Commercial to lead revenue strategy and optimisation across its UK portfolio. This is a senior, hands-on role with responsibility for maximising asset revenues across wholesale power markets, the Capacity Market, ancillary services, and structured offtake arrangements, while helping to shape the evolution of the organisation's trading and commercial capabilities. The role sits at the intersection of power markets, trading, asset optimisation, and commercial strategy, and will be critical to delivering value as the platform continues to scale.

Job Responsibility

Own and lead the end-to-end revenue management strategy across operational and future assets
Maximise value across wholesale markets, ancillary services and capacity revenues, ensuring optimal market participation
Oversee commercial performance monitoring and analysis across the portfolio
Lead the organisation's approach to Capacity Market auctions, including qualification strategy, bidding, delivery risk management and contract compliance
Maintain a deep understanding of UK power market fundamentals, policy developments and regulatory change, translating these into commercial strategy
Evaluate new market opportunities as market design evolves
Lead or support the structuring, negotiation and execution of PPAs, tolling agreements and other offtake arrangements
Work closely with legal, finance and external counterparties to ensure robust commercial outcomes
Assess merchant versus contracted strategies across technologies and asset classes
Act as a senior commercial counterpart to internal trading teams and external trading partners
Support the development and scaling of the organisation's trading capability, including strategy, governance and performance review
Oversee trading performance analysis and continuous improvement
Provide commercial input into investment decisions, development prioritisation and capital allocation
Lead scenario analysis, revenue forecasting and stress-testing across different market and regulatory outcomes
Support fundraising, lender and investor discussions from a commercial and revenue perspective
Build, lead and mentor a high-calibre commercial team as the platform scales
Set clear standards around analytical rigour, decision-making and accountability
Act as a senior internal voice on market and revenue matters

Requirements

Significant experience in UK power markets, gained within an IPP, utility, trading house, energy investment platform or specialist consultancy
Deep understanding of revenue streams for flexible assets, including the Capacity Market, ancillary services and wholesale optimisation
Proven experience leading or owning commercial strategy for energy assets
Strong grasp of UK market fundamentals, policy and regulatory frameworks
Commercially minded, with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution

Nice to have

Experience with energy storage, flexible generation or other dispatchable assets
Exposure to PPAs, structured offtake arrangements or trading optimisation
Experience building or scaling commercial and/or trading functions
Comfortable operating within fast-growing, entrepreneurial environments

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