Power & Gas Market Strategist

Our client, a global Energy Trading & Marketing company in Houston, is looking for a Natural Gas Market Strategist to support its Power and Natural Gas Trading & Origination teams. The company operates one of the largest and most sophisticated energy trading businesses globally, with significant market share, a strong global footprint, and advanced capabilities in both physical and financial trading.

The Market Strategist provides actionable market intelligence to support commercial operations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Modeling and analyzing the regional natural gas fundamentals (supply & demand models) for short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts
• Identifying key fundamental drivers for regional natural gas markets (supply/demand balances, transport, storage inventories, pipeline flows, regional prices, regulatory, infrastructure, weather, etc.).
• Creating proprietary views for the natural gas markets
• Developing trader analytical tools using Python
• Proactively work with traders to identify opportunities and recommend trade strategies
• Long-term natural gas analysis to support originators and their structured deals
• Managing data with a focus on driving efficiency through automation
• Communicating daily market briefs to key stakeholders across trading, origination, and senior management

Professional qualifications and requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, mathematics, statistics, etc. (master's/MBA degree is a plus)
• 3-10 years of professional experience in the regional supply & demand modeling in the North American natural gas markets within commercial trading operations of a company with physical natural gas or power assets or a financial trading firm. (Consideration will be given to professional and commercial market analytics experience in power or crude oil.)
• An in-depth understanding of the North American natural gas supply and demand and infrastructure
• Robust understanding of E&P energy value chain and economics
• Experience across one or more natural gas markets (Northeast, Appalachia / Mid Atlantic, Gulf Coast / Louisiana / Southeast, Midcontinent, Midwest, Rockies / Northwest, Southwest / California, etc.)
• Ability to think commercially and can work in a fast-paced environment where strong communication skills are valued
• Strong analytical and statistical modeling
• Strong technical skills (Python, SQL, Excel, Power BI)

Employees work 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely.