Director, Energy

Boralex is a major player in renewable energy specializing in four sectors of activity: wind, solar, hydroelectricity, and storage.

We have been based in Kingsey Falls, Quebec, Canada, for 30 years and have since expanded our horizons and established our business in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.

OUR PURPOSE

On our planet where electricity is central to fighting climate change, we have a responsibility to produce it sustainably for future generations.

OUR MISSION

At Boralex, we provide renewable and affordable energy for all, creating value to share with our partners.

OUR VISION

To achieve our missions, we rely on the best of our strengths.

Thanks to our fearlessness, our discipline, our expertise, and our diversity, we continue to be an industry leader.

And we do it with pleasure.

YOUR PROFILE

We are building an energy markets team (including energy, capacity, ancillary services and RECs) to support our Ontario (IESO), New York (NYISO) and Texas (ERCOT) portfolios, which includes wind, solar, storage and hydro assets. The team will be responsible for near-term offtake and trading (< 2 years), as well as fundamentals-based long term merchant market forecasting.

You will lead the Energy Markets team through your thought leadership by leveraging your experience in mature and robust energy trading markets, coupled with your vision and experience with the future of energy to be a key contributor to Boralex’s success, shaping our strategy, offerings, and delivery.

YOUR CHALLENGE

You will be responsible for leading our North American energy markets team, reporting to the Senior Vice President M&A and Offtake Origination, North America.

Lead a team of traders, data scientists, and market specialists, setting performance metrics with regular reviews.
- Develop energy trading functional and technical roadmaps.
- Define trading growth strategies / new market entry, and vision setting.
- Set energy trading commercial strategy for existing and new projects.
- Define and document trading front, middle and back-office process design.
- Define and implement our energy trading organizational model.
- Gather functional design and related requirements across front office, risk, accounting, settlements, logistics, and scheduling.
- Conduct trading front, middle and back-office benchmarking, surveys, and market scans for new and emerging technology / value creation opportunities.
- Integrate and align cross product and cross region commodity trading processes and technologies.
- Leverage prior energy trading experience to identify new business opportunities.
- Understanding of capital adequacy, liquidity, and treasury as it pertains to energy trading organizations.
- Establish and implement strategy in relation to project development ensuring projects stay on set schedule and budget.
- Support internal development, project finance, EPC and legal teams to support the development and execution of our projects.

YOUR SKILLS
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, finance or related field, and 10 years of work experience.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience working within the electricity trading sector, particularly with the front office.
- Ability to work across various stakeholder groups, including business, front office, and technical teams.
- Experience in energy commodities and understanding of the commercial aspects of commodity trading, marketing, or procurement.
- Experience with the transaction lifecycle for commodities and the nuances that come with executing physical or financial commodity transactions.
- Demonstrated ability to liaise between business, technology, and vendor teams.
- Strategic thinking and solutioning skills to craft a strong value proposition.
- Strong understanding of the current solutions in the market and ability to craft specific solutions for Boralex.
- Curious mindset and desire to learn and grow.
- Highly seasoned project management skills and ability to complete multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
- Strong executive facilitation skills related to strategy development and problem solving.

AT BORALEX WE OFFER

Boralex fosters a culture of sustainable performance in its day-to-day activities.

We are committed to operating in a manner that is consistent with our business objectives. We are taking action for growth and long-term profitability by making our stakeholders’ satisfaction a priority. Therefore, continuous improvement is at the core of our practices and drives us to set clear, ambitious and quantifiable goals.

Our strength lies in our team’s synergy and diversity. Through autonomy, trial and error and our collaborators’ empowerment, our teams embody a culture of sustainable performance. Our human relationships are based on transparency, inclusion and caring. That work environment enables us to enjoy working together every day. Each and every day, we make su