Your role

• Lead, build and scale our algo trading team, fostering innovation, cross-team-collaboration and disciplined execution in a highly volatile and competitive environment
• Develop, deploy and continuously improve cutting-edge strategies for European short-term power markets in a highly collaborative setup
• Take ownership of algorithmic trading performance and the associated P&L
• Guide analysis and enhancement of algorithmic models for speculative and asset-based approaches (e.g. BESS)
• Collaborate closely with intraday trading teams to ensure seamless 24/7 market coverage among different geographical locations
• Monitor market developments, identify opportunities and drive our ambition to become a leading force in European electricity markets

Your skills

• Proven track record in algorithmic or quantitative trading, ideally in power or energy markets
• Strong leadership experience with the ability to build and mentor high-performing teams
• Deep understanding of the technical requirements for successful algo-trading and ability to coordinate them with stakeholders
• Excellent programming skills (e.g. Python), with a focus on scalable, real-time execution applications
• Strategic mindset with hands-on execution capability, balancing innovation with risk discipline
• Fluency in English is mandatory, additional language skills are beneficial

We are not interested in enquiries from recruitment agencies.

At a glance

• Company BKW Energie AG
• Job location Viktoriaplatz 2, 3013 Bern
• Employment level 50-100%
• Job sharing Possible
• Field of work Trading
• Position Management responsibility
• Employment type Permanent contract
• Reference number S-26383

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