Director Commodity Risk Management Jobs in Houston, TX

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Your role and responsibilities
Program Planning & Delivery

• Develop and manage ETRM implementation program plans covering scope, schedule, budget, and resource allocation across front-office, risk, back-office, logistics, and IT workstreams.
• Lead all project phases from initiation through post-go-live stabilization, applying appropriate delivery frameworks (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid) and managing risks, change control, and executive reporting.
• Manage program budgets, vendor contracts, and resource plans across internal teams, client stakeholders, and third-party integrators.

Commodity Risk Management

• Lead configuration of risk management workflows, including position management, mark-to-market valuation, P&L attribution, limit monitoring, real-time Greeks, and VaR reporting across power, gas, and financial books.
• Deliver credit risk capabilities including counterparty exposure monitoring, pre-trade limit checking, ISDA netting configuration, CVA/DVA calculations, and collateral and margin management.
• Implement VaR and stress testing infrastructure (historical simulation, parametric, Monte Carlo), scenario analysis, and board-level risk reporting.
• Oversee energy-specific risk constructs such as basis risk, spark/dark spreads, location and transportation risk, renewable output variability, and market data governance including curve management and volatility surface controls.

Physical Delivery, Logistics & Operations

• Lead implementation of physical commodity workflows across the full lifecycle from trade capture through delivery and settlement.
• Configure gas nominations and pipeline scheduling including NAESB-compliant nominations, storage scheduling, transportation capacity management, fuel balancing, and imbalance cash-out.
• Implement power scheduling including day-ahead and real-time market bid/offer submission, generation self-scheduling, unit commitment, and e-Tag submission to ISO/RTO portals (CAISO, ERCOT, PJM, MISO, NYISO, SPP).
• Configure crude, refined products, and LNG logistics including cargo and vessel scheduling, terminal operations, inventory management, and LNG-specific workflows such as SPA volume tracking and cargo diversion management.
• Govern physical settlement including MDM integration, invoice generation, dispute resolution, and integration with operational feeder systems such as SCADA, EMS/DMS, TMS, and pipeline OBA.

Connected Application Integration

• Map and govern the full ecosystem of enterprise systems impacted by the ETRM implementation, ensuring all integration dependencies are identified and addressed before go-live.
• Oversee ERP and GL integration (SAP S/4HANA, SAP IS-U, Oracle Financials) including journal entry automation, AP/AR workflows, hedge accounting feeds (ASC 815 / IFRS 9), and treasury and cash management connectivity.
• Manage market data integration (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, ICE, Platts), exchange connectivity (CME, ICE via FIX protocol), and prime brokerage and cleared swap reconciliation feeds.
• Govern regulatory reporting connections (Dodd-Frank SDR, EMIR/MiFID II, FERC EQR/Form 552, environmental registries) and logistics platform integrations (IMOS, pipeline portals, TMS, rail/truck dispatch).
• Ensure master data governance across connected systems and implement interface monitoring with defined SLAs and reconciliation exception workflows.

Regulatory, Compliance & Reporting

• Govern Dodd-Frank, EMIR, and MiFID II trade reporting compliance including SEF connectivity, SDR submissions, and large trader position reporting.
• Oversee FERC compliance (EQR, Form 552, Standards of Conduct), SOX controls over P&L and risk reporting workflows, and environmental compliance integrations including RIN, LCFS, RGGI, WCI, and renewable certificates.

Stakeholder Alignment & Change Management

• Establish governance structures across CRO, CTO, VP Operations, CFO, and CIO, and translate technical decisions into business impact framing for senior leadership.
• Lead change management including business readiness assessment, role-based training, and communication planning across traders, risk managers, operations, and back-office teams.
• Manage vendor relationships, coordinate parallel run strategies, and oversee data migration and cutover planning to minimize disruption during go-live.

Business Development & Sales

• Identify, qualify, and pursue new ETRM consulting opportunities by leveraging existing client relationships, industry networks, and conference presence. Maintain an active pipeline and contribute to practice revenue targets.
• Lead or co-lead pursuits from initial discovery through proposal submission and presentation. Develop scope, staffing models, and fee structures for ETRM implementation engagements in collaboration with practice leadership.
• Act as a trusted advisor to existing clients by identifying expansion opportunities, surfacing adjacent needs such as platform upgrades, regulatory readiness, and integration modernization, and translating those needs into well-scoped follow-on work.
• Contribute to thought leadership including white papers, conference presentations, platform comparison frameworks, and point-of-view content reflecting ETRM market trends and the energy transition.
• Represent the practice at industry events such as CTRM World, E/CTRM Connect, DistribuTECH, and EIA conferences, and maintain relationships with ETRM platform vendors and system integrators to stay ahead of market developments and co-selling opportunities.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Education
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. MBA or Master's degree preferred.
Experience

• 10+ years of experience in energy trading technology, ETRM implementation, or commodity risk management, with at least 5 years in a senior program management role.
• Proven track record delivering at least two full-lifecycle ETRM implementations spanning front-office, risk, physical operations, and back-office workstreams.
• Hands-on experience with physical commodity operations such as gas nominations, power scheduling, and crude/LNG logistics, as well as enterprise system integrations including ERP, treasury, market data, exchange, and regulatory reporting.
• Functional experience with at least two ETRM platforms; preference for candidates with exposure to both legacy enterprise and cloud-native solutions.

Risk Management

• Strong understanding of market risk including VaR, Greeks, and position limits, as well as credit risk such as counterparty exposure, netting, and collateral management.
• Working knowledge of hedge accounting (ASC 815 / IFRS 9) and energy-specific risk constructs including basis risk, spark/dark spreads, volumetric risk, and illiquid delivery point pricing.

Physical Operations & Logistics

• Familiarity with gas nominations (NAESB), power scheduling (ISO/RTO), and crude, LNG, and refined products logistics, including maritime platforms such as IMOS or similar systems.
• Understanding of physical settlement processes, including meter data reconciliation, invoice validation, and dispute resolution.

Technical Skills

• Understanding of enterprise integration patterns such as APIs, ETL, and message queuing, along with key energy trading protocols including FIX, FPML, and NAESB EDI.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, and Confluence, and working knowledge of SQL or Excel for data validation and UAT support.

Business Development

• Demonstrated experience contributing to consulting sales cycles, including qualifying opportunities, shaping scopes of work, developing proposals and presentations, and supporting contract negotiations.
• Established network within the energy trading, utilities, or commodity risk technology sectors, with the ability to generate introductions and cultivate relationships that convert into a qualified pipeline.
• Comfortable operating as a seller-doer, leading engagements while simultaneously advancing business development efforts without dedicated sales support.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with IMOS or equivalent maritime and cargo management platforms in LNG or crude oil environments.
• ETRM delivery experience within regulated utility environments, including familiarity with FERC, state PUC requirements, and integrated resource planning (IRP).
• Familiarity with renewable certificate systems such as WREGIS and NAR, carbon credit platforms including RGGI, WCI, and LCFS, and power purchase agreement (PPA) settlement processes.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP, PgMP, or SAFe SPC preferred; CFA or FRM credentials are a plus.

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