Commodities Business Analyst / Project Manager (Energy Trading)

TL;DR

Commodities Business Analyst / Project Manager (Energy Trading): Coordinating US change initiatives across Power & Gas to modernize core technology architecture and operating models with an accent on process transformation and stakeholder management. Focus on redesigning business processes for front, middle, and back office, integrating AI and automation to enable business growth.

Location: Houston, Texas (with required travel between Houston and Stamford offices, and potential international travel)

Company

hirify.global is a global commodities trading company specializing in an asset-light, diversified model with strong risk management and quantitative research capabilities.

What you will do

• Act as a project manager across multiple change initiatives, coordinating across various internal teams.
• Partner with front, middle, and back office stakeholders to identify current-state process pain points and constraints.
• Facilitate workshops to challenge existing workflows and define forward-thinking future-state operating models.
• Lead process analysis and redesign activities, focusing specifically on operations teams.
• Identify opportunities to integrate technology, data, automation, or AI into the operating model.
• Serve as a bridge between business units and technology delivery functions to ensure business outcomes remain central.

Requirements

• Several years of experience as a Project Manager or Business Analyst within the energy trading sector.
• Subject matter expertise in US Power & Gas, including physical and structured products (LNG, PPAs, Battery tolling, etc.).
• Strong understanding of commodities operations, specifically trade lifecycle, scheduling, settlements, and P&L.
• Proven experience redesigning business processes in complex, cross-functional, global environments.
• Ability to constructively challenge stakeholder assumptions while building trust and alignment.
• Experience managing technology-enabled change, including automation and AI.

Nice to have

• Experience contributing to operating model or target architecture design.
• Experience shaping AI strategies to improve business efficiency, controls, or insight generation.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment driven by values of Performance, Agility, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship.
• Opportunity to work within a diverse, global team with deep industry expertise.
• Long-term C2C contracting position with potential for transition to a permanent role.
• Involvement in a high-impact, multi-year cross-company transformation programme.