Head of Intraday Spain

Energy markets are becoming more complex, more volatile and more data driven. Success increasingly depends on real time optimisation and the smart use of flexibility from renewables and battery storage flexibility to maximise value creation. Statkraft is expanding into short-term trading and BESS optimisation in Spain, supported by strong collaboration across Statkraft’s European market organisation.  

As Head of Intraday Spain, you will be responsible for building, leading, and operating Statkraft’s Intraday trading and dispatch setup for Spain from our Madrid office. You will head a newly, to be established, 24/7 Intraday and dispatch team, ensuring value-maximising, safe and reliable execution of our Iberian power portfolio, while acting as a key interface between local operations and Statkraft’s continental Energy Management organisation. Thinking holistically, you actively seek standardization and harmonisation across all Intraday trading desks and its interfaces, such as day-ahead optimisation, algorithmic trading, flexibility trading and optimisation and daily market operations team.  

This is a senior leadership role combining operational authority, people leadership, and strategic development in a fast‑growing and increasingly complex market. In this role you will drive our ambitious commercial and operational targets forward. You will represent Continental Energy Management towards major stakeholders, such as Origination and Market Risk internally, as well as externally towards transmission system operators or regulators. You will help build the flexibility business , being of a high performing, international environment where technology, analytics and commercial judgement come together to unlock value from renewable and flexible portfolios. 

For professionals who want responsibility, growth and proactively shape and drive the business forward in the energy transition, Statkraft in Madrid is a compelling next step. In this role you will have following responsibilities: 

• Build, lead, and develop a 24/7 Intraday and dispatch team (control centre) based in Madrid.  
• Hold end‑to‑end responsibility for Intraday trading and dispatch operations in Spain, including shift organisation and operational decision‑making 
• Ensure stable, compliant, and high‑quality execution in Iberian power markets, especially a timely follow up on results, incidents and wellbeing of our staff. 
• Closely cooperate with other units in the Statkraft Group, especially with our Origination and Portfolio Management team for Southern Europe 
• Drive the improvement of systems, procedures and market understanding within our creative and innovative environment.  
• Oversee the day-to-day operations, balance commercial focus with operational excellence. Take commercial ownership, while keeping control of the operational and compliance risks.  
• Develop trading strategies for different technologies for the short term to intraday periods and take commercial ownership for the team performance. 
• Drive continuous improvement of Intraday trading strategies, dispatch quality, and operational workflows. 

We are explicitly looking for an experienced external leader who brings deep, hands‑on intraday and dispatch expertise and can help us professionalise, stabilise, and scale Spanish short-term operations. This role is not about learning an existing setup, it is about building one and setting standards others will follow. You bring:  

• Extensive experience, minimum 8+ years, in short-term power trading, Intraday trading, or dispatch operations, preferably in a leading European energy trading house, utility, or trading desk. 
• Proven track record in building, leading, or transforming short term trading and/or dispatch operations 
• Strong Iberian market experience is highly preferred, including practical exposure to OMIE and Redelectrica 
• Recognised as a hands‑on operational leader who leads from the front and earns credibility through expertise 
• Strong people leader with experience in building teams from scratch or through ramp‑up phases, coaching junior and senior traders, as well as establishing clear accountability and performance standards. 
• Strong understanding of value drivers in the Spanish short-term market, such as price spreads, system imbalance pricing and renewable intermittency 
• Technology-affine leader in the field of algorithmic trading and advanced forecasting methods  
• High level of intrinsic motivation and strong commercial mind-set.  
• Flexible with a high motivation to further develop the business.   
• Fluent in Spanish and English, excellent communication skills and  
• Willingness to travel occasionally 

What we offer: 

A career with Statkraft is a career filled with purpose – meaning that every employee is not just making a living, they are making a real difference to the planet, our communities, and the future. Together, we work on the front lines of changing the game for renewable energy. From hydrogen development to algorithmic trading and everything in between. We have 125 years of unrivalled expertise in creating the technologies that put ecosystems, communities and our environment first. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes: 

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organisation including Linkedin Learning and inspiring leaderships program like IMD 
• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds 
• The opportunity to work somewhere with pride, and to be able to honestly say “My work is contributing to 
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, parental leave and work life balance principles 
• Being part of a company proudly certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ 

Challenged? 

For us the ideas of our committed and ambitious colleagues make the difference. If you want to share our passion for renewable energy and be a part of tomorrow’s energy world, please apply through our online application form.