Head of Energy Procurement & Flexibility - Energy - London (Hybrid) - Contract Outside IR35 3 Months
2 days ago
London
Head of Energy Procurement & Flexibility - Energy - London (Hybrid) - Contract Outside IR35 3 Months Role: Head of Energy Procurement & Flexibility Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days on-site) Contract: Outside IR35 3 Months (Will be monthly rolling after this period) Rate: £DOE Overview We are working with a fast-growing energy and sustainability consultancy supporting large UK real estate portfolios to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions. The business delivers an integrated approach that combines energy procurement, demand-side optimisation, and flexibility services. By aligning intelligent supply contracts with active energy management — including BMS control, load shifting, batteries, and grid services — clients achieve better financial and carbon outcomes than with traditional procurement-only models. This role will lead the development and delivery of energy procurement and flexibility services across the UK market. The Role As Head of Energy Procurement & Flexibility, you will be responsible for building and running a market-leading procurement and demand management offering for commercial real estate clients. This is a senior, commercially focused role combining strategy, client advisory, and internal capability building, working closely with technical, data, and delivery teams. Key Responsibilities Energy Procurement • Develop and execute energy procurement strategies (power, gas, water) across large, multi-site portfolios, • Lead supplier tenders, contract negotiations, PPAs, and ongoing contract performance, • Analyse tariffs, risk management approaches, and forward market movements, • Procure energy aligned with best-practice sustainability standards (e.g. renewable-backed supply, time-matched PPAs, additionality), • Integrate procurement outcomes with energy data and reporting platforms, • Work with engineering and data teams to reconcile consumption data with billing, • Verify savings and performance against contract expectations, • Understand how demand-side flexibility, batteries, and distributed generation impact procurement decisions, • Support the valuation and monetisation of flexibility through grid services, dynamic tariffs, and peak avoidance, • Act as a senior advisor to commercial real estate clients, • Present clear insights on market movements, pricing risk, and performance, • Support clients’ net zero strategies, compliance requirements, and long-term energy planning Ideal Background You are likely to come from one of the following backgrounds: • Energy supplier, trader, or aggregator (procurement, trading, risk, or flexibility), • Energy procurement or sustainability consultancy, • UK energy markets and non-commodity cost structures, • Procurement strategy and supplier negotiations, • Energy data, reporting, and performance management Skills & Experience • Strong commercial understanding of UK energy markets and regulation, • Familiarity with flexibility markets, asset control platforms, and BMS data, • Highly analytical, with the ability to translate complex data into clear commercial strategy, • Confident communicator, comfortable engaging both technical teams and senior commercial stakeholders, • Entrepreneurial mindset, suited to a growth-stage environment Personality Fit • Commercially sharp and commercially accountable, • Technically curious, keen to connect energy assets, data, and markets, • Collaborative and comfortable working across disciplines, • Builder mentality — motivated by shaping and scaling a new service line Role Level • Senior / Director / VP level, • Typically 5–8+ years’ experience If this is of interest please apply on LinkedIn or email