Team Lead (m/f/d) Front-Office

Benefits and Perks

• Help shape our vision of an emission-free energy and mobility future
• High level of responsibility and rapid development in a growing and innovative company
• Open, diverse & international team
• Flexible working hours and additional vacation days
• Mobile working from home and 20 days in other European countries
• Choice between the latest Apple and Dell IT equipment
• Wellpass membership
• Lease of your preferred car and bike via FINN or JobRad
• Modern office with good public transport connections

As Team Lead Front-Office, you will drive the core trading activities, ensuring efficient strategy execution, automation, and performance optimization. Reporting to the Head of Trading, you will lead a team of traders and analysts, focusing on commercial outcomes in volatile energy markets. Key responsibilities include:

• Strategy Development and Setup: Design and implement bidding strategies for multi-market optimization, including day-ahead, intraday, and reserve markets.
• Position Management: Oversee real-time position tracking, net exposure, and P&L monitoring in our Position Management System (or ETRM equivalent).
• Execution and Connectivity: Manage automated trade execution via proprietary tools and external platforms (e.g., PowerBot), ensuring seamless connectivity to exchanges.
• Algo Trading & Automation Readiness: Lead the development and deployment of algorithmic trading solutions for spot and reserve markets, emphasizing scalability and reliability.
• Research and Backtesting: Conduct market research, backtest strategies, and optimize algorithms based on marginal costs and risk profiles.
• Self-Optimization of Strategies: Drive continuous improvement of trading tactics, incorporating options-like structures (e.g., batteries as chains of 15-minute options).
• Reliability and Reporting: Ensure system stability, minimize operational risks, and generate performance reports for compliance and decision-making.
• Backlog Management and Prioritization: Prioritize team tasks, ensure clarity on priorities and delivery timelines, and align with business goals to maximize profitability.
• Team Leadership: Mentor and develop your team (5-8 members), foster a high-performance culture built on ownership, accountability and continuous improvement, and collaborate with Middle/Back Office and Tec-Team.

Who you are

• Proven experience (4+ years) in energy trading, preferably in battery energy storage systems (BESS), renewables, or power markets.
• Strong background in front office operations, including algo trading, trading position management, and multi-market optimization.
• Expertise in financial mathematics, options trading, risk assessment (e.g., VaR, MtM), ai-coding and/or tools like Python or similar development tools.
• Familiarity with European energy markets (EPEX, IBEX, TSO reserves) and regulations (REMIT/REMIT II).
• Leadership skills: Ability to lead, take responsibility and enforce team structure, hold teams accountable, and make decisive, fair decisions to drive efficiency and P&L.
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; advanced certifications (e.g., CFA, FRM) are a plus.
• Excellent communication in English; German is advantageous.
• Mindset: Results-driven, disciplined, with a strong commercial mindset with a clear focus on sustainable profitability, preference for structured, scalable and sustainable solutions over short-term fixes.

Are you a good fit for us?

Diversity enriches our team and makes us stronger. Regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, or any disability – everyone is welcome here! We look forward to receiving your application and achieving great things together.

Shaping an emission-free energy and mobility future - that is the goal of The Mobility House. To achieve this, we combine the automotive and energy sectors with our technology. We integrate vehicle batteries into the power grid using intelligent charging and energy solutions. The whole thing started 15 years ago with a simple idea from our founder Thomas Raffeiner: What if idle electric cars could be used as mobile storage units? And make their potential available to the energy industry with its growing storage requirements? The idea for The Mobility House was born.

With over 350 employees, we are active worldwide from our locations in Munich, Zurich, Belmont, CA (USA), Paris and Singapore. We are always on the lookout for new faces who share our enthusiasm for our vision.

Do you want to be part of the future with us? Then we look forward to receiving your application.