Alpiq’s Market Analysis team is seeking a highly analytical and commercially minded Desk Strategist to support traders and originators with high‑quality market intelligence, modelling, and strategic insights. In this role, you will help shape Alpiq’s view of the Nordic and European power markets by developing advanced models, generating trading strategies, and providing forward‑looking market scenarios.
You will work closely with traders, originators, and analysts across the company, acting as a key contributor to commercial decision‑making. This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys quantitative problem‑solving, and wants to influence trading outcomes through robust analytical work.
Your accountabilities
- Develop and maintain a Nordic power pricing model, ensuring accuracy and relevance for trading and origination activities.
- Build and enhance water value and grid models, supporting hydropower optimization and strategic positioning.
- Generate trading strategies and market scenarios, translating analytical insights into actionable commercial ideas.
- Provide regulatory, macroeconomic, and policy intelligence, identifying risks and opportunities for the trading desk.
- Deliver long‑term scenarios and market views, supporting strategic planning and investment decisions.
- Develop decision‑support tools and models, leveraging data management, visualization, forecasting, optimization techniques, cloud solutions, and AI‑based coding.
- Collaborate with internal analysts and market experts, ensuring alignment and knowledge sharing across the organization.
- Work effectively under time pressure, delivering high‑quality insights with quantitative targets in mind.
You combine deep market knowledge with strong quantitative skills and the ability to turn complex analysis into clear, actionable insights. You enjoy working close to commercial teams and contributing directly to trading performance.
- At least 5 years of experience in power markets, with strong understanding of Nordic and European fundamentals.
- Solid understanding of global fuel markets and their impact on power pricing.
- Experience with water value models and asset optimization.
- Knowledge of flow‑based market coupling is a strong plus.
- Proven ability to develop quantitative models for power markets.
- Experience generating trade ideas, strategies, and scenario analyses.
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, cloud analytics, optimization libraries, AI/ML techniques).
- Fluency in English; knowledge of a Nordic language is an advantage.
Competitive salary package
Market-oriented salary
Training and development
Diverse opportunities for career growth
Flexible work models
Various flexible work models
About the company
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Alpiq is a leading Swiss electricity producer and energy service provider and is active throughout Europe. We offer our customers comprehensive and efficient services in the fields of energy generation, marketing and energy optimisation.
It is our aspiration to follow our purpose in our entrepreneurial thinking and actions: "together for a better climate and an improved security of supply". Together with our values and ethical standards, this purpose is firmly anchored in our corporate culture. We pursue a sustainable, financially stable and risk-adjusted business model.
Alpiq has a strong asset base of hydro and thermal plants, nuclear, wind farms, photovoltaic facilities and battery energy storage systems. We have been producing climate-friendly and sustainable electricity from renewable Swiss hydropower for more than a hundred years. This climate-friendly and flexible asset portfolio is operated and optimised in the best possible way. Our core business also comprises energy trading through electricity, gas and other energy products in many European countries. A sustainable and cost-effective energy procurement strategy is an important aspect of any business. Our Sales & Origination team supports industrial and business customers with sustainable energy management and a wide range of energy solutions and services.
We have about 1,400 employees. Our headquarters are in Lausanne.
More about Alpiq: www.alpiq.com