Senior Intraday Trader (mfd) Proprietary Short-Term Power Trading

As Senior Intraday Trader you will play a key role in strengthening and further developing our proprietary short-term trading setup in Germany. The role combines hands-on proprietary trading in the German day-ahead and intraday power markets with a meaningful contribution to how this trading activity is further developed and organised within Statkraft. 

The role is not part of the regular 24/7 shift rota. However some flexibility to support trading activities outside standard weekday hours including occasional daytime coverage on weekends is expected and compensated. 

As a Senior Intraday Trader within the Intraday Germany team you will: 

• Actively trade proprietary day-ahead and intraday positions in the German power market with a high degree of ownership judgement and commercial discipline. 
• Help strengthen and further develop discretionary trading in the German short-term power markets including manual trading decisions and execution in relevant market situations. 
• Contribute to the development monitoring and refinement of systematic strategies and data-driven trading approaches for the German market. 
• Identify trading opportunities across relevant short-term market timeframes and market constellations and translate them into concrete trading decisions and structured follow-up. 
• Use data and coding to support market analysis performance monitoring and the ongoing improvement of trading approaches. 
• Help strengthen the overall setup for proprietary short-term trading in Germany including priorities decision quality structured follow-up and knowledge transfer. 
• Work closely with colleagues in our German intraday team and neighbouring functions to ensure alignment knowledge sharing and efficient build-up of capabilities. 
• Provide structured market insights that supports both proprietary trading activities and the wider German intraday setup. 

Qualifications :

We are looking for a highly capable trader with the experience and skills to help strengthen this setup. In particular we would value the following: 

Mandatory qualifications: 

• Proven hands-on track record in proprietary day-ahead and intraday power trading ideally with deep exposure to the German power market. 
• Strong understanding of short-term market behaviour trading mechanics and discretionary decision-making in fast-moving environments. 
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to contribute across both systematic and discretionary trading contexts. 
• Strong coding skills ideally in Python and confidence using data and code to analyse markets monitor performance and improve trading approaches. 
• Ability to combine hands-on trading with structured thinking clear prioritisation and disciplined follow-up. 
• Ability and motivation to help strengthen and further build a focused proprietary trading setup not just perform within it. 
• Strong ownership credibility and impact as a very capable individual contributor in a small specialised team environment. 
• Fluent English communication skills. 

Additional qualifications 

• Experience in proprietary trading across other European short-term power markets. 
• Ability to bring in new market perspectives challenge existing approaches constructively and help raise the overall level of the setup. 
• German language skills are beneficial but not required. 

Additional Information :

At Statkraft youll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes (non-exclusive):

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organisation
• 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 saving the planet.
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual offering flexible working solutions and work life balance principles.

Our vision is to renew the way the world is powered. To navigate the complex journey ahead we need every voice at the table. We therefore work actively to be a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome all applicants regardless of background gender age sexual orientation religious belief ethnicity nationality or disability. 

Statkraft offers competitive terms of employment and benefits schemes and were a trusted employer that puts the safety of our people first. We believe that a safe and healthy working environment is a matter of choice not chance.

Statkraft manages critical infrastructure and services in several countries. We conduct background checks on qualified applicants before hire. This may include a conflicts of interest statement from candidates.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time