Head of Market Intelligence & Analytics

Role Overview

The Head of Market Intelligence & Analytics is accountable for building and leading Northland’s enterprise market intelligence and analytics capabilities. The role establishes independent, decision-ready views of wholesale power and related commodity markets, translates those views into consistent commercial assumptions, and ensures those insights are applied across strategy, development, M&A, financing, market operations, asset management and portfolio optimization.

What You Will Do

Establish scalable in-house forecasting and modelling capabilities, guide market analysts and technical resources, and determine where external specialists remain appropriate. Build a global centre of expertise that protects, optimizes and sustainably grows the commercial value of Northland’s contracted and merchant portfolio, while underpinning new development opportunities with rigorous market intelligence, forward curves, fundamental analysis, scenario modelling and asset-level commercial insight.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate combines deep electricity-market judgment, strong quantitative fluency, practical model-development oversight and the ability to communicate complex market dynamics to executive and investment audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics, finance, computer science or a related discipline
• 10 or more years of progressive experience in wholesale power markets, energy-market analytics, fundamental forecasting, commercial strategy or a closely related field
• Demonstrated experience developing or directing power-market forecasts, fundamental models, dispatch and revenue analysis, scenario frameworks and asset-valuation inputs
• Deep understanding of electricity-market design and commercial drivers
• Experience across a diverse technology portfolio, such as wind, solar, storage and gas-fired generation, and with contracted and merchant revenue structures
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage external advisors and convert complex analytical work into clear commercial decisions

Benefits

• Competitive RRSP matching scheme of 8%
• Extended health, dental and vision benefits for yourself and your immediate family from day one
• Paid parental leave
• Accident and Life Insurance and disability benefits
• Global Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program
• Floating days and Birthdays off
• Three additional days off annually to observe any other events that are important to you

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