Director, Market Risk Management

NextEra Energy • Houston, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

NextEra Energy Marketing is seeking a senior leader to develop enterprise risk capabilities and oversee pricing functions that support trading, commercial, and risk management activities. The role combines market risk leadership with responsibility for commodity prices and forward curves used across trading and risk platforms, including interfaces with ETRM and other enterprise systems.

The Director will lead market data and curve construction, governance of trader-assessed curves, valuation support and validation, pricing controls, and efforts to ensure that market data used for valuation and risk measurement is accurate, transparent, and appropriately governed. The role also leads transformation of market risk infrastructure and operating models, partnering with Risk, Commercial, Technology, Finance, and other stakeholders to modernize processes and systems, strengthen controls, improve data quality and automation, and build scalable capabilities.

The position supports NextEra Energy Marketing, NextEra Energy Services, FPL/Energy Marketing & Trading, Treasury, and Natural Gas Infrastructure. The successful candidate will apply substantial energy and commodity market experience and translate complex market, pricing, valuation, and technology issues into clear business decisions. The role reports to the Executive Director, Head of Market Risk and Analytics, and is based at NextEra Energy’s Houston, Texas offices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance or Business Administration.
• Minimum 10 years of experience, or 9 years of experience with trading experience.
• Minimum 2–4 years of leadership experience.
• Significant experience in energy and commodity markets.
• Strong understanding of forward curves, market data, valuation methodologies, derivatives, ETRM platforms, and risk and pricing controls.
• Ability to work hands-on through complex pricing and valuation issues.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple businesses, commodities, systems, and stakeholder groups.
• Ability to communicate complex market, pricing, valuation, and technology issues clearly to support business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Direct the formulation and execution of market risk strategies.
• Oversee complex risk management processes and optimize team performance.
• Ensure accurate implementation of risk models and methodologies.
• Lead initiatives for compliance and regulatory adherence in risk practices.
• Cultivate stakeholder relationships in support of strategic objectives.
• Innovate on risk management automation and system improvements.
• Lead the development, governance, and delivery of commodity prices and forward curves used across trading and risk platforms.
• Oversee market data and curve construction, trader-assessed curve aggregation and governance, valuation support and validation, and pricing controls.
• Ensure market data used for valuation and risk measurement is accurate, transparent, and appropriately governed.
• Lead transformation of market risk infrastructure and operating models, including modernization of processes and systems, stronger controls, improved data quality and automation, and scalable capabilities.
• Work across Risk, Commercial, Technology, Finance, and other stakeholder groups, businesses, commodities, and systems.
• Translate complex market, pricing, valuation, and technology issues into clear business decisions and establish consistent standards where appropriate.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to employees and their eligible family members; specific benefits are not listed.
• Relocation assistance is provided if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director