Market Analyst, Commercial Markets & Data Analytics

Priority Power Management LLC•Houston, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Market Analyst supports power and natural gas forward curve marking, data analytics, and customer-facing market communication, with a focus on ERCOT and PJM. This role is flexible in level, from junior analyst to a more experienced hire, depending on the candidate's background. Prior experience with ERCOT, PJM, or other ISOs is a strong plus. The role manages data using Databricks and PostgreSQL, builds Tableau visualizations, and applies analytical methods to identify pricing trends. The analyst will also be responsible for updating customer-facing market presentations and helping to produce periodic market recaps and outlooks.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field (Finance, Economics, Statistics, or related), or equivalent experience.
Comfort working with data in Excel, with a willingness to develop skills in SQL, Python, and Tableau on the job.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present analysis clearly to non-technical audiences.
High attention to detail, particularly in customer-facing materials.
Genuine interest in power and natural gas markets, and a desire to build deep market expertise over time.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of ERCOT and/or PJM power market structure, natural gas fundamentals, and forward curve marking.
Prior experience in energy trading, risk management, or market analytics.
Experience producing recurring market commentary or research publications.
Comfort using AI tools to support drafting market summaries, building presentations, and analyzing data.
Proficiency in SQL, Tableau, and/or Python, including experience pulling and managing data from relational databases (PostgreSQL and/or Databricks/Athena).
Experience building or maintaining automated data pipelines (Python, Databricks, AWS).
Familiarity with ancillary services markets, 4CP, and related ERCOT-specific market mechanics.

Responsibilities

Mark and maintain forward price curves for ERCOT and PJM power products.
Pull, clean, and manipulate data from Databricks, PostgreSQL, and Amazon Athena/S3, and build ad hoc and permanent visualizations and dashboards in Tableau.
Write SQL queries and manage data pulls across multiple database environments in support of recurring and one-off analysis.
Maintain and analyze large Excel workbooks; perform ad hoc analysis in Excel as needed.
Apply analytical methods, including basic statistical analysis, to identify pricing trends across power markets.
Help build and deliver customer-facing market update decks; present market moves and analysis directly to customers and to internal sales teams.
Write and publish quarterly market recaps and outlooks covering ERCOT and PJM fundamentals.
Identify opportunities to improve or automate existing analytics and reporting processes and build the tools to implement them.
Partner with Commercial Markets leadership and internal teams to align market commentary and analysis with broader company messaging.