An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced commodity markets analytics professional to join a fast-growing and highly data-driven business in a newly created leadership role.
This position will play a pivotal role in shaping and launching a new analytics offering focused on global commodity and energy markets. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the analytical vision, developing market-leading products and building scalable analytics capabilities that support both commercial and trading-related decision making.
This is a rare opportunity to join a business with access to extensive proprietary market and trade data, where analytics, technology and market expertise sit at the core of future growth strategy.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Lead the development and execution of the company’s commodity market analytics strategy and product roadmap
- Build and launch innovative analytics products and market intelligence solutions for commodity market participants
- Develop AI-enabled analytical capabilities that combine market expertise with scalable technology solutions
- Translate complex commodity pricing and trade data into actionable insights and commercially valuable products
- Work closely with data science, pricing, commercial and product teams to deliver analytical tools and market solutions
- Oversee the full product lifecycle from idea generation and prototyping through to testing, launch and continuous improvement
- Support the development of forecasting models, analytical frameworks and data-driven market intelligence capabilities
- Engage directly with clients and market participants to understand workflows, requirements and evolving market needs
- Partner with commercial teams to support product positioning, client retention and business growth initiatives
- Build and develop an analytics function over time, including hiring and mentoring specialist talent
- Act as a senior representative of the business externally through client engagement and industry interaction
- Ensure analytical outputs maintain high levels of quality, reliability and commercial relevance
Key Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of commodity and energy markets, including physical trading dynamics and pricing structures
- Deep analytical capability with the ability to interpret complex market and trade data
- Experience developing analytical products, market intelligence tools or data-driven solutions
- Strong understanding of market fundamentals, benchmarks and pricing methodologies
- Commercial mindset with the ability to identify client needs and translate them into scalable products
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and commercial audiences
- Ability to work cross-functionally with product, commercial, data science and engineering teams
- Understanding of AI technologies, analytics platforms and modern data environments
- Strategic thinker with the ability to operate hands-on in a growing and evolving business
- Leadership capability with experience or potential to build and develop high-performing teams
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and solutions-focused approach
- Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Deep experience within commodity markets, energy trading or commodity analytics
- Strong understanding of physical market fundamentals and pricing mechanisms
- Experience producing high-quality market analysis, research or trade intelligence
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to engage credibly with traders and senior stakeholders
- Exposure to analytics product development, data platforms or AI-driven analytical tools
- The ability to operate both strategically and hands-on within a growing business
Previous experience within a commodity trading house, price reporting agency, energy company or financial institution would be highly advantageous.
The role offers significant ownership, visibility and long-term progression, alongside the opportunity to genuinely shape the direction of a growing analytics function from the ground up.
”, “datePosted”: “2026-05-20”, “hiringOrganization”: { “@type”: “Organization”, “name”: “Richard James Recruitment Specialists Ltd”, “sameAs”: “https://uk.whatjobs.com/pub_api__cpl__436721923__4861?utm_campaign=publisher&utm_medium=api&utm_source=4861&geoID=33” }, “jobLocation”: { “@type”: “Place”, “address”: { “@type”: “PostalAddress”, “addressLocality”: “London” } } }An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced commodity markets analytics professional to join a fast-growing and highly data-driven business in a newly created leadership role.
This position will play a pivotal role in shaping and launching a new analytics offering focused on global commodity and energy markets. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the analytical vision, developing market-leading products and building scalable analytics capabilities that support both commercial and trading-related decision making.
This is a rare opportunity to join a business with access to extensive proprietary market and trade data, where analytics, technology and market expertise sit at the core of future growth strategy.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Lead the development and execution of the company’s commodity market analytics strategy and product roadmap
- Build and launch innovative analytics products and market intelligence solutions for commodity market participants
- Develop AI-enabled analytical capabilities that combine market expertise with scalable technology solutions
- Translate complex commodity pricing and trade data into actionable insights and commercially valuable products
- Work closely with data science, pricing, commercial and product teams to deliver analytical tools and market solutions
- Oversee the full product lifecycle from idea generation and prototyping through to testing, launch and continuous improvement
- Support the development of forecasting models, analytical frameworks and data-driven market intelligence capabilities
- Engage directly with clients and market participants to understand workflows, requirements and evolving market needs
- Partner with commercial teams to support product positioning, client retention and business growth initiatives
- Build and develop an analytics function over time, including hiring and mentoring specialist talent
- Act as a senior representative of the business externally through client engagement and industry interaction
- Ensure analytical outputs maintain high levels of quality, reliability and commercial relevance
Key Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of commodity and energy markets, including physical trading dynamics and pricing structures
- Deep analytical capability with the ability to interpret complex market and trade data
- Experience developing analytical products, market intelligence tools or data-driven solutions
- Strong understanding of market fundamentals, benchmarks and pricing methodologies
- Commercial mindset with the ability to identify client needs and translate them into scalable products
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and commercial audiences
- Ability to work cross-functionally with product, commercial, data science and engineering teams
- Understanding of AI technologies, analytics platforms and modern data environments
- Strategic thinker with the ability to operate hands-on in a growing and evolving business
- Leadership capability with experience or potential to build and develop high-performing teams
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and solutions-focused approach
- Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Deep experience within commodity markets, energy trading or commodity analytics
- Strong understanding of physical market fundamentals and pricing mechanisms
- Experience producing high-quality market analysis, research or trade intelligence
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to engage credibly with traders and senior stakeholders
- Exposure to analytics product development, data platforms or AI-driven analytical tools
- The ability to operate both strategically and hands-on within a growing business
Previous experience within a commodity trading house, price reporting agency, energy company or financial institution would be highly advantageous.
The role offers significant ownership, visibility and long-term progression, alongside the opportunity to genuinely shape the direction of a growing analytics function from the ground up.
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