Consulting Director - Energy & Commodity Trading

About Indicium AI

Indicium AI is trusted by the world’s leading enterprises to deliver AI into production at scale. We are a global AI-native consultancy with proven experience across Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG, and Manufacturing. From strategy, to build, to business outcomes, we unlock value from AI with unmatched clarity, speed, and capability.

Powered by 600+ AI experts serving 50+ enterprise clients from 5 global locations, we work side-by-side with top partners, including Anthropic, Databricks, AWS, OpenAI, and Microsoft, to deliver modern AI with speed and measurable impact.

The Opportunity

Ready to tackle the most complex challenges in energy trading? As Consulting Director – Energy & Commodities Trading, you will sit at the intersection of deep domain expertise, client leadership, and AI-powered delivery. You will be the primary face of Indicium AI to our most strategic energy trading clients, responsible for ensuring they achieve measurable business outcomes, while identifying opportunities to grow relationships and expand the scope of our work.

This role requires someone equally comfortable advising a Head of Trading on market structure evolution as they are shaping an end-to-end solution architecture or guiding a cross-functional delivery team. You will oversee engagements from early solution shaping through to production delivery, ensuring our work delivers tangible value and positions Indicium AI as a long-term strategic partner.

This isn’t a typical consulting role. You’ll have the autonomy of a high-growth company while working on enterprise-scale challenges, going from whiteboard sessions with CTOs in the morning to hands-on solution design in the afternoon, all while building a consulting practice that will define the industry’s next chapter.

Key Responsibilities:

Client Engagement & Strategic Leadership

Act as the primary relationship owner for strategic energy trading engagements, maintaining executive-level relationships with CTOs, Heads of Trading, Risk Directors, and other senior stakeholders throughout project lifecycles

Partner with senior client stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into actionable solution roadmaps that deliver measurable outcomes

Develop compelling business cases that demonstrate ROI and value creation for trading solution investments

Support account growth by identifying opportunities to expand scope and deepen client relationships over time

Lead client workshops and design sessions to define and refine complex trading solution requirements across multiple energy commodities — power, gas, oil, and renewables

Drive thought leadership discussions on industry trends, market structure evolution, and technology adoption strategies in energy and commodity markets

Facilitate cross-functional stakeholder alignment between Trading, Risk, Operations, IT, and Regulatory teams

Solution Design & Requirements Management

Lead requirements gathering for Front, Middle, and Back Office use cases and shape Indicium AI’s approach to building bespoke solutions for these challenges

Design end-to-end solutions that address complex trading workflows across multiple parts of the business

Establish clear success criteria and KPIs for solution delivery, ensuring alignment with client business objectives

Delivery Oversight & Practice Development

Oversee end-to-end delivery across strategic client engagements to ensure consistent business impact and on-time, on-budget execution

Coach and coordinate cross-functional teams including data engineers, software developers, quantitative analysts, and business stakeholders

Monitor delivery health, identify risks early, and implement mitigation strategies across workstreams

Promote reuse of Indicium AI frameworks, accelerators, and proven delivery methodologies across engagements

Ensure effective resource allocation across projects and drive knowledge sharing to improve scalability and efficiency

Support development of the wider Energy and Commodity Trading consulting practice through coaching, mentoring, and contribution to Indicium AI’s thought leadership and go-to-market proposition

Required Experience & Expertise:

Energy Trading Domain Knowledge

Energy or Commodity Trading: 5+ years of experience in energy or commodity trading environments with deep understanding of multiple commodities: power, gas, oil, and/or renewable energy either on client-side or working with such organisations via a consultancy

Trading Systems: Hands-on experience with ETRM platforms (Endur, Allegro, Brady, Eka, etc.) and how they fit into trading architectures

Risk Management: Understanding of energy trading risks including market, credit, operational, and regulatory risks, and how they flow through trading operations

Physical and Financial: Experience with both physical commodity flows and financial derivative instruments, including basis trading and asset-backed strategies

Consulting & Client Management

Consulting Background: 5+ years in consulting, preferably with Big 4 or specialist energy consulting practices

Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of managing C-level and senior executive relationships in complex, high-stakes environments

Business Case Development: Demonstrated ability to build compelling financial and strategic business cases for technology investments

Commercial Acumen: Experience supporting account growth through identifying and shaping expansion opportunities within existing client relationships

Workshop Facilitation: Expert-level facilitation skills for requirements workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder alignment meetings

Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to board-level audiences

Delivery & Programme Management

Programme Leadership: Experience leading complex, multi-workstream delivery programmes (>£2M value) involving trading systems, data platforms, and analytics solutions

Cross-functional Leadership: Ability to lead diverse teams including business users, technologists, and external vendors without direct line authority

Agile Delivery: Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies and their practical application in enterprise consulting engagements

Change Management: Experience driving organisational change and user adoption in complex stakeholder environments

Why Indicium AI

We’re building a market-leading Energy consulting practice, this is a pivotal senior hire with real influence over practice direction, client selection, and how we deliver

Highly competitive salary package along with company bonus

Fast-growing AI-native consultancy with a clear path to practice leadership for the right person

A hugely collaborative working environment where every person’s viewpoint is considered, a chance to make your mark on the business from day one

Financially backed business meaning security and support for new initiatives and global market expansion

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