Senior Manager - Power Market Expert Iberia

About Baringa 

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

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Our market leading Power and Low Carbon Solutions (PLCS) team is looking to hire a Senior Manager to support the growth of our market and commercial advisory offering in Madrid.   

You will be joining our dynamic and growing Power and Low Carbon Solutions practice in Madrid. We work with a range of clients from across the energy value chain, covering utilities, oil & gas cos, network companies, commodities traders, industrials, and institutional investors; to help them successfully navigate the energy transition. Baringa is differentiated through its ability to leverage our fundamental understanding of market, technical, commercial, and regulatory drivers of value and risk to help clients develop projects, deploy capital, or launch new products and services that help decarbonize our economy.  

The professionalism of our individuals, the partnership approach to engagement, and the comprehensive package have created a truly unique consultancy. We believe in genuine partnerships and create client relationships, driven by results. If you want to be part of this entrepreneurial environment and want to help make a difference to our business, your opportunity is now! 

What you will be doing

Our power market advisory team gives our clients an unparalleled combination of energy market expertise and commercial insight. You will be working at the forefront of the energy sector alongside market specialists with deep industry knowledge where you will be able to deploy and then broaden your skillset and sector expertise, and impact in: 

• Strategic Leadership: You will spearhead our new office in Madrid, engaging with top-tier clients across utilities, IPPs, developers, integrated energy companies, financial investors, and lenders. As a key member of our senior leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in driving growth and shaping the future of our advisory business in Spain and Portugal. 
• Client Engagement: You will build and nurture relationships with key clients, delivering high-impact engagements. Your work will encompass power market fundamentals, transaction and investment advisory, investment or development strategy, commercial optimization, Route-to-Market, Market access and Flexible assets monetization across the power markets.  
• Business Development: Together with the Leadership Team, you will drive business development initiatives, enhance our brand presence and identify new opportunities. Your efforts will result in compelling proposals, new offerings and successful client engagements.  
• Innovation and Excellence: You will lead the development of innovative IP and modeling capabilities, ensuring we remain at the forefront of market-leading investment and strategic advice.  
• Team Leadership: You will mentor and develop our junior team in Madrid, identifying and addressing capability gaps and recruitment needs to build a high-performing team. Furthermore, you will work closely with our global team, leading and supporting cross geographic engagements as required.   

 
Your skills and experience 
 

We are looking for candidates experienced in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal) to join our industry-leading Power Market Advisory Team. You will be well versed in the fundamentals of Iberian wholesale electricity markets and ideally a Management Consulting background. Detailed experience in the analysis of Flexible Energy Resources, such as storage, will be a plus.
The ideal candidates will have experience +10Y experience in the following: 

• Demonstrated background as market and commercial advisor in the Iberian power market, encompassing among others: 
  • Fundamental understanding of the Power and Low Carbon space and key value drivers, with analytical skills applied to wholesale electricity market fundamentals and market modelling. 
  • Experience in assessing value across one or multiple asset types in the power generation sector, from renewables to gas to storage assets. 
  • Experience in commercial structures, assessing routes to market for power generation assets, and designing business models in energy markets. 
• Demonstrated project management, business acumen, analytical capabilities, and excellence in people management and career development.  
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide clear recommendations on key value drivers in transactions, risks, and upsides.
• Proven track record in building strong business relationships with key industry players and clients. Ability to drive business development initiatives, enhance our brand presence and identify new opportunities.   
• Flexibility and ability to manage different priorities within a fast-paced environment.  
• Collaboration: We value a strong team culture. We expect the successful candidate to lead by example and actively contribute to creating an engaging, collaborative environment in the office.
• Essential: advanced (C1) language skills in Spanish and English; additional languages are a plus. 

 

What a career at Baringa will give you 

Putting People First.

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include: 

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service. 

• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave. 

• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us. 

• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice. 

• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. 

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. 

Using business as a force for good. 

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. 

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

 

 

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

 

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