Director of Engineering - Energy & Commodities (Supply & Trading)

Publicis Sapient
London
1 month ago
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HybridCompany descriptionPublicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of the next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.OverviewThis is an excellent opportunity for a consultative engineering leader to join our UK business and assume a key role within the wider EMEA Publicis Sapient Energy & Commodities (E&C) business.Leveraging your industry and product expertise, you will act as a lead for client engagements, helping deliver innovative solutions in the energy & commodities trading space with a particular focus on the Energy and Commodities Supply and Trading sector.ResponsibilitiesYour ImpactKey contributor to developing and executing a differentiated technology strategy capability at Publicis SapientCreate a strong technology strategy related to our offerings and develop new businessDevelop adaptive IT strategies based on a deep understanding of our client's businessAssess the current state of technology organizations and their capabilities; produce value and outcome-based strategic roadmapsDesign and facilitate effective client workshops to accelerate current state understanding, identify opportunities, and build consensus across a broad set of business and IT stakeholdersLead and inspire global technology teams to deliver best-of-breed solutions and provide valuable energy & commodities trading industry expertise to Publicis Sapient Technology teams. Lead the design, planning, and implementation of complex IT solutionsUnlock the value of energy & commodities clients' data for their organization together with AI, machine learning, and analytics teamsDeliver disruptive technology transformation that will help clients make the transition into the renewable and sustainable energy spaceQualificationsYour Skills & ExperienceTechnologyExperience working as a technology leader within the industry, a technology advisor as a consultant, and/or an engineering or technical architecture roleExtensive experience in leading architecture, design and delivery of modern Data and Cloud Technology solutionsExperienced in creating large-scale architectures, estimating costs, managing dependencies and complexitiesDemonstrated ability to work across internal organizations to cast, pitch, and sell deals with relevant subject matter expertiseAbility to translate the client's business requirements into systems design, provide leadership and set technical direction to large project teamsProvide technical leadership for the services provided for projects using ETRM productsStrong understanding of one or more specialist solutions in the energy & commodities trading space, preferably EndurStrong understanding of foundational technologies as well as specialist solutions in the energy & commodities trading space, across cloud, packaged solutions, platforms, integration/API, data technologies, DevOps, quality engineering, network and communications with deep craft skills in one or more areasBring a strong point of view on and understanding of build vs. buy, performance considerations, hosting, business intelligence, and reporting & analytics in the context of the energy & commodities domainBusiness & ConsultingStrong experience in energy & commodities trading domain. Experience in both physical and financial trading environments preferredExpertise applicable across Power, Gas, Oil, Coal, Emissions in exchange products (futures and options) and OTC products (swaps, swaptions, forwards)Ability to navigate a large organization and have the power of persuasion through content and confidenceStrong consultative skills with proven experience in interfacing with and advising senior stakeholders up to the C Level, appropriately increasing/decreasing the level of detail for the audienceAbility to drive the creation of proposals from a solution, architecture, estimation and plan standpointExperienced in leading scaled-up engineering teams of 30+ individuals and demonstrating excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skillsSet yourself apart withDemonstrated ability to lead clients and our teams through the entire transformation journey, from ideation to deliveryUnderstanding of energy upstream and downstream business functions (e.g. Power Generation, Renewables, Transmission, Distribution, R&D)Thought leadership experience e.g. writing blogs, creating PoV's, possessing knowledge of industry trends, attending/presenting in internal/external technical forums, mentorshipAdditional informationAs part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religionPublicis Sapient UK is a disability confident employer and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. We encourage individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions to apply for this position and we will provide adjustments where possible throughout the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments at any point on the process, please get in touch as soon as possible by emailing . Publicis Sapient UK will then work with you explore and implement adjustments as and where these are possible. If you have any questions regarding adjustments, please email us: Sapient fosters an inclusive environment through our inspirational business resource groups, to learn more please visithttps://careers.publicissapient.com/life-at-ps/diversity-inclusion

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