VP, Global Grid Modeling

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the global data and insights strategy, aligning regional execution with company-wide priorities and long-term growth objectives.
• Build, lead, and inspire a global organization of data, modelling, and analytics professionals across multiple regions.
• Establish a high-performance culture that promotes innovation, accountability, and continuous development.
• Partner with executive stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Insights, and Go-to-Market to ensure alignment and impact.
• Drive investment decisions, resource allocation, and organizational design to scale global data capabilities.
• Oversee the global development, standardisation, and delivery of simulation-ready datasets within PLEXOS.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and scalability of datasets across regions, maintaining best-in-class quality standards.
• Champion the adoption of advanced technologies, including AI/ML, to enhance modelling capability and data efficiency.
• Guide the evolution of datasets across electricity, gas, hydrogen, and emerging energy sectors, incorporating decarbonisation trends and market innovation.
• Collaborate closely with Product teams to integrate data seamlessly into platform features, Insights, and Playbook offerings.
• Establish and enforce global data governance frameworks, standards, and validation processes.
• Ensure data integrity, reliability, and compliance across all markets and datasets.
• Drive continuous improvement in data pipelines, tooling, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• Engage with key global customers and partners to understand evolving modelling and forecasting needs.
• Translate customer requirements into strategic data roadmaps and product enhancements.
• Support commercial teams in high-impact engagements, including executive briefings, proposals, and strategic deals.

Key Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in data, modelling, analytics, or related functions within the energy, utilities, or technology sectors, including significant leadership at a regional or global level.
• Proven track record of leading and scaling high-performing, geographically distributed teams, with the ability to influence through multiple layers of leadership.
• Deep expertise in global energy markets, including electricity, gas, and emerging sectors such as hydrogen and renewables, with strong understanding of market dynamics, trading structures, and regulatory environments.
• Demonstrated experience in energy market modelling, ideally with PLEXOS or comparable simulation platforms, and strong knowledge of supply/demand fundamentals, capacity planning, and price formation.
• Strong strategic capability with experience defining and executing global data strategies, including governance, standardisation, and operational scaling.
• Experience driving data innovation, including the application of AI/ML, automation, and advanced analytics to improve data quality, efficiency, and insight generation.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with experience partnering at executive level internally and with customers.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to translate customer needs into scalable data products and support revenue growth initiatives.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to represent the organisation externally as a thought leader in energy data and analytics.
• Degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy Systems, Data Science, or a related discipline