Senior Analyst – Digital/Commercial Relationship

The Senior Analyst – Digital/Commercial Relationship

will serve as a key liaison between the AES Clean Energy Digital Team and the Commercial Team, supporting the Digital/Commercial Business Relationship Manager (BRM). This role is responsible for capturing, analyzing, and prioritizing digital demands from commercial stakeholders, with a strong focus on enabling growth, efficiency, and innovation in the energy markets sector.

The Analyst will be instrumental in advising AES CE Commercial stakeholders, shaping high-level digital requirements, building initial business cases, and ensuring that digital initiatives align with global corporate guidelines. This role will also work hands-on with systems such as Salesforce, Allegro, and other energy market platforms, ensuring optimal use and integration to support commercial goals.

Key Responsibilities

- Commercial Partnership & Demand Management

- Conduct workshops with the commercial team to deeply understand business needs, market dynamics, and operational challenges.

- Serve as the voice of the commercial customer within the digital organization, ensuring their priorities are understood and addressed.

- Translate business requirements into high-level digital solutions, aligned with AES Clean Energy’s strategic objectives.

- Digital Solution Development & Delivery

- Develop business cases, solution roadmaps, and proof-of-concept pilots for new technologies.

- Identify and evaluate market solutions, leveraging tools like Salesforce and Allegro to enhance commercial workflows and decision-making.

- Ensure energy market system enhancements meet business expectations and regulatory requirements.

- Project & Agile Delivery Management

- Apply Agile methodologies to plan, execute, and deliver digital initiatives, working closely with cross-functional teams.

- Collaborate with corporate IT and external vendors to implement, test, and roll out new platforms or features.

- Drive continuous improvement through feedback loops, retrospectives, and performance reviews.

- Training, Adoption & Support

- Provide training to commercial teams to enhance adoption of technology and foster a digital-first mindset.

- Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate resolutions with technical teams.

- Monitor and ensure the quality of digital services delivered to the Commercial team.

Required Skills & Experience

- Strong understanding of energy markets, commercial operations, and trading/scheduling processes.

- Experience with Salesforce CRM and Allegro ETRM platforms, with the ability to advise on best practices and enhancements.

- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology for delivering digital projects.

- Experience developing business cases, project roadmaps, and proof-of-concept evaluations.

- Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to liaise between business and technical stakeholders.

- Ability to build credibility and trust with commercial leaders.

- Strong communication and presentation skills, able to convey technical concepts in business terms.

- Skilled in conflict resolution, stakeholder alignment, and collaborative problem-solving.

- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

This is a hybrid role based in Houston, Texas, requiring close collaboration with both on-site commercial teams and corporate/global digital teams. The Analyst will be a key enabler of commercial growth through digital innovation, ensuring AES Clean Energy remains competitive in the evolving energy marketplace.