Senior Energy Supply Procurement Originator

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Summary

Leads commercial origination and acquisition of utility-scale energy and capacity and transmission resources to advance PGE’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), reliability, affordability, and clean energy objectives. This role is accountable for structuring, negotiating, and closing complex transactions—including PPAs, Storage Capacity Agreements (SCAs), tolling arrangements, Build-Transfer Agreements (BTAs), and other hybrid commercial constructs—for wind, solar, storage, firming, and transmission resources. The position operates at the intersection of commercial strategy, resource planning, regulatory strategy, transmission development, and finance, translating portfolio needs into executable transactions that balance customer price impacts, risk allocation, and regulatory recoverability.

Key Responsibilities

- Energy/Risk Management Products and Strategies Designs, markets and implements structured energy and risk management products and strategies to reduce costs, optimize assets and reduce risks associated with PGE's resource portfolio and wholesale market activities; ensures risks and benefits of structured products are identified, priced and allocated.

- New Energy Resources Contracting Evaluates and negotiates transactions to acquire new energy resources, contracts and infrastructure; supports the competitive bidding process and other procurement activities to acquire long-term resources; ensures that contract terms and conditions meet PGE's commercial, operational and risk-mitigation requirements.

- Market Analysis Identifies and assesses potential changing market dynamics or fundamental drivers that could impact price or availability of fuel and related assets.

- Outbound Marketing Conducts outbound marketing to develop positive commercial relationships and opportunities with counterparties in the wholesale energy markets; identifies opportunities for bilateral partnerships, contracts and asset transactions.

- External Relations Represents PGE in the wholesale markets; participates in industry forums and conferences; represents PGE’s interests in regulatory and rate case proceedings.

Education/Experience/Certifications

- Education Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, computer science, mathematics, engineering or other related field or equivalent experience. An MBA or MS in finance, economics or related financial discipline preferred.

- Experience Typically eight or more years in the energy industry or related field and/or related experience working autonomously making decisions in outbound facing tasks and delivering outcomes.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

Functional Competencies

- Intermediate knowledge of financial concepts, including options, swaps, futures, forward contracts and asset valuation methods

- Intermediate financial and risk modeling skills

- Intermediate skills in analyzing energy market conditions or trends

- Intermediate skills in promoting and selling products and services, including marketing strategy and tactics

- Intermediate skills in negotiating contracts

- Intermediate knowledge of financial concepts, including options, swaps, futures, forward contracts and asset valuation methods

- Intermediate entrepreneurial skills

- Intermediate financial and risk modeling skills

General Competencies

- Intermediate analytical thinking skills

- Intermediate business acumen

- Intermediate creativity and innovation skills

- Intermediate diplomacy skills

- Intermediate organization and prioritization skills

- Intermediate presentation/facilitation skills

- Intermediate problem-solving skills

- Intermediate risk management skills

- Intermediate written and oral presentation skills

Physical and Cognitive Demands

Cognitive

- Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks

- Ability to follow accuracy standards

- Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks

- Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment

- Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress

- Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change

- Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement

- Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks

- Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization Demonstrates sound memory

- Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance

- Ability to work long hours

- Ability to work a variable schedule

- Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Physical Capabilities

- Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)

- Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)

- Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)

Environment

Office – 3 days in office

Compensation Range:

$118,725.00 - $197,875.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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or by calling 503-464-7250. The Recruiter will provide information and next steps for the accommodation process.

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