Consulting Director - Energy & Commodity Trading

About Indicium AI

Indicium AI is trusted by the world’s leading enterprises to deliver AI into production at scale. We are a global AI-native consultancy with proven experience across Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG, and Manufacturing. From strategy, to build, to business outcomes, we unlock value from AI with unmatched clarity, speed, and capability.

Powered by 600+ AI experts serving 50+ enterprise clients from 5 global locations, we work side-by-side with top partners, including Anthropic, Databricks, AWS, OpenAI, and Microsoft, to deliver modern AI with speed and measurable impact.

The Opportunity

Ready to tackle the most complex challenges in energy trading? As Consulting Director – Energy & Commodities Trading, you will sit at the intersection of deep domain expertise, client leadership, and AI-powered delivery. You will be the primary face of Indicium AI to our most strategic energy trading clients, responsible for ensuring they achieve measurable business outcomes, while identifying opportunities to grow relationships and expand the scope of our work.

This role requires someone equally comfortable advising a Head of Trading on market structure evolution as they are shaping an end-to-end solution architecture or guiding a cross-functional delivery team. You will oversee engagements from early solution shaping through to production delivery, ensuring our work delivers tangible value and positions Indicium AI as a long-term strategic partner.

This isn’t a typical consulting role. You’ll have the autonomy of a high-growth company while working on enterprise-scale challenges,  going from whiteboard sessions with CTOs in the morning to hands-on solution design in the afternoon, all while building a consulting practice that will define the industry’s next chapter.

Key Responsibilities:

Client Engagement & Strategic Leadership

• Act as the primary relationship owner for strategic energy trading engagements, maintaining executive-level relationships with CTOs, Heads of Trading, Risk Directors, and other senior stakeholders throughout project lifecycles
• Partner with senior client stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into actionable solution roadmaps that deliver measurable outcomes
• Develop compelling business cases that demonstrate ROI and value creation for trading solution investments
• Support account growth by identifying opportunities to expand scope and deepen client relationships over time
• Lead client workshops and design sessions to define and refine complex trading solution requirements across multiple energy commodities — power, gas, oil, and renewables
• Drive thought leadership discussions on industry trends, market structure evolution, and technology adoption strategies in energy and commodity markets
• Facilitate cross-functional stakeholder alignment between Trading, Risk, Operations, IT, and Regulatory teams

Solution Design & Requirements Management

• Lead requirements gathering for Front, Middle, and Back Office use cases and shape Indicium AI’s approach to building bespoke solutions for these challenges
• Design end-to-end solutions that address complex trading workflows across multiple parts of the business
• Establish clear success criteria and KPIs for solution delivery, ensuring alignment with client business objectives

Delivery Oversight & Practice Development

• Oversee end-to-end delivery across strategic client engagements to ensure consistent business impact and on-time, on-budget execution
• Coach and coordinate cross-functional teams including data engineers, software developers, quantitative analysts, and business stakeholders
• Monitor delivery health, identify risks early, and implement mitigation strategies across workstreams
• Promote reuse of Indicium AI frameworks, accelerators, and proven delivery methodologies across engagements
• Ensure effective resource allocation across projects and drive knowledge sharing to improve scalability and efficiency
• Support development of the wider Energy and Commodity Trading consulting practice through coaching, mentoring, and contribution to Indicium AI’s thought leadership and go-to-market proposition

Required Experience & Expertise:

Energy Trading Domain Knowledge

• Energy or Commodity Trading: 5+ years of experience in energy or commodity trading environments with deep understanding of multiple commodities: power, gas, oil, and/or renewable energy either on client-side or working with such organisations via a consultancy
• Trading Systems: Hands-on experience with ETRM platforms (Endur, Allegro, Brady, Eka, etc.) and how they fit into trading architectures
• Risk Management: Understanding of energy trading risks including market, credit, operational, and regulatory risks, and how they flow through trading operations
• Physical and Financial: Experience with both physical commodity flows and financial derivative instruments, including basis trading and asset-backed strategies

Consulting & Client Management

• Consulting Background: 5+ years in consulting, preferably with Big 4 or specialist energy consulting practices
• Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of managing C-level and senior executive relationships in complex, high-stakes environments
• Business Case Development: Demonstrated ability to build compelling financial and strategic business cases for technology investments
• Commercial Acumen: Experience supporting account growth through identifying and shaping expansion opportunities within existing client relationships
• Workshop Facilitation: Expert-level facilitation skills for requirements workshops, design sessions, and stakeholder alignment meetings
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to board-level audiences

Delivery & Programme Management

• Programme Leadership: Experience leading complex, multi-workstream delivery programmes (>£2M value) involving trading systems, data platforms, and analytics solutions
• Cross-functional Leadership: Ability to lead diverse teams including business users, technologists, and external vendors without direct line authority
• Agile Delivery: Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies and their practical application in enterprise consulting engagements
• Change Management: Experience driving organisational change and user adoption in complex stakeholder environments

Why Indicium AI

• We’re building a market-leading Energy consulting practice, this is a pivotal senior hire with real influence over practice direction, client selection, and how we deliver
• Highly competitive salary package along with company bonus 
• Fast-growing AI-native consultancy with a clear path to practice leadership for the right person
• A hugely collaborative working environment where every person’s viewpoint is considered, a chance to make your mark on the business from day one
• Financially backed business meaning security and support for new initiatives and global market expansion
• Pick your own Gear! Macbooks, PCs, Accessories!
• Drive your development with a personal learning budget