About Piclo

The climate crisis means that now, more than ever, we need to act. Here at Piclo, we believe we are not powerless against climate change and are focused on enabling the transition to a decarbonised future. Our team is on a mission to make our energy systems smart, flexible and sustainable.

We’re hiring a Staff Data and Market Analyst to work alongside our Policy and Market Analysis team in close collaboration with our Commercial and Production teams. This role will involve working with our cloud-based data warehouse and BI tooling, extracting and analysing product data and market insights to drive innovation and transformation in the energy sector.

Who we are looking for 

We’re looking for a Staff Data and Market Analyst to lead the organisation’s data and market analysis initiatives, driving strategic decision-making and providing advanced expertise on analytics, statistics, and modelling.

About you

Our ideal candidate meets many - but not necessarily all - of the below criteria:

• 8+ years of experience in a data analyst or data science role, with a degree relevant to data science, analysis or market research.
• Proven experience leading data analysis projects and teams.
• Proficiency with SQL, analysing data, and statistics.
• Strong understanding of BI tooling and data visualisation best practices.
• Advanced working knowledge of data processing in Python.
• Ability to understand and clearly articulate complex concepts and relationships in data to technical and non-technical team members alike.
• Comfortable working as the sole data expert in the organisation and able to drive initiatives independently.
• Experience with energy market analytics or influencing market design through data insights.
• Organised and capable of prioritising work and setting timelines while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communicator who can build relationships with teammates from different disciplines..
• Confident and well adept in communicating and collaborating with external clients.
• Fluent in English with high proficiency in technical English for reporting and documentation, even if it’s not your first language.

Also desirable:

• Demonstrate Piclo's values, including collaboration and adaptability. Have an open mind and be prepared to approach challenges differently.
• Experience using Tableau and Looker Studio
• Experience using the cloud (we use AWS).
• Experience in advanced statistical analysis and machine learning techniques.
• Motivated by Piclo’s mission to make our energy system smart, flexible and clean. 
• Naturally empathic and are always mindful of the humans who use and benefit from your work. 

About the role

This role is responsible for leading the data and market analysis efforts across the business, directly contributing to Piclo’s mission to decarbonise the world’s grids. The Staff Data and Market Analyst will:

• Empowering stakeholders with data-driven insights by leading complex data analysis projects and optimising data strategies.
• Collaborate with commercial and production teams, to identify data needs and present complex data insights and analyses in a clear and concise manner.
• Guide departments in understanding user behaviours, product impacts, market trends, and operational efficiencies.
• Enhance data-driven decision-making by driving initiatives that  optimise data quality, and governance practices.
• Oversee collection, analysis, and interpretation of both internal product data and external market data to generate actionable insights.
• Create and maintain advanced dashboards, reports, and visualisations to effectively communicate findings.
• Conduct in-depth analysis to understand the energy market landscapes, industry position, and market trends.
• Prepare reports and case studies with commercial teams to influence market design user data and market trends.
• Develop and implement data collection systems and strategies to ensure data quality, integrity, and adherence to data governance policies.
• Manage and develop public data provisions and data analysis services.
• Mentor colleagues and promote the use of data across the organisation.

What we can offer 

• £80-90k, with the ability to participate in the success of the company through its share option scheme
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
• 35 hour week - with flexible working hours (within core business hours)
• Hybrid working - with occasional team days in our London office.
• Life Assurance, Income Protection and private Healthcare with Vitality (medical history disregarded)
• A super welcoming, supportive, collaborative and transparent culture. 

Who we are

Piclo’s mission is to decarbonise the grid.  We are an independent marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources (DER).   Our software solutions help these batteries, electric vehicles, homes and offices to sell their flexibility to electricity grid operators.  And we help these grid and system operators create new markets through which to buy that flexibility. 

To date, Piclo has over 300,000 registered flexible assets representing 22 GW of registered flex capacity, with flexibility contracts awarded totalling £74m and 2.6 GW+ of flexible capacity procured.

Piclo currently operates globally, with current markets in the UK, Europe (Ireland,  Italy, Portugal), the United States, and Australia - with ambitions to expand further.

We know “flexibility” can be quite complex to understand at first, here’s a short video that explains “what are flexibility services?”

Inclusivity

Our team welcomes everyone to work together on our mission. We are all in this together after all. We don’t believe that anyone should be discriminated against for any reason, be that age, nationality, gender, race, sexual preferences, religious beliefs, political leanings or disabilities. We welcome diversity among our colleagues and see it as important that everyone is supported and comfortable working with us. Piclo is expanding internationally, so English doesn’t have to be your first language, but we would like you to be fluent.

How to apply and interview process

To apply, email [email protected] with ‘Staff Data and Market Analyst’ in the subject line (or click the Apply button below) and tell us about your skills and experience, and why you think you’d be a good fit for this role. 

Please include either a copy of your CV, the URLs for any personal site or Linkedin profile, as well as URLs to any relevant public repositories that might support your application. Please note that, at this stage, we’re more interested in hearing why you think you’re a good match for us and the role. 

We conduct interviews in three stages

1. Introductory call: we’ll invite you for a short video call to discuss your experience and what you’re looking for in your next role. 
2. Challenge: If successful, applicants will be invited to complete a challenge relevant to the skills required in your role
3. Final interview: if successful, applicants will then be invited to a final, in-depth interview and collaboration session to meet additional members of the team.

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