​A leading global commodity trading organization is seeking an exceptional Commodity Risk Manager to join its Commodities Risk Management team, based in Denmark. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of a world-class commodity business by delivering a comprehensive and reliable view of overall commodity risk. As a strategic partner to the trading desks, the successful candidate will be expected to engage, challenge, and support the business in managing risk effectively.

The commodity division is one of the newest and fastest-growing profit centers within the organization, rapidly expanding its presence across global markets and enhancing both financial and physical trading capabilities.

This position will play a key role in advancing short-term physical gas and power strategies, while collaborating with a risk team that oversees the full spectrum of commodity markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Critically assess trading desk performance and risk allocation, grounded in a strong understanding of commodity markets and macroeconomic factors.

• Collaborate with investment teams, risk colleagues, and compliance to evaluate and communicate the risk-return profile of short-term physical trading strategies.

• Share commodity-specific risk insights with broader risk teams and integrate cross-commodity learnings.

• Deliver clear, balanced, and effective risk communications to senior management.

• Take a proactive, hands-on approach to all aspects of commodity risk management.

• Support the onboarding of new power and gas markets and products, establishing robust risk frameworks for physical assets, balancing services, and intraday exposures.
  

Qualifications & Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in trading, risk management, or operations related to short-term physical gas and power markets.

• Strong familiarity with European intraday power and gas trading, balancing risk, and high-frequency execution.

• In-depth knowledge of within-day gas, continuous intraday power, balancing products, security of supply, and other short-term strategies.

• Experience with physical asset transactions including storage, interconnector capacity, tolling agreements, and swing contracts.

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Excel is preferred.