We’re looking for a Flexibility Market Design Manager to join the Market Design team at Elexon on a permanent basis.
In this role, you’ll lead Elexon’s Flexibility Market Design capability, supporting the successful delivery of the Market Facilitator programme and the future development of flexibility markets across Great Britain. You’ll combine technical market expertise with team leadership, managing a team of flexibility market specialists while providing strategic and technical guidance on market design, governance, and industry change.
Working closely with senior stakeholders across Elexon, Ofgem, System Operators, and Flexibility Service Providers, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of flexibility markets and ensuring Elexon delivers its Market Facilitator objectives.
What you’ll do:
Lead and manage a team of Flexibility Market Design Advisors, supporting performance, development, and wellbeing
Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise across Market Facilitator workstreams
Lead and oversee flexibility market design, analysis, and change activities
Support delivery of the Market Facilitator Delivery Plan, ensuring resources are aligned to priorities
Develop and assess options to address flexibility market issues and industry challenges
Provide SME support on the design, assessment, and implementation of Flexibility Market Rules
Create and present briefings, reports, papers, and recommendations for internal and external stakeholders
Engage with industry stakeholders, regulators, and market participants to influence and support market development
Coordinate strategic responses to industry consultations and government reviews
Drive continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and business excellence across the team
Support the development of Elexon’s wider flexibility strategy and market design capability
What you’ll bring:
Strong knowledge of flexibility markets, systems, and market processes
Experience leading or managing technical, policy, or market design teams
Ability to provide technical leadership and strategic direction across complex workstreams
Experience analysing and developing solutions to market, regulatory, or operational challenges
Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence internal and external audiences
Experience working across multiple teams, functions, and stakeholder groups
Strong presentation and communication skills, including presenting to senior stakeholders
Experience managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes through others
Knowledge of energy market arrangements, governance, and industry change
Experience with business analysis, market analysis, or policy development
Understanding of Flexibility Market Rules, Market Facilitator arrangements, or industry codes (desirable)
Knowledge of government energy policy or wider energy sector developments (desirable)
What’s in it for you:
Competitive Salary
Excellent benefits including bonus, private medical insurance and generous pension scheme
The opportunity to work within a thriving organisation which can support your growth and development
We operate a hybrid working approach with 2 days in our London office
Our culture
We believe a diverse and inclusive culture allows innovation and creativity to flourish. We are committed to continuously improving our culture for our colleagues and stakeholders. Through our hugely successful Diversity Forum, Mental Health First Aid network and regular programme of activities and events, we celebrate difference and recognise the value of employee wellbeing, which is a consistent outcome from annual employee surveys that we conduct. Likewise, as a community, we like to support each other, and all agree Elexon is a great place to work with a great workspace too!
At Elexon, we want to:
Provide true equality of opportunity
Attract and retain diverse talent
Listen to all voices
Be representative of the communities we work in
Be a role model for Diversity and Inclusion in the industry
Elexon together, embracing differences, listening to all voices
Ready to make an impact? Join us and help shape the future of energy services.
