Sr. Manager, Energy Market Analytics & Forecasting

Antora builds and deploys thermal energy storage to power always-on industrial operations and data centers with low-cost energy. They are seeking a senior analytics manager to own long-term power market economics, including forecasts, models, and market strategies that support project origination, structuring, and financing.

Responsibilities:

• Own long-term LMP forecasts for power projects and power-to-heat projects; maintain Antora’s house view on power price trends, charging costs, and arbitrage value across priority markets
• Lead ELCC modeling across ISOs and own Antora’s position on capacity value for thermal storage—including how that value evolves as market rules and resource mixes change
• Develop and maintain views on ancillary services participation and value for Antora’s technology across market structures
• Build and maintain analytical models or manage external consultants or other internal team members to build models that inform project valuation, deal structuring, and product design; This includes production cost models, capacity expansion models, and ELCC models
• Develop market participation strategies across ISOs: capacity accreditation, ancillary services qualification, energy market positioning
• Track and model the implications of changes to energy, capacity, and ancillary services market rules across priority ISOs
• Identify and prioritize prospective projects and interconnection positions based on market fundamentals and Antora’s competitive positioning
• Inform Antora’s battery product design and requirements to maximize market value—translating market signals into what we should build and how we should operate
• Represent Antora’s views internally and externally on capacity value, energy value, and technology economics to data center operators, utilities, and project financiers
• Represent Antora’s views internally and externally on charging costs and energy economics for power-to-heat projects to project financiers and industrial customers
• Build and maintain the modeling guidance and benchmarking toolkit that helps external stakeholders model thermal storage correctly
• Equip the origination team with market-specific analytics, models, and competitive positioning
• Direct data scientist and software engineer peers: set priorities, define what to build, and identify where automation and tooling eliminate manual analysis
• Manage relationships with forecast vendors, power market consultants, and third-party study collaborators
• Codify market rules, modeling guidance, and analytical heuristics into structured, reusable knowledge that makes the team’s expertise durable and scalable

Requirements:

• 7 - 10+ years in energy markets with substantial depth in power market analytics and energy storage dispatch, including experience with operating assets and/or virtual bidding in wholesale electricity markets
• Deep familiarity with ISO market structures: capacity accreditation, ancillary services, energy markets across at least two of PJM, MISO, or SPP
• Hands-on experience with LMP forecasting and production cost or capacity expansion tools (Encompass, Plexos, Aurora, PROMOD)
• Experience producing and defending market views or technology economics to sophisticated counterparties: energy traders, utilities, data center operators, financiers, or regulators
• Proficient in Python and SQL for prototyping and analysis; experienced enough to direct engineers when building at scale
• Experience managing forecast vendors, market consultants, or third-party study processes
• Comfortable with AI and automation tools as part of an analytical workflow
• Strong communicator who moves fluently between technical, commercial, and financial audiences
• Background in battery dispatch optimization, storage development, or auto-bidding systems
• Experience in ELCC or Capacity value modeling
• Experience with thermal storage, long-duration storage, or flexible load commercial structures
• European (GB, Nordic, continental) or Australian (NEM) electricity market experience
• ERCOT, CAISO, or Western interconnect experience
• Familiarity with industrial energy economics, combined heat-and-power projects, or behind-the-meter storage evaluation