Senior Originator - German market

About the role

As Senior Commercial Originator Germany, you are GIGA Storage’s primary commercial face to the German energy market. You build and maintain strategic relationships with utilities, trading houses, grid operators, and all other key counterparties. You originate and close short and longterm agreements for the use of our battery storage portfolio. This role sits within our Energy Desk, which we are currently in the process of setting up, offering a unique opportunity to help shape and build this function from the ground up. 

In this role, you are responsible for shaping and executing the commercial strategy that maximizes the short and longterm value potential of our BESS assets. Operating at the heart of our Energy Desk, which is currently under development, you collaborate closely with portfolio management (quants and market analysts) and with contract management to convert market developments and commercial opportunities into concrete deals and lasting value creation.  

This is a senior, externally focused role where networking, deal-making and market insight come together. You initiate and guide RFP processes, challenge counterparties to achieve optimal outcomes and help define GIGA’s route-to-market strategy in Germany. With a strong pipeline of BESS projects, you play a key role in successfully commercializing our assets: you bring clarity to a complex market, select the right partners and ensure GIGA is seen as a trusted, asset-backed and professional player, even as a relative newcomer. While you do not sit on a trading desk yourself, your trading or origination background enables you to steer optimizers and trading partners effectively and focus on sustainable, long-term performance. At the same time, you actively contribute to the build-out of our Energy Desk, helping to shape its future direction alongside the broader team. 

Your key responsibilities 

• Act as GIGA Storage’s primary commercial interface to the German energy market, building and maintaining a strong network across utilities, trading houses, brokers, grid operators and other relevant counterparties. 

• Originate, negotiate and close short- and long-term commercial contracts for battery energy storage assets in Germany. 

• Lead route-to-market activities including RFPs, partner selection and counterparty negotiations, always challenging for the best commercial outcome. 

• Collaborate closely with NL en BE Originators, portfolio management and contract management to translate deals into performance, share market insights and continuously improve battery results. 

• Manage crossfunctional internal stakeholders and present wellstructured, commercial deal opportunities to the Management Board for approval. 

What we are looking for 

You are a commercially driven energy professional with deep roots in the German market and a strong external orientation. You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and feel comfortable taking full ownership in an international scale-up environment. 

• Native German speaker with fluent English. 

• Solid experience within the German energy market, ideally gained at a mid-to-large energy trading company or utility. 

• Proven commercial track record in origination, trading, riskmanagement or related roles, with demonstrable experience in closing contracts. 

• Strong negotiation skills and the confidence to challenge counterparties constructively. 

• A well-established network in the German energy ecosystem. 

• Seniority level typically aligned with 7 to 10 years of relevant experience. 

• Willingness to travel within Germany and occasionally to the Netherlands or Belgium. 

• You are entrepreneurial, proactive, comfortable working independently, and collaborative by nature. 

Why this role? 

• A key position in building GIGA Storage’s German Energy Desk on top of an already proven BESS platform in the Netherlands. 

• Direct impact on the commercialization of large-scale battery projects, backed by a large private investment company.  

• Use your trading and origination expertise within a stable company, without the pressure of a trading floor. 

• Significant room to shape strategy, partnerships and future team growth within an established yet fast-scaling organization. 

What GIGA offers you (beyond compensation) 

• The opportunity to help build and professionalize a centralized Energy Desk within a company that already operates large-scale battery assets and is now expanding structurally into Germany. 

• A pivotal role in scaling GIGA Storage’s German activities, starting from a solid foundation of operational projects in the Netherlands and a growing German pipeline. 

• High autonomy and visibility, with real influence on commercial strategy and long-term market positioning. 

• A collaborative, down-to-earth international team where decisions are made fast and your contribution is clearly felt. 

And compensation wise:  

• A competitive salary that matches the role and your experience. 

• Guaranteed end of year bonus of 7–9% of your yearly salary 

• 8% holiday allowance (extra month) 

• A performance-based bonus plan of (max) 20% of your yearly salary 

• A personal development budget of €750 per year 

• The flexibility to work partly from home 

• 28 vacation days 

• A laptop and telephone allowance 

• The employer provides a pension insurance for the employee.

👉 Ready to unlock the full potential of battery energy storage of Europe’s biggest BESS operator? Apply now and let’s talk.