Portfolio Management Lead

Company Description

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story

At Contact, we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power, mobile, and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we https://maoridictionary.co.nz.mcas.ms/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=mahi&McasTsid=20892&McasCSRF=3a218dea5b15e986aa0435579e35bb9b8e0d999ecefb1f9335d5ebf4da09a7b4" rel="noopener noreferrer">mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. Guided by our https://maoridictionary.co.nz.mcas.ms/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=tikanga&McasTsid=20892&McasCSRF=3a218dea5b15e986aa0435579e35bb9b8e0d999ecefb1f9335d5ebf4da09a7b4" rel="noopener noreferrer">tikanga, we’re a team who care deeply about the work we do, how we support one another, and the impact we have. Simply put, we touch lives to make life better.

There’s never been a more interesting time to be part of New Zealand’s energy future.

Within Contact’s Wholesale Market team, the Market Strategy & Portfolio team sits at the centre of some of the most important decisions in our business. It’s where market signals, asset performance, fuel supply, risk, and commercial strategy come together to help shape how Contact responds in an increasingly dynamic energy environment. The team plays a critical role in making sure the right decisions are made at the right time, balancing commercial opportunities with the responsibility that comes with powering homes, businesses, and communities across Aotearoa.

This newly created Portfolio Management Lead role is an exciting opportunity to help define what great looks like. You’ll join a highly capable team, work alongside experts across trading, generation, fuels, operations and strategy, and have a genuine influence on how Contact optimises its portfolio and delivers value in the market.

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role

As Portfolio Management Lead, you’ll be responsible for shaping and guiding Contact’s portfolio strategy across real-time, short-term, and mid-term horizons. Your focus will be on bringing together market insights, asset information, fuel considerations, and risk perspectives to make smart commercial decisions that optimise portfolio performance.

Based in Wellington, day to day you’ll:

• Develop and lead portfolio strategies that maximise value while balancing risk and compliance requirements.
• Provide clear direction and decision-making frameworks that help trading teams respond confidently to changing market conditions.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities, making recommendations on portfolio positioning, hedging, and operational trade-offs.
• Integrate electricity, gas, fuel, asset, and operational considerations into a cohesive portfolio strategy.
• Partner closely with generation sites, operational stakeholders, analysts, and other specialists to ensure decisions are informed, aligned, and effective.
• Monitor portfolio performance, understand what is driving outcomes, and use those insights to continuously improve how work gets done.
• Support critical reporting and compliance obligations across the energy market.

This is a role for someone who enjoys connecting the dots between strategy and execution. You’ll have the opportunity to influence decisions with real commercial impact while helping create stronger ways of working for the future.

Qualifications

Ko   wai   koe   | About You

You might already be working in electricity or gas markets, portfolio management, trading, market analytics, commercial strategy, or a related field. Most importantly, you enjoy solving complex problems, making sense of uncertainty, and helping people make better decisions.

To be successful in this role, you'll likely bring:

• Experience in electricity and/or gas markets, ideally within trading, portfolio management, strategy, or a similar commercial environment.
• A strong understanding of how energy markets work and how market dynamics influence commercial decisions.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with complex information, scenarios, and competing priorities.
• Commercial judgement, risk awareness, and an ability to make sound decisions when information is incomplete or conditions are changing.
• The ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes across a wide range of stakeholders.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience optimising portfolio performance across multiple time horizons.
• Knowledge of gas trading, fuel portfolio management, Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs), or related market mechanisms.
• Experience leading work through others by coaching, setting priorities, or providing technical guidance.
• A background in operationally complex or time-critical environments.

Just as important as your experience is how you approach your work. You’re curious, commercially minded, and comfortable navigating complexity. You bring a calm, considered approach when things move quickly, enjoy working collaboratively, and naturally look for better ways of doing things. You’re someone who balances big-picture thinking with practical action, and you genuinely enjoy helping others succeed alongside you.

Additional Information

If you’re looking for a senior role where you can make a difference, grow your career, and be part of a supportive, future-ready team, we’d love to hear from you.

We support flexible working where it works for the individual, the team and the business. Our main Wholesale Market hub is in Wellington and this role is best suited to someone who can work flexibly from this location to enable strong in-person connection and collaboration. While we do have other sites throughout Aotearoa, proximity to Wellington is important for this role.

Contact is not a place you’ll stagnate. We’re growing, evolving, and investing in our people. We also offer a https://contact.co.nz.mcas.ms/about-us/careers/life-at-contact?McasTsid=20892&McasCSRF=fa99aaa0370376d22c20fd6e6dda4d3e546c2f845350096a9ea84294c6a3c87b" rel="noopener noreferrer">bunch of other perks like free health insurance cover, boosted KiwiSaver, access to Contact Shares, a ‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, a trail-blazing parental leave policy, twice yearly payments towards our products if you’re a Contact customer, and more!

Applications close on Monday 20 July. But just like peak demand, great talent surges early, so if this role sparks your interest, power up your application now!

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko), we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand, ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical, mental, financial and emotional wellbeing – including flexible working arrangements, employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko, we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age, stage, background, and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.