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Head of Forecasting

Octopus Energy· Octopus Energy Trading
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Hybrid (China (CN))Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead the build-out of forecasting and asset optimisation analytics in a new East Asia market, covering forecasting price, generation and demand outturns. Start with pilot projects and scale to national, multi-province operations. Hybrid, full-time role requiring initial time at HQ before deployment in-country.

Responsibilities

  • - Get stuck in. This is a leadership role, but we’d expect you to spend most of your time coding at first: - Research fundamental data feeds - Identify and execute contracts with the best meteorology providers - Build generation forecasts for specific renewable plants (solar, wind or hydro) - Build system demand forecasts, how much demand, generation and interconnection will there be on the system at any given point in time - Combine the volume forecasts to generate price forecasts at varying time points, critically day-ahead and real time.
  • - Ensure detailed understanding of real time price formulae and seek close replication in our processes
  • - Quickly understand the requirements, identify optimal resource for a lean and efficient team, and lead recruitment of a high quality team
  • - Designing a modular forecasting engine that can quickly adapt to different provincial market rules, ancillary service requirements, and varying price signals
  • - Set and communicate the strategic direction for the software
  • - Utilise LLM models for efficient development. Potential opportunity to partner with Anthropic or similar for case study project
  • - Ensure (with necessary support) that we are acting in accordance with local data security standards
  • - Propose and implement the desired tech stack, likely hosted on AliCloud.
  • - Be a strong example of Octopus culture and work closely with Octopus and partner teams

Qualifications

  • - Experience building and leading high performing data science and analytics teams
  • - Experience with sophisticated machine learning techniques
  • - Full stack to be defined (and you’ll have the chance to influence) but proficiency with Python and SQL is vital
  • - Experience managing complex data pipelines and visualisation suites
  • - Excellent communication skills to relay complicated concepts in a way that everyone can understand
  • - Openness to moving to an East Asian market
  • - Prior experience in energy markets preferred
  • - Speaking both English and Mandarin advantageous but not essential

Skills

Required:Data science leadershipMachine learningPythonSQLData pipelines & visualizationCommunication
Nice to have:English and Mandarin

Benefits

  • - Salary is flexible and discussed on call with recruiter
  • - Unique culture with autonomy and co-ownership
  • - Recognitions such as being named top UK company to work for and senior leadership awards
  • - Additional perks and support as part of Octopus Energy Group culture
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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