(Senior) Associate – Energy Markets & Business Development (Railway Power & PPAs)

Our mission for you

European energy costs are 2x compared to US and China. Electricity demand is expected to double by 2050. Market price volatility & complexity are here to stay. The backbone of Europe's industrial economy is at risk - and companies need to act now.

trawa is building the solution: the first integrated B2B energy platform that orchestrates procurement, energy management, and flexibility steering in one product. Supply, Manage, Flex - combined. That integration unlocks up to 30% in recurring electricity cost savings - all while helping companies switch to renewable energy.

We're the fastest-growing B2B energy platform in Europe. Active in Germany and Austria now, and expanding operations to a third market in 2027. We're on the road to European scale and move fast - the market window is open and we intend to own it.

About trawa

trawa is a scale-up based in Berlin with ~100 FTE, ~30 of whom work in Product & Tech. We've raised over €35M to date, including a €24M Series A in May 2025, backed by Balderton, Headline, Speedinvest, AENU, Magnetic, and Tiny VC. All three founders are on board and 100% committed to build the utility of the future.

We're looking for a (Senior) Associate – Energy Markets & Business Development (Railway Power & PPAs) to own an important part of our energy value chain. You'll report directly to our Energy Operations Manager with close collaboration with the COO and Trading Team. You'll shape the product that makes European industry competitive again - and you'll do it at pace. This role is based in Berlin. trawa is an "office first" company, which means you will work from the office typically five days per week.

The Team

You'll join our Energy Operations team, which owns the energy side of our business - from sourcing and portfolio management to making sure our customers' energy products work in practice. You'll work hand in hand with our Trading Team as well as with Sales, Pricing, Product and Tech. You start without direct reports, but with a clear mandate: build and grow the business areas you own.

What you'll do

As (Senior) Associate – Energy Markets & Business Development, you combine a strong analytical mind with business building:

Build our railway power business: A significant share of our customers comes from the railway power (Bahnstrom) segment. You take ownership of this segment from a trading and energy perspective - you understand its specific market setup, improve how we forecast, source, price and supply railway power, and make us the go-to partner for these customers. You dig into how we currently predict our railway customers' energy demand and find ways to make these forecasts more accurate. You also build partnerships with IT service providers from the railway industry and with infrastructure operators.

Lead international railway expansion: You drive the expansion of our railway power offering into further European countries - you analyse market structures, regulation and commercial potential, and contribute your findings into a concrete go-to-market plan.

Expand our long-term product offering: Our customers buy long-term products from us, such as PPAs and Future/Forwards products. You develop our offering so we can provide more and better-fitting products to our customers.

Architect of the long-term trading process: You centralise and streamline the end-to-end process from pricing and offer creation to actual trade execution across Sales, Pricing, Trading and Operations - making it faster, more robust and scalable, and ultimately enabling a better product for our customers.

Bridge between trading and business: You work closely with our quant trading and data science team and turn their models and insights into processes and systems that work across teams and markets - so that pricing, risk and market insights reliably translate into better decisions and products for our customers.

Who we are looking for

Strong quantitative skills: You think analytically, feel at home with numbers and data and can confidently challenge quantitative results - without having to be a quant or developer yourself. Ideally, you have a degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g. economics, engineering, industrial engineering, business administration).