Who We Are: At Northland, we're enablers of change, united by our journey to transform the energy sector into the foundation for a sustainable future. Since our inception, we've been early movers in the energy industry, adopting current initiatives that pave the way for communities across the globe and helping forge their path towards a carbon-neutral landscape. As developers, owners and operators who are at the forefront of the energy transition, we're uniquely positioned to leave a lasting impact in the regions where we operate. While our work powers communities across the globe, Northland is powered by our people. The Head of Market Intelligence & Analytics is accountable for building and leading Northland's enterprise market intelligence and analytics capabilities. The role establishes independent, decision-ready views of wholesale power and related commodity markets, translates those views into consistent commercial assumptions, and ensures those insights are applied across strategy, development, M&A;, financing, market operations, asset management and portfolio optimization. Establish scalable in-house forecasting and modelling capabilities, guide market analysts and technical resources, and determine where external specialists remain appropriate. Build a global centre of expertise that protects, optimises and sustainably grows the commercial value of Northland's contracted and merchant portfolio, while underpinning new development opportunities with rigorous market intelligence, forward curves, fundamental analysis, scenario modelling and asset-level commercial insight. The initial priority is to establish repeatable capabilities for core markets and then scale them across Northland's broader international portfolio.



The role is required to work in the Toronto office 4 days per week with one flexible day to work from home. Market Intelligence Lead the development of Northland's wholesale market strategy across relevant jurisdictions, identifying long-term trends, structural opportunities, downside risks and implications for capital allocation. Develop and maintain internal views on supply and demand evolution, market design, natural gas, carbon, capacity, ancillary services, environmental attributes and other material value drivers. Create a consistent market-outlook and assumption-setting process for use across business cases, investment decisions, budgets, forecasts and commercial strategies. Translate market, policy and regulatory developments into alerts and actionable recommendations for internal stakeholders. Forecasting, Modelling and Analytics Own the roadmap and delivery of internal forward curves (short and long term), market-level fundamental models and supporting analytical tools, beginning with priority markets and scaling as business needs and capability mature. Set modelling architecture, scenarios, input assumptions and quality standards; provide sufficient technical depth to review, challenge and guide Python-based and commercial-platform model development. Develop scenario and sensitivity analysis covering load growth, generation additions and retirements, fuel and carbon prices, weather, transmission build-out, policy, technology costs, capture rates and operating constraints.



Build dashboards and repeatable reporting that make market views, assumptions, risks and forecast changes transparent and accessible to decision-makers. Asset, Portfolio and Transaction Decision Support Lead market analysis supporting development, acquisitions, divestitures, financing, budgeting and optimisation of operating assets, including merchant revenue forecasts and high-level asset valuations. Provide dispatch, capture-price, congestion, basis, curtailment, ancillary-service and other commercial analyses appropriate to each market, technology and contract structure. Support hedging decisions, PPA and offtake strategy, competitive bid and RFP analysis, route-to-market decisions, commercial operating strategies and portfolio risk discussions. Capability, Data and Model Governance Establish a practical build-versus-buy strategy for data, tools, modelling platforms and external advisory support, with clear accountabilities, budgets and service standards. Implement model governance covering documentation, version control, assumption ownership, change management, validation, back-testing and independent challenge proportionate to the decision being supported. Define data requirements and partner with Technical Performance Management, Data, Digital and IT teams to develop reliable and scalable market-data infrastructure. Manage relationships with market-data providers, modelling vendors and consultants; reduce avoidable external dependence while retaining specialist support where it adds value or is required by third parties. Leadership and Stakeholder Partnerships Build, lead and develop a high-performing market intelligence and analytics team, setting priorities and balancing recurring market coverag

📌 Head of Market Intelligence (Canada)
🏢 Northland Power
📍 Canada