Head of Centre of Excellence/ BESS Market Readiness

The Head of Centre of Excellence/ BESS Market Readiness role is a Central BESS Market & Implementation Readiness Expert ensuring that Alpiq’s BESS projects can be originated, onboarded, and operated compliantly, reliably, and at scale across European markets.

The role acts as a central watchdog, integrator, and risk-prevention function, translating market rules, TSO requirements, regulatory constraints, and project-specific architectures into clear readiness criteria and risk visibility, while preserving country ownership of execution.

The role does not act as a delivery project manager nor as a local execution owner. Overall market readiness accountability remains with Country Heads of Energy Solutions.

The role sits within the Business Technology Transformation team and reports into the Head of BTT.

Scope

The role covers all current and future BESS markets and projects, including wholesale power markets, ancillary services, capacity mechanisms, TSO platforms, regulatory requirements, and client- or vendor-specific architectures.

The scope applies to both Alpiq-owned and third-party BESS projects, recognizing that each project is inherently different and cannot be fully standardized.

Core Responsibilities

Market Readiness & Onboarding

• Define and maintain a Market & Project Readiness Framework
• Perform gap analysis between Alpiq core solutions and project-specific requirements.

Market Rules & Regulatory Watch

• Establish a regulatory and TSO watch network.
• Collaborate closely with local stakeholders, Trading, and Origination.

Origination Project Support

• Coordinate readiness across Trading, IT, Countries, Vendors, and TSO interfaces.
• Participate in formal feasibility checks prior to contract signature.

TSO Readiness Oversight

• Monitor country-led TSO readiness and consolidate risks at central level.

Go-Live Support

• Coordinate go-live readiness, reporting, and escalation.
• Represent local business needs in Day-2 BESS IT initiatives.
• Support prioritization and arbitration of competing market and Trading demands in BESS-related IT development.

Accountability & Governance

Overall market readiness accountability remains with Country Heads of Energy Solutions.

The role ensures transparency, consistency, and early risk detection across markets.

This role is not a country execution role, not a delivery project manager, and not an IT implementation owner. It is a central market readiness, coordination, and risk-prevention function.