Senior Risk Manager

Application deadline
December 8, 2025 , 23:59 EST
Country
United States
Location
Chicago
Workplace
Hybrid (office and home-working)
Working hours
Full-Time
Employment type
Permanent
Salary range
101,000-127,000
Legal entity
Orsted North America Inc

Why join?

Fully paid medical premium

Generous parental leave package

Numerous opportunities for growth and development

Attractive offer of paid vacations annually

Join us in this role where you'll identify and analyse energy market risk related to Ørsted's hedge portfolio and our US fleet of onshore wind, solar and battery assets. You will make use of your analytical, technical, and visual skillsets to translate risk on asset, portfolio and company level into actionable insights that will support Ørsted's ambitious strategic vision.

Welcome to Onshore Generation

You'll be part of Asset & Trading Risk where you, together with your colleagues, will be responsible for risk management of our US portfolio and middle office support to our trading team in Chicago. You will work closely together with colleagues in both the US and Denmark to identify risk in existing and new market areas and take part in developing our risk management capabilities. As a team, we have a knowledge-driven, innovative, and informal work environment where we collaborate with stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones.

You'll play an important role in:

• analysing energy market risk and hedge strategies related to wind, solar and battery assets

• designing and developing tools and dashboards for monitoring and assessing risk

• contributing to daily risk management activities to ensure high-quality data and up-to-date systems.

To succeed in the role, you:

• hold a bachelor degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Data Analytics or similar field of study
• thrive by working in an analytically complex and dynamic work environment
• are proficient in Excel and at least one of the following applications/languages: SQL, Python or VBA
• have a creative and visual mindset that goes beyond the standard charts in Excel and an eye for creating storylines that resonate
• are outgoing, proactive, and keen on collaborating with colleagues around the global
• embrace working in a dynamic work environment, as Ørsted is currently undergoing significant changes.

Maybe you've read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don't quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us

Send your application to us as soon as possible. We'll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we've found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

Risk Manager: (Chicago range: 101,000-127,000) Discretionary Bonus: 7.5 target of base compensation; may be changed or suspended based on the discretion of the company

Our benefits package for Risk Manager position for active employees who meet eligibility: fully paid family insurance coverage for health, life, dental, and vision; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; 18 weeks of parental leave with an additional short-term disability benefit of 6-8 weeks; a 401K retirement savings plan with up to 5% employer match; commuting benefits; 7 paid sick days per year; 20 paid time off days; 13 paid holidays annually; 12 weeks of paid parental leave; 16 hours of volunteer time off; and a book benefit from Amazon of up to $25 per month.