Job Description

Tenaska Marketing Ventures (TMV) is seeking a curious, collaborative, and analytical problem solver to join our team as an Innovation Analyst in Omaha, NE. The Innovation Analyst plays a key role in advancing the Business Optimization & Innovation team's mission to drive process improvement and operational excellence across the organization. This position identifies inefficiencies, develops creative solutions, and leads change initiatives that deliver measurable business results and create competitive advantage.

In this role, you’ll manage projects from idea through implementation and adoption, partnering cross-functionally to bring innovative solutions to life. Leveraging your knowledge of the natural gas industry, you’ll help shape how the business operates - driving meaningful change, improving user experience, and enabling smarter, more efficient ways of working.

This is a high-impact opportunity to influence the future of the organization while expanding your expertise in energy markets, innovation, and emerging technologies.

Location: Onsite in Omaha, NE

Essential Job Functions

• Serve as a subject matter expert in the natural gas industry to inform and deliver best-in-class solutions
• Lead and support initiatives across the full project lifecycle – from ideation through implementation and adoption – ensuring clear requirements, thorough evaluation of operational risks and business value, and timely delivery
• Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders to understand business needs, challenges, and pain points, and translate them into actionable solutions
• Drive user adoption of new products and tools by providing exceptional support and fostering a positive end-user experience
• Test and validate upcoming product releases to ensure smooth, effective deployment
• Enable users and customers by building skills, confidence, and long-term proficiency in new systems and solutions
• Take ownership of initiatives, helping to prioritize efforts that deliver the greatest business impact
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation by identifying opportunities and championing new ideas across the organization

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Engineering, Economics, Finance, Business, Mathematics, Quantitative Analysis
• Two+ years of experience in natural gas scheduling, trading, structuring, accounting, or risk control.
• Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel) and existing or strong propensity to learn TMV’s Gas Management System (GMS)

Preferred Requirements:

• Strong understanding of business processes and organizational landscape
• Experience in business intelligence, operational analytics, and/or predictive analysis
• Experience with energy commodities, trading practices, supply chain logistics, and/or financial derivatives and options
• Progressive, creative problem solver with a forward-thinking mindset
• Ability to manage, prioritize, and execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Customer-focused with a commitment to exceeding expectations
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate and influence across diverse groups and organizational levels
• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to teach, mentor, and develop others
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail

Employee Benefits:

At Tenaska we care about the wellbeing of our employees and their families. That’s why we offer our employees a comprehensive benefit package. Benefits included below:

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Excellent 401(k) plan
• Incentive-based, competitive salary packages
• Health/dependent care flex accounts
• Tuition assistance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Adoption benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Generous sick leave
• Charitable giving program
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Wellness programs

Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The Company is not able to take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this position or commit to doing so in the future for individuals with current authorization to work via, for example, CPT or OPT, and would need sponsorship in the future.

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