Origin Energy

Portfolio Optimisation Manager

Origin Energy  •  Melbourne, AU (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

  • 12 month secondment/contract - shape portfolio and pricing strategy across Origin's retail products
  • Influence senior decision-making through sharp commercial insights
  • Melbourne based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About the role

As Portfolio Optimisation Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping Origin’s retail portfolio strategy across electricity, gas and broadband.You’ll bring together customer insights, market segmentation, wholesale market dynamics and regulatory developments to optimise pricing, products and portfolio performance. Partnering across Retail, Energy Markets and Finance, you’ll turn complex analysis into clear recommendations that balance commercial outcomes, risk and customer value.This is an influential role for someone who can think strategically, work comfortably with complex data and communicate with impact at senior and executive levels.

Key responsibilities

  • Develop portfolio and pricing recommendations that support growth, cost recovery and sustainable long-term performance.
  • Own and optimise residential and business customer portfolios to improve value, retention and commercial outcomes.
  • Assess customer behaviour, industry developments and wholesale market trends to guide pricing and portfolio decisions.
  • Prepare clear, executive-ready insights, business cases and recommendations to support senior leadership and Board decision-making.
  • Partner across Retail, Energy Markets, Finance, Regulatory and project teams to implement tariff changes, price new products and deliver strategic initiatives.

What you’ll bring

  • Strong experience in portfolio optimisation, pricing, commercial strategy or a related role within energy or another complex, regulated industry.
  • Highly developed numerical and analytical capability, including financial modelling and advanced Excel skills.
  • Experience using SQL and data visualisation tools such as Tableau to interpret complex information and develop actionable recommendations.
  • Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to balance competitiveness, profitability, risk and customer outcomes.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to translate complex analysis into concise, influential presentations and written recommendations.

For more information, please contact Katrina Spence - , quote Requisition ID 90231 or apply now.

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Origin Energy

About Origin Energy

Origin is one of Australia's leading energy companies, exploring, generating and delivering energy to over 4 million customer accounts. Our purpose – getting energy right for our customers, communities and planet – drives everything we do.

As Australia's largest energy retailer, we have an important role to play in providing electricity, natural gas, solar and LPG to Australian communities and work every day to make energy more affordable, more sustainable, smarter and easier for our customers.

We are committed to leading the transition to a cleaner energy future and believe our company, and the energy industry more broadly, should be at the forefront of action to reduce carbon emissions. Origin was the first Australian company to set an emissions reduction target endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – aiming to halve our Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 2032, as we work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Through the Origin Energy Foundation, we support programs that use education to help break the cycle of disadvantage and empower young Australians to reach their potential, contributing more than $27 million to support community organisations since 2010.

View our community guidelines here: http://bit.ly/1GQP6E9

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Sydney, AU
Year Founded
2000
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