Managing Editor, Americas Renewable Fuels & Feedstocks

We are looking for an experienced commodity markets professional to spearhead our market-leading renewable fuels team’s expansion into a new region, with goals that include rapid expansion into new assessments and generating impactful news and analysis.

Reporting to the London-based Editorial Director of Renewable Fuels and with a dotted line into the President of Americas, the role involves helping to hire and manage a market-reporting team, news-editing their copy, writing news and features, occasional market reporting, client engagement and developing new products and services to better help our clients manage risk.

Your ideas to enhance our coverage will be encouraged, and we offer a work environment where your thoughts and experience will directly contribute to how we grow the business.

The initial workload will be focused on building a team and launching assessments in North and South America. Once the team is built out, we expect that managing the news file will take up about 30% of your working day and assisting the team with market coverage another 10%.

The remainder of the role will be focused on client engagement and working with other regional leaders to ensure our news, price assessment offering and research are best in class.

Most importantly though, we are looking for the right person and so will be happy to tailor the role to the person’s strengths where possible.

An interest in energy markets and energy transition policy is essential while a second language would be a bonus, in particular Portuguese or Spanish.

The role will be based in our Houston office between Tuesday and Thursday, with flexible work-home arrangements as well.

International travel and attendance at industry conferences will be required.

Training/guidance will be provided for aspects of your role.

Responsibilities

• Alongside other regional leaders, take responsibility for the daily delivery of our global suite of renewable fuel price assessments, news and market commentary output
• Liaise with renewable fuel market sources, predominantly in North and South America, to expand and refine our suite of assessments
• Identify stories and trends for our daily newsletter
• Ensure news articles and market commentaries are written in Quantum’s concise but value-added style
• Ensure deliverables to Quantum’s research service are met
• Maintain and help build the company network of contacts
• Attend and report from industry conferences internationally
• Experience and competencies
• An interest in commodity markets and breaking news
• At least one year of management experience
• Very strong writing skills
• Good mathematical skills and experience with spreadsheets
• Awareness of price discovery in opaque markets and what it entails
• The ability to juggle several tasks at once
• A hands-on attitude and a hunger to work as part of a team
• Proven experience as a self-starter who works well under pressure

What we offer

• The opportunity to join a fast-growing company at an early stage of our development
• A workspace where your thoughts and experience are valued, and the flexibility to shape your own role
• Competitive salary
• Participation in the company share option scheme
• Health insurance, dental and vision plans
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Flexible working
• Generous holiday allowance and exchange policy

About Quantum

Established in 2021, Quantum Commodity Intelligence is the world’s first price reporting agency dedicated to providing commodity market intelligence for energy transition and carbon markets.

London-headquartered, but with registered offices in Dubai, Houston, and Singapore, the company provides commodity benchmarks for carbon offsets, crude and oil products, biofuels and environmental certificates as well as ammonia.

In addition to its benchmark pricing, QCI offers clients access to real-time, market-moving news and data.

Bootstrapped and profitable since its inception, the company raised $16.3 million in growth capital in July 2024 to broaden its suite of price assessments and commodity intelligence offering. The investment from US-based VC firm Elephant represented a minority stake in the business.

Quantum’s clients include energy majors, law firms, consultants, governments as well as of low-carbon commodities who use QCI proprietary price assessments and intelligence to better manage risk.

Nearly 40,000 industry professionals have accessed QCI services since October 2021 and the company has clients located in more than 100 countries.