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The Principal Consultant will help grow the Power and Renewables Consulting practice within the Americas region. With a key focus on execution of projects as well as developing and managing relationships with key clients. The role requires a combination of solid knowledge of the power and renewables market dynamics across countries in North America & wider energy value chain dynamics.
The role requires strong project management and execution capabilities to successfully deliver client mandates. The individual will also need to provide project leadership and coaching of the junior team members to develop the wider consulting practice in Americas. The role is high-profile both internally and externally and influential in Wood Mackenzie achieving its goals regionally and globally.
Main Responsibilities
Project Management:
- Effective project planning – define course of action to accomplish required goals – ensure all stakeholders are aligned
- Secure resources required for project, ensure resources are being utilised effectively
- Track progress against project plan
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and prioritise own workload to ensure project objectives and targets met
- Keep clients updated on progress
- Ability to oversee contribution of others (consultants, researchers, subcontractors and associates) to ensure that projects have high quality deliverables, are completed on time and within budget
- Review and close off project internally (project review, participant feedback etc.)
- Identify follow-up and re-sale opportunities
Business Development:
- Support the head of regional sector in business development activities across Americas including development of offerings, client engagement and pitching
- Be responsible for a selected subset of clients in Americas with direct ownership for the development of the relationship and pursue of consulting opportunities
- Work with global sector team to develop global offerings and share best practices
- Develop thought leadership, attend conferences and be a leading voice in the power and renewables industry
Thought Leadership:
- Building and maintaining the internal network (across consulting, research and sales and account management) to deliver the best possible outcome for both Wood Mackenzie and its clients
- Generating innovative ideas and approaches to industry issues, both within the assignments and to the consulting practice as a whole
- Working with colleagues in our other sector consulting teams to ensure good coordination across the value chain for our clients
- Be the in-house subject matter expert in one more of the following areas: wind energy, solar energy, energy storage
Analysis:
- Support and coach project team members on a range of consulting projects, including operation of sophisticated internal power models and develop spreadsheets and models for new analyses
- Contribute towards the content and format of consulting presentations and reports
- Extract and analysing data from internal and external sources such as databases, websites, industry interviews and Wood Mackenzie proprietary data and products
- Demonstrate high standards of professionalism and attention to detail to ensure the highest quality analysis is delivered
- Take ownership for analysis undertaken, and defend work to clients in a coherent, credible and authoritative manner
Communication:
- Effective and timely communication with clients, inform them of progress at all times
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills, both internally and externally
- Establish good working relationships with colleagues across the business
- Keep client and internal teams informed of progress at all times
- Present clearly and concisely to clients and colleagues
Teamwork:
- Proven effective cross team working skills, being able to work in an open and trusting way across the broader consulting, research and sales teams in Wood Mackenzie
- Adopt a flexible approach towards work
- Support consulting practice development by working with colleagues to understand what new offerings can be taken to clients
About You
The Principal Consultant role is highly commercial combining analytical rigor, acute problem solving with skilled execution of deliverables. The individual will need to excel at nurturing client relationships and ensuring quality solutions that endeavour to exceed our client's expectations. Candidates will need to demonstrate the following skills and abilities:
- Direct experience within the power & renewables industry or in a related consulting environment with demonstrated experience in project management
- Demonstrable direct working experience at a power and/or renewables focused consulting firm, IPP, power utility, development company, infrastructure fund, bank, or other such analytical or consulting role in the power & renewables industry
- A strong understanding of the power industry dynamics, US power markets, power market fundamentals and price setting, core technologies (wind, solar, BESS, gas/flexible resource), business models and strategies
- Analytical skills including but not limited to financial modelling and familiarity with power asset and/or market modelling (commercial)
- Undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, economics, or finance
- Proven experience of working in a team environment is essential
- Proven experience of acting as a commercial advisor in power and renewables transactions highly desirable
- Some experience in an energy or strategy consulting environment would be beneficial
- Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Personal time management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong writing and presentation skills
- Project management
The salary range for this position is $160,000- $180,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.
Equal Opportunities
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