Principal - Consulting

Dubai Branch; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Consultant to lead strategic consulting projects in the energy and natural resources sector. This role involves project management, business development, and practice development, providing a unique opportunity to influence the energy transition through actionable insights and analytics. The successful candidate will collaborate with a global team, manage client relationships, and mentor junior consultants, all while contributing to the growth of a leading consultancy practice. If you are passionate about the energy sector and thrive in a dynamic environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in energy and natural resources consulting.
• Strong understanding of industry trends and drivers.

Responsibilities

• Manage energy-related consultancy projects and client relationships.
• Develop proposals and foster repeat business with clients.

Skills

Project Management

Consulting Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (MBA, MSc, PhD)

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables energy and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an everchanging world companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That's why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth backed by over 50 years experience. Our team of over 2400 experts operating across 30 global locations are enabling customers decisions through realtime analytics consultancy events and thought leadership. Together we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

Company

Wood Mackenzie are the global research analytics and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years we have been providing the quality data analytics and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil gas & LNG power & renewables chemicals metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets companies and economic indicators such as market supply demand and price trends.

We have over 2500 employees in 30 locations serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together we inspire and innovate the markets we serve providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges and make strategic decisions that will ultimately accelerate the worlds transition to a more sustainable future.

Role Purpose

We are seeking an individual with energy and natural resources management consulting skills to help grow our Strategic Accounts consulting practice in the EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) Region. The Principal Consultant will be a senior member of the EMEA SA consulting team based in Dubai responsible for delivering an expanding range of strategic consulting assignments. As a Principal Consultant you will take a leading role in our project team delivering a wide variety of consulting projects to clients.

As a key member of our EMEA team you will be responsible for project managing energy related consultancy projects and for helping us enhance and deepen our advisory relationship with clients. You will be supported to grow your understanding of the evolving energy and natural resources sector to become an energy consultant. The position requires the ability to apply detailed knowledge of and experience in the energy space to a broad range of client situations including the implications and opportunities inherent to the energy transition and to develop strategic insight from an array of analyses making use of our inhouse tools and products.

While the role is part of the EMEA team you will be involved in a range of consulting projects spanning the globe including the Americas and Asia. The successful candidate will therefore be expected to travel on a projectspecific basis. Our clients include energy companies private equity firms financial institutions infrastructure operators investors traders governments and others.

Main Responsibilities

Project Management

• Project planning define course of action to accomplish goal of assignment
• Maintain close communication with clients to keep them informed of progress and ensure projects bring impactful insights that add strategic value
• Organise proper resources for projects manage project implementation structure deliverables and ensure highquality delivery within the budget and timeline
• Oversee the work of other members of the team including Associates
• Identify followup and resale opportunities
• Follow company consulting procedures and methodologies

Business Development

• Develop relationships with consulting clients to foster repeat business
• Discuss consulting needs with clients prepare and present proposals to clients
• Collaborate with the team to scope opportunities and to estimate fees for quotation
• Participate in industry events to network with potential clients where appropriate

Practice Development

• Coach and mentor more junior consultants taking personal responsibility for their development and tracking of their progress
• Support the regional VP of Gas & LNG Consulting in expanding the consulting practice
• Assist with the development of new consulting offerings to provide better insights and solutions to our clients
• Work with colleagues in other sector consulting teams Upstream Downstream Power & Renewables Chemicals Hydrogen Emissions and Carbon Management to ensure good coordination across the value chain for our clients
• Lead project reviews to foster continuous improvement

Analysis and Commercial/Strategic Intelligence

• Identify obtain sort and organise sources of information both from the public domain industry network and internal databases.
• Validate analyse and critically assess sources of information
• Select an appropriate analytical tool(s) for each assignment with the ability to also build simple excel models where required
• Utilise Wood Mackenzie products to extract information and data useful for the consulting engagement when applicable
• Take ownership of and responsibility for analysis undertaken

Teamwork

• Work in an open and trusting way ensuring team spirit is maintained
• Ensure high quality work standards are met
• Show empathy towards others
• Adopt flexible approach towards work

Communication and Approach

• Keep abreast of developments across the energy and natural resources space to identify business development opportunities and to provide insightful discussions and results to clients
• Collaborate closely with project team members consultants from other projects / regions / sectors research and sales teams etc.
• Offer solutions to problems and challenge the status quo

About You

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor degree in relevant field
• Preference for advance degree candidates (e.g. MBA MSc PhD)
• At least 6 years experience within the energy and natural resources sector with a strong understanding of the trends and drivers that are shaping the industry or equivalent experience in management consulting (energyrelated management consulting preferred)
• Consulting experience mandatory (MBB experience is advantageous)
• Knowledge of other languages (e.g. Arabic French) is advantageous but not all mandatory requirement

Key Competencies

• Demonstrated passion for the energy and natural resources sector
• Ability to quickly become knowledgeable and speak credibly about a wide range of subjects and themes related to energy and natural resources
• Ability to travel as required
• High levels of selfmotivation and drive
• Resultsoriented
• Personal time management skills and selfdirection
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Excellent communication influencing negotiating and interpersonal skills
• Track record of ensuring high quality work standards are met and appropriate audit trails and processes are maintained
• Creativity and adaptability
• Determination and resilience
• Organisation and logical thinking
• Issue identification problem solving and analysis
• Strong analytical and presentation skills
• Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills

Expectations

• The successful candidate will be expected to work mainly from one of our offices. However we are a hybrid working company and the successful applicant may work up to 2 days each week from home however this may be subject to change in the future.
• Due to the global nature of the team and clients a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race colour religion age sex national origin disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc

If you are applying for a role and have a physical or mental disability we will support you with your application or through the hiring process.

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