Principal Analyst - Wind Supply Chain and Technology

Wood Mackenzie; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood Mackenzie is looking for an expert in capex modelling focused on offshore and onshore wind. This role involves collaborating with global teams and producing insightful research publications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in renewable energy costs and market strategies.

We offer an equal opportunities environment where you can engage with industry leaders and contribute to our impactful projects.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with renewable energy developers, investors, or suppliers.
• Familiarity with wind energy cost modelling and pricing structures.
• Excellent problem-solving and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deepen Wood Mackenzie’s capex modelling for offshore and onshore wind.
• Publish high-impact research publications.
• Establish an industry presence through speaking engagements.

Skills

Wind cost expertise

Commercial acumen

Detail-oriented and organised

Collaborative and self-driven

Global engagement

Communication skills

Job description

Role Purpose

Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables provides integrated subscription, research and advisory services to inform and support our client’s commercial and strategic decisions in the complex and rapidly changing electric power industry.

Combining our deep knowledge of solar, wind, storage, and grid technologies, with our global power and fuels modelling and analytical capabilities, we provide data and insight spanning supply chain, technology costs, policy and market issues, fundamentals‑based outlooks, price forecasting, asset valuation, and commodity market issues.

This role sits within Wood Mackenzie’s Power and Renewables Supply Chain team, with a primary focus on capex modelling for offshore and onshore wind. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a market‑leading team and play a pivotal role in supporting the global wind sector as it navigates changing price landscapes by shaping industry‑standard tools.

Holding a global remit, you will collaborate across both our global wind team and cross‑technology supply chain intelligence team. Your analysis will provide critical market intelligence and consulting support to asset owners, developers, suppliers, investors, and policy‑makers across the renewable energy value chain.

Main Responsibilities

Capex Modelling and Investment Strategy

• Shape the modelling landscape: Shape and deepen Wood Mackenzie’s capex modelling structure and content, with a primary focus on offshore and onshore wind.
• Lead high‑level discussions and analysis on the future of wind energy costs, charting a clear route forward for the industry.
• Work on the leading edge of the industry, collaborating with top developers, investors, and suppliers to map out the implications of risk, supply and demand dynamics, and commodity pricing pressures to directly inform their investment strategies.
• Partner with supply chain and cost experts across technologies, market analysts covering outlooks and tenders, global power teams, and LCOE modelling experts to ensure your analysis feeds directly into project revenue and project IRR projections.
• Monitor, maintain, and refresh relevant data through primary and secondary research, ensuring data quality, consistency, and accuracy reflect real‑world market realities.

Research, Analysis and Report Writing

• Publish insights: Lead and contribute to high‑impact, thought‑leading research publications.
• Ensure all research deliverables are executed and delivered in a timely fashion to a high standard.

Networking, Industry Collaboration and Consulting

• Establish an industry presence as an influential speaker and thinker. Strengthen your own brand and the Wood Mackenzie brand by speaking at conferences, hosting webinars, and engaging with the media.
• Maintain and expand strong relationships with key stakeholders and clients across the global renewable energy sector.
• Provide technical and commercial insight to support specific consulting advisory assignments across the wind energy sector.
• Work directly with sales and marketing teams via internal and external communications to help generate new sales, build larger programmes for existing clients, and effectively market completed research.

The Ideal Candidate

You bring hands‑on experience working directly for a renewable energy developer, investor, or supplier. You possess a deep, practical understanding of project costs and pricing structures derived from direct exposure to one or more key procurement packages, such as wind turbines, vessels, foundations, or substations.

Qualifications and Skills

• Wind cost expertise: Proven hands‑on experience in wind energy cost modelling, with an intimate familiarity with component‑level cost developments and a strong understanding of existing and future cost drivers.
• Commercial acumen: The ability to take complex data and technical analysis and transform it into actionable, commercially focused insights.
• Detail‑oriented and organised: Excellent problem‑solving, documentation, communication, and organisational skills, with a sharp eye for data accuracy.
• Collaborative and self‑driven: Highly motivated self‑starter who can switch seamlessly between working as an independent individual contributor and collaborating within a matrixed global team.
• Global engagement: An engaging nature, capable of connecting authentically with co‑workers, clients, and industry stakeholders across the globe in a wide range of professional settings.
• Communication skills: Strong listening, critical‑thinking, presentation, and writing skills, with the confidence to present to senior audiences.

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.gov