Principal Consultant – Critical Minerals

S&P Global; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a Principal Consultant focused on critical minerals in New York. The role involves leading analytical work, developing market analyses, and managing client engagements within the energy transition consulting team.

The candidate will contribute to building the critical minerals capabilities, working with clients and internal teams to deliver high-quality, on-time deliverables and support business development activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, economics, or financial advisory.
• In-depth knowledge of metals, mining and critical minerals.
• Ability to develop fact-based hypotheses and executive narratives.
• Excellent written and oral English; Spanish/Portuguese helpful.

Responsibilities

• Manage workstreams within a project under the project manager.
• Develop market analyses, forecasts, and price outlooks for critical minerals.
• Build cost, financial, market, and valuation models across value chains.
• Create client-ready insights and deliverables.
• Conduct client interviews, workshops, and presentations.
• Review and guide analyses done by team members.
• Support business development for the critical minerals practice.
• Maintain client relationships and understand client needs.
• Work autonomously in executing engagements.

Skills

Mineral economics

Analytical skills

Autonomous work

Presentation skills

Spanish/Portuguese as asset

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

10

The Role:Principal Consultant - Critical Minerals

This role will contributeto the growth of ourglobal critical minerals consulting teamand to the execution of our broader Energy Transition team's projects for private and public sector clients by providing analytical rigor, expertise in model development, and the ability to manage entire workstreams and develop client-ready deliverables.

The Principal Consultant, focused primarily on critical minerals but with a good handle of other energy-related topics, is expected to help build up our consulting capabilities around critical minerals and work closely with clients and internal consulting team members to ensure that bespoke consulting projects are delivered with quality, on time and within budget.

The successful candidate will have the opportunityto work with a dynamic team of consultants and experts with wide-ranging backgrounds in energy and the energy transition. The varied and changing nature of our projects leads to development of a diverse set of skills, and exposure to different industries and clients, including senior industry leaders and policy makers.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage workstreams within a project, under the direction of the project manager.
• Develop market analyses and forecasts across the critical minerals value chains, including supply-demand modelling, price outlooks, trade flow analysis, competitive positioning, and industry regulatory assessments.
• Develop or maintain advanced cost, financial, market, and valuation models across critical minerals value chains, including mining, processing, refining, and downstream markets.
• Develop client-ready insights and storylines based on data analysis and industry expertise.
• Conduct client interviews, workshops, and presentations to gather information and present findings.
• Efficiently review and provide guidance on analytical and modelling work completed by other team members, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and quality.
• Contribute to business development efforts of our critical minerals consulting practice (proposals, scoping calls, conferences, etc.)
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients through effective communication and understanding of client needs.
• Be able to work autonomously in the execution of consulting engagements.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience in consulting, economics or financial advisory, corporate strategy or a related analytical role.
• Strong mineral economics skills and in-depth knowledge of the metals and mining industry and critical minerals are key for this position.
• Technical experience in areas related to chemical processing, process engineering, energy, or industrial value chains is highly valued.
• Critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills are required to structure ambiguous problems, develop fact-based hypotheses, and create compelling, executive-level narratives supported by rigorous analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to work with autonomy and minimal direction once priorities are agreed.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills in English, knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese is appreciated.