Principal Consultant - Power Market Modeling & Analysis

woodmac; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood Mackenzie seeks a Principal Consultant for the Power Market Modelling and Analysis team in the Americas. You will lead the management and delivery of commercial, transaction and strategic consulting projects, coaching junior staff, and ensuring rigorous, well-documented deliverables for North American power markets.

In this role you will develop power market analytics, run production cost models, build scenario analyses and support business development across North American markets with

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading power market modelling engagements.
• Strong project management and client-facing skills.
• Ability to coach junior team members and manage multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage power market modelling engagements end-to-end.
• Oversee project progress, risks and budget.
• Lead client communications and deliverables.
• Support business development across North American power markets.
• Mentor junior team members and ensure high-quality outputs.

Skills

Project management

Power market modelling

Client engagement

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Job description

WoodMackenzie is the global leader in analytics, insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape.

For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the world's most influential energy producers, utilities companies, financial institutions and governments.

Now, with the world's energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before, sector-specific views are no longer enough. That's why we've redefined what's possible with Intelligence Connected.

By fusing our unparalleled proprietary data with the sharpest analytical minds, all supercharged by SynopticAI, we deliver a clear, interconnected view of the entire value chain. Our trusted team of 2,700 experts across 30 countries breaks siloes and connects industries, markets and regions across the globe.

This empowers our customers to identify risk sooner, spot opportunities faster and recalibrate strategy with confidence - whether planning days, weeks, months or decades ahead.

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Role Description

At WoodMackenzie, our competitive advantage lies in the depth and analytical rigor of our market‑leading research, and in the combined expertise of our dedicated consultants who specialize in energy and natural resources. As a Principal Consultant on the Power Market Modelling and Analysis team within the Americas Power & Renewables Consulting team, you will play a key role in our growing consulting practice leading the management and delivery of a wide range of commercial, transaction and strategic consulting projects. You will be a front-line leader involved in all aspects of the consulting process, from shaping the opportunity, performing the analysis, managing the project, and working closely with clients and WoodMackenzie experts to develop insights to support critical client commercial and strategic decisions.

The Principal Consultant will be instrumental in developing the power market analytics for the North American power markets, running fundamental production cost models to generate regional, zonal and nodal power price forecasts, building scenario analysis, and supporting strategy, commercial advisory and portfolio/asset due diligence engagements. The role combines strong modelling execution with well-organized, fully documented deliverables and growing client responsibility.

This role requires strong execution and workstream management to deliver client mandates, with active coaching of the junior team members. The Principal Consultant is expected to work as part of a project team under the guidance of senior team members and forms a critical part of the project delivery team at WoodMackenzie while increasing visibility with clients.

This role requires a high level of creative thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and the application of detailed North American power market knowledge and experience to a broad range of consulting projects and client situations. These capabilities must be accompanied by a strong command of oral and written communication skills in both internal as well as external and client-facing environments. Additionally, outstanding team and project management capabilities, in a consulting context, are required for the purpose of this role.

Main Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Plan and manage project workstreams or parts of a bigger and more complex project against scope, timeline and budget, clarify priorities with the project team and keep all team members aligned
• Lead and manage the full life cycle of power market modelling engagements
• Plan and prioritise own workload and that of team members to ensure project objectives and deadlines are met
• Track progress against the project plan and flag risks, delays and scope changes early to the project director
• Keep clients and the project director updated on progress, and act as day-to‑day client contact
• Oversee and review the contribution of junior team members and researchers to ensure high-quality deliverables, completed on time and within budget
• Support project close‑out (project review, participant feedback, final deliverable and audit file archiving)
• Ident follow-up opportunities and raise them with the senior project team members

Business Development:

• Support senior team members in business development across the North American power markets, including proposals, scopes, modelling approach, effort estimates and in preparing a pitch deck
• Build a strong working‑level relationship with our client base and support the pursuit of consulting opportunities
• Contribute to the development of North American power modeling offerings and share best practices with global sector teams

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