Power and Renewables Procurement Consulting

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 12
S&P Global Commodity Insights - Energy Advisory Services

**The Role**: Associate Director of Clean Power Procurement, Power and Renewables (Europe)

**The Team**: This position would be on the fast-growing European team of the Global Power Consulting Practice in S&P Global Commodities Insights division. We advise clients on power markets and custom scenarios, asset transactions (primarily renewables assets due diligence), power business strategy, power economics, retail power markets and procurement, and supporting our clients' understanding of the increasing interdependence between power markets and adjacent value chains such as mobility/transportation, hydrogen production, fuels consumption, energy storage, etc.
Our clients range from leading power developers, utilities, integrated energy companies, technology companies, regulators, governments, energy-intensive industrials, and investors. We will continue leveraging our extensive regional experience, capabilities, and synergies with other S&P Global teams, including electric power and fuels research teams, to deliver an aggressive growth plan over the next three years.

**Responsibilities**:
Actively develop the team’s power procurement business primarily in European markets (but potentially also in other jurisdictions) by actively reaching out to potential clients, preparing pitch decks and leading Business Development meetings
Participate in client or industry events and share key takeaways that will shape the consulting team’s work and priorities
Manage entire consulting projects or significant workstreams within small and medium-sized projects, initially. Manage project resources and progress against the project plan to ensure on-time delivery of a quality set of products
Lead client meetings, attend to all client needs, and deliver final consulting reports/presentations
Closely coordinate with our world class research service in Europe to understand current research themes that will resonate with consulting clients interested in power procurement, risk management, and power supply decarbonization. Liaise with the Energy Transition and S&P Global Sustainability-1 teams to offer integrated procurement/climate solutions
Work within the Power Consulting team to identify and focus on consulting engagements that build capabilities, qualifications, brand, and interest internally with the team
Build consensus across groups with competing priorities within the project team
Efficiently review analysis and modelling efforts done by other Teams or project team members and provide feedback for improvement as it relates to industry power procurement processes and buying decisions
Understand when learnings in consulting projects are relevant for the European power research service
Support positioning S&P Global and our team as the go-to consultancy for power, energy transition and key transactional projects in the region
Some travel is required on average around 20% of the time (but could occasionally be more)

**What We’re Looking For**:
6-8 years of experience, preferably in consulting and necessarily in industry (e.g., tech, heavy industry, retail), with several years of experience buying power, managing procurements risks, and contributing to company decarbonization strategies / scope 2 emissions reductions
Having a professional network with European clean energy buyers (e.g., through activities in a professional association) would be highly desirable
Knowledge of instruments such as power purchases agreements and clean certificates is required
Demonstrated, basic project management and business development skills are required
Minimum qualifications are Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, engineering, mathematics, or related field
Strong written and oral presentation skills in English and knowledge/capabilities in several European languages preferred
Must have an analytical frame of mind and be prepared to use data to back up opinions
Understanding of power dispatch and demand modelling, including understanding of third-party power dispatch software, such as Plexos and Aurora is preferred
Some travel is required on average around 20% of the time (but could occasionally be more)
Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment, influencing stakeholders, providing ideas and open feedback

**The Location**: Paris, London, or Madrid preferred

About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
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