The Role
Lead and deliver advisory projects for energy clients in Tokyo, managing teams of analysts and modelers, scoping and executing quantitative electricity market analysis, winning and developing client relationships, and driving business development and internal initiatives to grow the Japanese practice.
Summary Generated by Built In
Joining the team in our Tokyo office, you will help shape client’s decision making to accelerate the energy transition. You will play an active role in all aspects of client engagement: helping identify issues, forming hypotheses, conducting analysis, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations, while also managing workstreams and projects and driving internal initiatives.
You will be an important senior member of the Japanese practice and expected to have experience in the energy markets (ideally in power), either at a consultancy, government body, or industry. Prior experience in leading and managing a team will be a plus.
You will work in a dynamic, intellectually stimulating, and demanding yet supportive environment. You will enjoy autonomy, the opportunity to substantially influence major decisions in the energy sector, and to grow into an industry expert with deep experience addressing major strategic issues at the world’s leading electricity market modelling firm.
Key Responsibilities
As a Principal/Project Lead in the Tokyo Office, you will be responsible for:
- Leadership: You will balance the delivery of commissioned projects with leading, coaching and inspiring teams of analysts and energy modelers such that they continuously exemplify Aurora’s values, improve their performance capability and develop to their full potential.
- Project delivery: You will develop a clear and detailed understanding of the client’s business and expectations, scoping projects and managing them to time and budget. You will also oversee multiple projects simultaneously, providing both internal and external stakeholders with the orientation they need in critical project phases and situations. You will ensure optimal delivery on clients’ expectations, including selecting the appropriate analytical approach, leading on complex problem-solving, ensuring independent, high quality, rigorous quantitative analysis, interpretation and communication of data insights.
- Developing new consulting business: You will independently contribute to building and deepening close client relationships, and as their trusted advisor, you are the first to whom they turn. Additionally, you will acquire new clients and projects, collaborating with internal stakeholders to respond successfully to inbound requests for proposals, by identifying opportunities through establishing and deepening client relationships and building your external profile as a thought leader within the energy ecosystem. You will help with developing new business areas that will contribute to the rapid growth plans of the Japanese practice in the coming years.
What we are looking for
Required attributes:
- You will have considerable relevant experience from a management consultancy or relevant industry.
- You will evidence equal passion about delivering high quality analytical projects and developing your people.
- You will be collaborative by nature and have an empathetic leadership style that demonstrates skill in inspiring, raising performance and developing your teams.
- You will want to use you intellectual and analytical excellence to make real and tangible impacts that influence the complex decisions our clients need to make.
- You will thrive on using your personal impact to create the highest quality products for clients combining first class analytics and modelling with clear presentation of insights.
- You will enjoy using your experience and intellectual rigour to lead projects using advanced quantitative analysis.
- Your strong project management skills will consistently ensure the management and delivery of clients’ projects exceeds their expectations.
- You will have a proven track record of winning new business, both through writing compelling proposals in response to client requests, and through proactive business development.
Desirable attributes:
- Experience in one of the following key areas will be highly desirable but not essential – (i) network and grid modelling (ideally in system strength); (ii) power purchase agreements.
What we offer
- The opportunity to substantially influence major decisions in the energy sector
- Direct engagement with clients through Aurora conferences, workshops and webinars
- The opportunity to grow into a publicly visible industry expert
- Private medical insurance
- Monthly commuting allowance
- Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills within the responsibilities of your role and within the wider context of the industry
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering a complete support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7/365, covering a wide range of personal and professional aspects
The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavourable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity/paternity.
About
From its academic roots, Aurora Energy Research is a thriving, rapidly growing company, currently serving over 1000 of the world’s most influential energy sector participants, including utilities, investors, and governments. While we constantly strive to reach new markets and diversify our product portfolio, we are already active across the globe in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, South Africa and North America, working with leading organisations to provide comprehensive market intelligence, bespoke analytic and advisory services, and cutting-edge software. We are a diverse team of experts with vast energy, financial, and consulting backgrounds, covering power, hydrogen, carbon, and fossil commodities. With this, we provide data-driven intelligence to fuel strategic decisions in the global energy transformation.
Skills Required
- Considerable relevant experience in energy markets (ideally power) from consultancy, government, or industry.
- Proven experience in management consultancy or relevant industry delivering analytical projects.
- Strong project management skills: scoping, managing to time and budget, overseeing multiple projects.
- Advanced quantitative analysis and electricity market modelling capability.
- Leadership skills: coaching, developing and inspiring teams of analysts and energy modelers.
- Proven track record of winning new business and writing compelling proposals.
- Excellent client relationship, communication and presentation skills; trusted advisor capability.
- Experience leading and managing a team (people management).
- Experience in network and grid modelling (ideally system strength).
- Experience with power purchase agreements.
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From its academic roots, Aurora Energy Research has grown to become the largest dedicated power market analytics company in Europe, providing data-driven intelligence for strategic decisions in the global energy transformation. We are a diverse team of over 350 experts with vast energy, financial and consulting backgrounds, covering power, hydrogen, carbon and fossil commodities. We are active in Europe, APAC and the US, working with world-leading organisations to provide comprehensive market intelligence, bespoke analytic and advisory services, and cutting-edge software.
