Principal Consultant - Upstream & Carbon Management

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

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Role Description 

As a Principal Consultant on the Americas Upstream & Carbon Management Consulting team, you will play a key role in our growing Americas consulting practice. You will be involved in all aspects of the consulting process, from shaping the opportunity, performing the analysis, managing the project, and working closely with senior clients and Wood Mackenzie experts to develop insights that support critical strategic decisions.

Your primary role will be managing commercial and strategy consultancy projects for companies in the Upstream & Carbon Management sectors in the Americas. This includes a growing number of energy transition-themed engagements related to Portfolio Resilience, New Market Entry, CCUS, GHG emissions, etc.

This role requires a high level of creative thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities coupled with detailed knowledge and experience of the Upstream & CCUS markets. These capabilities must be accompanied by a strong command of oral and written communication skills in both internal as well as client-facing environments. Additionally, outstanding team and project management capabilities, in a consulting context, are required for the purpose of this role.

The role requires frequent engagement with and work alongside senior client teams and occasional travel throughout the Americas region. We are also not looking for just a principle consultant, rather, we are looking for the next leaders for Wood Mackenzie’s Americas consulting practice who will help advise our clients with the most pressing questions and strategic decisions.

Wood Mackenzie’s gold-plated reputation place our consultants in the best situation to succeed and we are “the go-to” to help Upstream clients, financials and governments navigate Energy Transition.

Main Responsibilities

As a Principal Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, you will lead our consulting assignments and business development efforts. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Manage and execute complex consulting projects by setting up a detailed project plan and working with a team to execute toward milestones.
• Be the main point of contact with key client stakeholders during project delivery (status calls, presentations) and ultimately responsible to deliver such work on time and within budget.
• Train, coach, and mentor junior consultants to deliver high-quality work for our clients and build a bench of future industry experts and leaders
• Engage clients to identify potential business opportunities, translating open-ended business inquiries into formal project proposals.
• Bring a thorough and current understanding of the upstream sector in the Americas region, within the context of the energy transition, and be able to effectively discuss recent events and implications with clients and colleagues

Knowledge & Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline such as business, economics, finance, statistics, or engineering; master's and/or MBA preferred
• 6-8 years of relevant experience in a management consulting or energy-focused consulting role, or other strategic/commercial role relating to upstream oil and gas. Other industry experience is beneficial but not required.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with clients
• Experience managing key project workflows and overall coordination of projects in a Project Manager role
• Strong understanding of the energy value chain (exploration, development, production, transportation, transformation and commercialization), including the implications of the energy transition
• Strong understanding of commercial operations, business models and strategies
• Track record of quickly becoming knowledgeable and speaking credibly about a wide range of subjects and themes 
• Other language skills (e.g., Spanish) are not required but a plus

Recent projects our Upstream practice have engaged in include:

• Advising a government in the Americas and developing a successful licensing round strategy, including fiscal system design, bidding criteria assessment, and overall regulation
• Advising an energy infrastructure group to formulate its CCUS strategy and assess its internal capabilities for execution
• Evaluating and benchmarking the carbon footprint of the portfolio of a large independent against industry and leaders in the context of the energy transition
• Conducting a multi-phased market entry assessment for an American independent, evaluating economic potential, as well as commercial, country and regulatory risks
• Executing a commercial due diligence for a midstream player in the Lower 48 to assess the feasibility of a gas pipeline expansion
• Performing a buy-side commercial due diligence for a National Oil Company (NOC) around existing oil field assets in the Americas
• Assessing the resiliency of the portfolio of an independent gas producer against different climate scenarios for the TCFD report
• Conducting a study about the financial industry’s requirements on ESG disclosures, and actions for the energy industry, and its implications for an upstream focused operator
• Evaluating the feasibility of transforming a potash mine into an oil field evaporation pond
• Assisting operators to build/adjust their strategy and portfolio to be more resilient considering the Energy transition

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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 

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