Principal Analyst

Company Description

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We have over 1,900 employees in 30 locations, serving customers in nearly 80 countries. Together, we inspire and innovate the markets we serve - providing invaluable intelligence to help our customers overcome the toughest challenges, and make strategic decisions that will, ultimately, accelerate the world’s transition to a more sustainable future.

**Job Description**:
The Principal Analyst will lead the development and delivery of high-quality research and thought leadership for solar photovoltaic markets, technology, and supply chain in the Asia Pacific region. This includes engaging with clients, identifying emerging themes that will impact the industry and ensuring Wood Mackenzie is delivering cutting-edge research, data, and forecasts.

The day to day of the role involves overseeing our solar market outlook in Asia, managing and building the regional research team, conducting in-depth research on the latest market trends, and developing and implementing a business growth strategy. The Principal Analyst will guide and develop junior analysts on the storage team and coordinate cross-technology research with other analysts on the conventional power, wind, battery storage and other teams.

The Principal Analyst is expected to conduct original research with the guidance of the Global Head of Solar Research and deliver analysis through written reports, public speaking, addressing customer inquiries, custom research engagements and occasionally consulting projects. Through research activities, client interactions and industry events you will have opportunity to build and maintain relationships with a range of clients and other experts in the power & renewables industry and impact key decision makers.

**Main Responsibilities**
- ** Industry thought leader** - engage clients and key industry players through high-impact research, internal/external presentations and events, media, and briefings.
- ** Research manager** - manage and lead the Asia Pacific solar team to deliver key forecasts, reports and data improvements on markets, supply chain, and technology, systems and operations.
- ** Business growth champion** - refine and improve strategy to build team expertise, expand research coverage, engage clients, and accelerate business growth in Asia Pacific

**About you and how you can excel in this role**

You are excited about the energy transition and exploring challenging and complex topics related to Asia’s booming solar market ranging from technology advances to geopolitics. You have strong experience in the solar industry and a firm grasp of how it fits into the wider energy transition. You are analytical and have excellent quantitative skills either through a business, economics, engineering, science, or similar background.

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**Qualifications**:
**Knowledge, Experience and Skills**
- Deep understanding of regional solar industry trends, challenges, and opportunities and a good network of solar industry contacts including with developers and supply chain companies
- Knowledge of battery storage technology and industry is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- A strong writer and public speaker
- Research and people management experience
- Solid analytical and numerical skills
- Entrepreneurial mind set
- Effective at working across a matrixed organization

Additional Information

WoodMackenzie is an equal opportunities employer.

We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, age or disability.