Wood Mackenzie · 3 weeks ago
Research Director - Subject Matter Expert Short-term Gas
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expWood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. The Subject Matter Expert in the Short-term Gas team will support the analysis of North American natural gas market fundamentals and communicate insights to clients, while also guiding and coaching team members.
ConsultingEnergyMarket ResearchOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Support Gas market product across Wood Mackenzie´s short term suit
Leverage personal market expertise to deliver high quality commercial insight, identify market opportunities and communicate those to clients
Establish senior-level contacts in key clients to understand their business and priorities and translate that into commercially focused analysis and data
Present our view and regularly gather feedback on its alignments to the highest-value use cases for clients
Deliver a content roadmap that supports commercial opportunities our short-term offerings
Work with client management and consulting to generate new research, sales and consulting opportunities
Support marketing efforts: publications, internal and external events, press briefings and social media to drive commercial growth
Lead wider projects and new initiatives across the gas and LNG business. Ensure the alignment of Gas and LNG research with the wider commodities view
Guiding the team as they learn about the market. Coach them to develop the necessary research skills and market knowledge necessary to excel at their roles
Contribute to a positive team culture in the team, in line with the Gas & LNG subsegment values and behaviours
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in a relevant discipline such as business, economics, finance, statistics, engineering, or energy planning, or equivalent experience
10+ years of experience conducting market analysis and model development in the commodities sphere
Demonstrate knowledge of NYMEX fundamentals and trends
Familiarity with North American basis markets and influences on each
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
Preferred
Extensive exposure to North American natural gas markets
Preference will be given to candidates with prior exposure to commodities associated with gas markets such as power, oil, NGLs, and LNG
Intimate familiarity with fundamentals of NYMEX and basis markets
Demonstrated experience creating and/or operating supply, demand, and storage models
Experience with near- and long-term forecasting preferred
Ability to and comfort with presenting in front of small and large groups to communicate company views on markets and methodologies
Ability to support sales to prospects and existing clients
Preference will be given to those with proficiency in SQL and advanced stats packages, such as Python or R
Company
Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie is a research and consultancy business for the energy, chemicals, metals, and mining industries.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-10-31Acquired
Leadership Team
Jason Liu
Chief Executive Officer
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