Associate Director, Power Market Modeling, North America (Mexico City)

• Effectively manage full-cycle consulting projects or significant workstreams within medium size projects.

Manage project resources and progress against the project plan to ensure on-time delivery of a quality set of products

• For large projects, participate actively in the execution of the scope and delivery, leading workstreams on Power Market regulation, supply, demand, and price forecasts
• Apply energy industry knowledge to a variety of market designs and situations as required by client needs – with a focus on North American markets
• Manage junior consultants using the AURORA Power Market simulation model and interface to address client questions, typically related to price forecasting, scenario and sensitivity analyses, risk assessment, portfolio valuation, and strategic assessments.
• Challenge ideas and influence others in the Team
• Build consensus across groups with competing priorities within the project team
• Efficiently review analysis and modelling efforts done by other Team or project team members and provide feedback for improvement / identify errors and inconsistencies
• Participate in client or industry events and share key takeaways that impact the consulting Team's work and priorities
• Lead client meetings and presentation of a project's key findings
• Develop the Team's business in the N.A. region by actively reaching out to potential clients, preparing pitch decks and leading Business Development meetings
• Continuously develop subject matter expertise in a particular/designated subject or focus area; staying informed on current industry trends to broaden and build upon subject matter knowledge.
• Communicate with clients by phone and email, make presentations to clients, and travel to meet clients and make presentations, as needed.

What We're Looking For:

• Eight to fifteen years of experience in the energy industry, consulting, or finance environments in areas related to electricity markets with a focus on forecasting and modeling
• The candidate should be able to demonstrate expertise in the power and renewables industry.
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills are required
• Once priorities are agreed upon, the ability to work with autonomy with minimal direction is preferable
• Bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, operations research, or energy studies required.
• Candidates with a Master's degree or Ph. D. in one of the above-listed disciplines are highly preferred.
• Candidates with substantial education in both economics and engineering will be viewed very highly.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills in English
• Must have an analytical frame of mind and be prepared to use data to back up opinions
• 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 providing ideas and open feedback

Other skills:

• This position requires a strong desire to work with numbers, a commitment to consistent and accurate quantitative analysis, and a desire to continually improve analytical processes.
• This position requires an interest and commitment to energy issues, particularly electricity/power.
• Applicants for this position should be versatile, adaptable team players.
• Knowledge of some or all of the following: electricity markets, US Federal regulations, environmental regulations, and evolving regional greenhouse gas policies.
• Use and application of Power Market simulation models (e.g., AURORA, PROMOD IV, GE MAPS, or PLEXOS) is highly desirable.

AURORA experience preferred.

• Aptitude and experience with large databases and working on quantitative problems using multiple software packages is necessary.
• Aptitude/interest in learning new computer software.
• The position requires strong analytical skills.

Ability to think quantitatively and qualitatively in forming judgments. Ability to advance analysis with incomplete inputs and knowledge also required.

• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Solid problem-solving, judgment and decision-making skills for activities of moderate to high complexity.
• A keen attention to detail and highly effective organization and prioritization skills, including the ability to stay on task and maintain focus in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have the ability to work independently with limited supervision, but also to understand the needs of other consultants and researchers, and the timing of those needs.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office applications required (Excel, Word and PowerPoint); experience with databases and VBA or another language preferred.
• Significant experience with SQL is highly desirable.

Knowledge of Python also desirable.

• This position will include moderate phone use and moderate to heavy computer use.
• This position may be required to travel up to 20% for events, round tables, client visits, business development, and other business-related needs.