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Research Analyst - US Solar

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$90,000 – $100,000 a year
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US-MA-Boston-Office
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Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in analytics, insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape.

For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the world’s most influential energy producers, utilities companies, financial institutions and governments.

Now, with the world’s energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before, sector-specific views are no longer enough. That’s why we’ve redefined what’s possible with Intelligence Connected.

By fusing our unparalleled proprietary data with the sharpest analytical minds, all supercharged by Synoptic AI, we deliver a clear, interconnected view of the entire value chain. Our trusted team of 2,700 experts across 30 countries breaks siloes and connects industries, markets and regions across the globe.

This empowers our customers to identify risk sooner, spot opportunities faster and recalibrate strategy with confidence – whether planning days, weeks, months or decades ahead.

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Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables provides integrated subscription, research and advisory services to inform and support our client’s commercial and strategic decisions in the complex and rapidly changing electric power industry.

Combining our deep knowledge of solar, wind, storage, and grid technologies, with our global power and fuels modelling and analysis capabilities, Wood Mackenzie can provide data and insight spanning supply chain, technology costs, policy and market issues, fundamentals-based outlooks, price forecasting, asset valuation, and commodity market issues. The solar research practice at Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables leverages unique, proprietary information and industry channels to serve clients across the solar industry value chain and around the globe. A truly entrepreneurial organization, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables provides all employees with the opportunity to have direct influence over the strategic direction of the organization.

Team Profile

This role will serve as part of the Americas Power and Renewables research team team, with a focus on distributed solar markets and competitive landscape trends. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team and make a major contribution. Combining propriety data with market simulation tools and models we help our clients understand market trends, the impact of policy changes, and the effectiveness of various business models. Wood Mackenzie directly serves clients who are responsible for the success of their firms’ technology roadmap, competitive positioning, product marketing, and go-to market strategies.

Role Purpose

Research Analysts conduct original quantitative and qualitative research on the market and deliver analysis through the creation of data services, written reports, virtual and in-person presentations, and custom research engagements. This role will involve a combination of data collection and analysis with market and policy research to support our team’s coverage of the solar industry broadly. The candidate should have some experience in the solar or renewable energy industries.

Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables promotes analysts as industry experts and as such, analysts must be thoughtful, intellectually curious, creative and comfortable presenting to public audiences and interacting with small groups of executives. Analysts are expected to take complex, disparate ideas and distil them into simple, provocative concepts. Key responsibilities of the role will include writing reports, aggregating and summarizing project-level datasets, communicating with key industry stakeholders, tracking distributed solar market activity and forecasting product adoption.

Main Responsibilities

  • Assist Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables leadership in expanding and strengthening coverage of the Americas distributed solar markets
  • Identify and acquire data sources, both qualitative and quantitative, on Americas solar markets including but not limited to community solar, solar-plus-storage, and the competitive landscape
  • Write research reports regarding trends, vendors and strategies across the solar landscape
  • Present to clients and industry stakeholders at trade shows, Wood Mackenzie conferences, and other events
  • Collaborate with peers across Wood Mackenzie to support research reports, conferences, marketing services and editorial coverage
  • Work directly with sales and marketing via internal and external communications to help generate new sales, build larger programs for existing clients and effectively market research
  • Consult with clients to apply Wood Mackenzie’s solar research in the context of their specific business environment, and help solve their problems through inquiry, advisory and other custom research opportunities

Knowledge and Experience

  • Proven analytical capabilities – both qualitative and quantitative – and comfort with writing market analysis
  • Some experience or background (2+ years) in the solar or renewable energy industries
  • Experience with data management. Python and SQL would be preferred, but not required.
  • Excellent problem solving, documentation, communication and organization skills, and attention to detail
  • An engaging nature, capable of connecting with co-workers, clients and industry stakeholders in a wide range of professional settings including giving presentations
  • A deep intellectual curiosity about what drives markets based on economic principles
  • Strong listening, critical thinking, presentation and writing skills
  • Interest in the major players, current events, and trends in U.S. residential and commercial solar markets

Key Competencies

  • Issue identification, problem solving and analysis
  • Planning, implementation and control
  • Efficiency focused
  • Determined and resilient
  • Continuous improvement
  • Creativity
  • Building and maintaining relationships
  • Communication
  • Personal impact
  • Collaboration

We understand the importance of achieving balance between work, family and other life commitments. We are open to considering flexible working arrangements to enable the greatest spectrum of talent to contribute to Wood Mackenzie’s success.

The salary range for this position is $90,000- $100,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term incentive compensation or commission. When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. This base salary maps to the Boston Location.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), 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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