Senior Analyst, Solar Technology and Supply Chain

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Role Purpose

Wood Mackenzie is looking for a Senior Analyst in our solar technology and supply chain research team. You will be a recognized subject matter expert on solar technology globally, owning many of our most visible solar deliverables and helping set the direction of the research agenda.

This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable building a cost model, defending a price forecast in front of a client, and briefing a journalist. You will write the analysis, deliver it externally, and lead a team of analysts who look to you for coaching and technical judgement. You will also work across our wider energy coverage, so that our view on solar is informed by what is happening in storage, wind, gas, and power markets rather than in isolation.

Key responsibilities

Research and analysis

Own and write our twice-yearly solar capex outlook reports, from methodology through to publication.

Act as lead author for the pricing outlook within Solar Market Insight.

Monitor, analyze and forecast the trends that move the market: solar manufacturing, raw material and component sourcing, pricing, trade flows, tariffs and geopolitical influences.

Maintain and enhance the datasets and market models that cover the full solar value chain, from manufacturing to installation and maintenance.

Build and lead new research on advances in solar technology, identifying which emerging technologies matter commercially and which do not.

Publish short, timely insights in response to market events, policy announcements and price moves.

Grow our solar supply chain coverage in priority markets, with a particular focus on building out our global insights.

Track adjacent energy technologies and markets closely enough to place solar in a holistic energy transition context.

Subject matter expertise and client engagement

Serve as the first point of contact for client enquiries on solar technology and supply chain.

Lead client demonstrations of our solar research and data products.

Engage directly with manufacturers, developers, policymakers and financiers to gather insight, test our assumptions and challenge theirs. This will be through a combination of calls, client visits and conference participation.

Produce high-impact reports, presentations and commentary for clients, media and industry stakeholders.

Thought leadership and external profile

Build Wood Mackenzie’s thought leadership across all aspects of solar technology and the solar supply chain.

Maintain an active industry network and outreach, including media contacts.

Promote our research through our existing media and marketing channels.

Work with other research teams and with news outlets to make sure our thought leadership reaches the right audience.

Cross-functional collaboration and product development

Act as the main point of liaison between the research and account management teams.

Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to keep our messaging consistent and to maintain a single source of truth across all our research.

Integrate solar supply chain insight into our multi-technology energy market outlooks, scenario models and consulting work.

Help shape the product enhancement pipeline, contributing to new product offerings, analytical tools and improvements to our solar coverage.

Support data migration activity affecting solar datasets and models.

Leadership and team development

Lead, mentor and coach analysts on the team, including onboarding new joiners.

Work with a global team to set the research agenda and hold it to full, on-time delivery.

Set the quality bar for written analysis across the team.

Administration

Manage day-to-day administration for the team, including timesheets, approvals, team calls and team-building activity.

Set and manage budgets for client visits and conference attendance.

About you

• •Minimum 5 years of industry experience and deep expertise in solar technology, manufacturing or the solar supply chain, with credibility among industry practitioners.
• •Demonstrated track record as a subject-matter expert – someone clients and colleagues seek out for a view – with experience turning research into compelling written publications and confident verbal presentations.
• •Excellent written communication: you can turn complex analysis into clear, concise, commercially relevant prose under deadline.
• •Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including building and maintaining market models and datasets.
• •A natural relationship-builder with an engaging, credible presence – someone who enjoys getting close to clients and industry stakeholders and thrives in front of a room.
• •Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with genuine comfort and confidence presenting to and exchanging views with senior clients and industry stakeholders, one-on-one and from a stage.
• •A collaborative operator who works well across functions and geographies, and who can influence without direct authority.
• •Experience mentoring or leading analysts, or a clear appetite to take that on.

• •Working knowledge of the wider energy landscape, so you can position solar within it.
• •A deep intellectual curiosity about the effect of the wider business landscape.

Equal Opportunities

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