Principal Consultant - Gas & LNG; EMEA)

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Role Description This role is for high-performing professionals from top-tier advisory firms with existing knowledge of the gas and LNG business who wish to convert their strategy toolkit into recognised sector expertise without giving up the pace, rigour or client seniority they have been used to.

As a Principal in the EMEA Gas & LNG team, you will lead delivery of commercial and strategic consulting engagements, translating client questions into structured, evidence-based answers, and those structured answers into lasting client relationships. In particular, as a Principal you will:

Own work streams from day one, running analysis, shaping the narrative and presenting to senior client stakeholders.

Rapidly build a high-value specialism. Gas and LNG sit at the centre of energy security and the energy transition, and deep expertise is rare and durable, unlike sector-agnostic strategy skills.

Receive full access to Wood Mackenzie’s proprietary data and IP, and the people and processes behind it, providing you with an analytical edge from week one.

Progress quickly, transparently and based upon merit. This role will give you a clear path for progression to Director, enabling control over your career if backed up by performance and impact.

Manage and coach a team of highly skilled consultants, who will look to you as a role model to shape their professional success.

Gain direct exposure to the company’s leadership (we are a flat and entrepreneurial team) and help your senior colleagues to transform client requirements into actionable roadmaps as well as to shape new offerings and intellectual property.

Receive global exposure, working for clients and on projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with the high possibility (as part of the global Gas & LNG team) to be part of cross-border mandates with the Americas and APAC teams.

Enjoy a genuine work-life balance, one of the true strengths of our culture, without giving up the positioning, profile and prestige of a top-tier firm or the opportunity to build rare, specialist expertise in one of the world's most strategically important sectors.

Main Responsibilities As a Principal Consultant at Wood Mackenzie, you will lead the delivery of consulting assignments and support wider business development activities. Your main responsibilities will include:

Lead complex consulting engagements end-to-end, including:

Structuring project plans, hypotheses and storyboards for…