Market Intelligence & Strategy Specialist

Responsibilities

We support Vestas North America’s strategy through market knowledge, partnerships, and curiosity. The team brings market, policy, data analytics, and economics knowledge to deliver useful insights, tools, and project management support across the North American business unit, including Turbine & Service Sales, Public Affairs, Product Strategy, Supply Chain, and Operations.

• Serve as go‑to person for market insights; provide market overviews and updates to internal and external audiences.
• Manage Vestas North America forecasting deliverables including the Total Market Forecast for onshore wind and the 5-year turbine sales outlook, in collaboration with the Sales Operations team, and oversee the data underpinning the forecasts while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate and manage the regular update cadence for inputs into the Wind Park Economics model (a financial model used to estimate customer business cases) in collaboration with the Value Engineering team.
• Diligence onshore project pipeline for project maturity, including federal permits and interconnection status.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the Product Strategy team; help align on Use Cases, technology assumptions, portfolio evolution, and related cross‑functional projects.
• Provide recommendations to the Service Commercial team on Liquidated Damage rates ($/MWh) using the Wind Park Economics model.

Data Analysis, Visualization, and Continuous Improvement

• Serve as an experienced user in data visualization tools (Power BI; experience in R) to support effective decision‑making.
• Own the Market Intel & Strategy SharePoint and populate it with Power BI dashboards on relevant and frequently requested market data; collaborate with partner departments to build, maintain, and enhance the ArcGIS platform.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in data utilization and decision‑making processes; consistently seek and propose enhancements to data‑related practices.
• Serve as the internal expert on external data sources relevant to the Wind Industry, maintain an informed view on the most reliable sources for different purposes, and maintain relationships with external organizations to understand external firms’ assumptions and conclusions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s-level education; fields such as energy, economics, engineering, finance, environmental management, or public policy.
• 5+ years of professional experience.
• Demonstrates willingness to learn, ability to adjust to changing priorities, and ability to work effectively independently.
• Technical familiarity with wind turbines.

Technical Skills

• Solid forecasting and modeling capabilities.
• Proficiency in Excel. Experience in ArcGIS, R, Power BI and other data visualization and analytics tools.
• Ability to manage complex datasets and ensure data integrity.
• Comfortable completing varied quantitative analyses; experience modeling the economics of wind, solar, or battery storage projects.

Problem Solving

• Methodical, structured approach to breaking down complex questions.
• Ability to synthesize disparate information into coherent insights.

Communication, Collaboration and Coordination

• Clear, compelling communicator who can explain complex analyses to senior audiences.
• Skilled in cross‑functional alignment and stakeholder management.
• Works effectively across Sales, Product Strategy, Finance, Operations, and Global stakeholders.
• Takes responsibility for deliverables with high quality and timeliness.

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