Global Head of Large Load and Grid Transformation Research

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We are looking for a Global Head of Large Load and Grid Transformation Research to join Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables team. The Power & Renewables research team is a highly respected group of analysts producing market-leading research and analytics on the entire power industry value chain.

The Global Head of Large Load and Grid Transformation Research is responsible for setting our research agenda for data centers, electrification, and other emerging sources of power demand. The Lead will work with the broader team to drive high quality research and thought leadership, serve as the public face of Wood Mackenzie on these key areas of industry growth, lead product initiatives, and drive commercial success.

This position works closely with research analysts across our technology, supply chain, and regional power teams, as well as cross-functionally across our sales, marketing, and product teams.

About you and how you can excel in this role Successful analysts in Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables practice are thoughtful, intellectually curious, creative and comfortable presenting to public audiences and interacting with small and large groups of executives.

As our Global Head of Large Load and Grid Transformation Research, you have already developed a reputation as an industry thought leader and have deep expertise on large load growth, in particular data center development, its resource needs, and both the market and technology factors that will govern its evolution. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and can engage an audience and mentor your team members.

You have an analytical mindset and an eye for detail, which has been proven in your work experience to date. You are therefore comfortable taking complex, disparate ideas and distilling them into simple, provocative concepts.

You are also effective at translating research content into compelling research products, influencing changes and initiatives within the sales, marketing, and product teams. As the company’s main point of contact for our large load research and product offerings, you are comfortable responding to requests from department leadership on product roadmaps, plans for commercial success, and strategic initiatives that will result in commercial growth for the company’s product offerings.

Main Responsibilities Define and drive the large load research agenda, encompassing the financial, technological, supply chain, and commercial dimensions of sectors ranging from data centers to EV charging, to BTM generation and microgrids. This extends to grid interconnection, load flexibility, and virtual power plant participation.

Anticipate and identify emerging themes that shape energy transformation, while ensuring our datasets and written research meet the highest quality standards, drive commercial success, and deliver clear,…