Senior Associate - Clean Fuels

The Company

Sightline is a market intelligence company purpose-built for energy and investment decision-makers. We provide AI-powered data, tools, and research to help investors, energy and utility leaders, and banks evaluate technologies, monitor tipping points, and act with confidence across sectors in power, grid, fuels, carbon, and industrials.

We work with 80+ leading organizations — including Southern Company, Google, Microsoft, EDF, HSBC, BHP, B Capital Group, Tokyo Gas, and Energy Impact Partners — to inform strategic decisions and capital allocation. Sightline is also the team behind CTVC, the industry’s go-to transition innovation briefing read by 75,000+ professionals globally.

We are looking for a Senior Associate to expand our clean fuels product at Sightline Climate. This role includes creating proprietary datasets, writing insightful market commentary, building forecasts and economic models, and producing in-depth analysis that helps shape the transition landscape.

• Conduct in-depth research across our clean fuels practice, focusing on the commercialization of novel clean fuels, as well as trends in existing biofuels markets.
• Produce models and tools to help our clients understand the risks, economics, and trends in clean fuel production and demand.
• Develop differentiated proprietary rankings and datasets that highlight the companies and regions leading the industry in key metrics.
• Analyze large datasets across sector investment, project deployment, economics, business models, and demand.
• Convert complex data and research findings into actionable frameworks and insights for a range of audiences, including financiers, corporate strategists, and policymakers.
• Engage with and present to external stakeholders, offering thought leadership and reinforcing and expanding Sightline Climate’s position as the go-to source on actionable intelligence across the transition economy.
• Become Sightline Climate’s expert in clean fuels supply, demand, and economics, making connections between fuel market trends and those in the wider climate tech industry.
• Help shape our pipeline of research and tools to ensure that our research stays ahead of the curve.

• 5-7 years experience in creating market research on clean fuels, including RNG and RD, SAF, hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, and/or ammonia.
• Experience in building economic models and forecasts for fuel production from existing and novel technologies.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on detail and accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex data to senior audiences in a comprehensible manner.
• Ability to quickly produce insightful analysis, in addition to being able to project manage larger research initiatives
• Innately curious and passionate about climate tech innovation.
• Eager to explore and understand the commercial and economic implications of new technologies and sources of demand

• A Master's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Physics, Environment / Climate, or other Sciences
• Experience in fuel project development, finance, or at an oil and gas major
• Additional data analysis skills / experience in Excel, SQL, or Python

• Opportunity to work, learn, and make an impact at a fast-growing climate tech startup
• The excitement and fun of being part of a dynamic, dedicated and professional group of people
• Based in London or New York working side-by-side with our team
• Generous stock options
• Competitive PTO, location specific

Sightline Climate is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.