Associate Director

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 12
**The Team**: The S&P Global Commodity Insights Consulting Upstream Practice is recognized as a market leader in the industry. Our practice brings an unparalleled combination of industry knowledge, data analytics and strategic mindset to help clients solve complex questions. Our practice specializes in the Upstream industry, advising industry leaders, policy makers and regulators, and investors on the most relevant industry topics:
Upstream Oil & Gas (Exploration & Production)
Growth Strategies (Organic Conventional, Unconventionals, M&A)
Field Development Planning, Supply Chain Management, and Cost Optimization
Subsurface (e.g. Reservoir Engineering, Production Optimization)
Trends in Oilfield Technology, Water Management, Decommissioning, etc.
**Responsibilities & Impact**: A Consulting Associate Director, Upstream is responsible for delivering consulting projects involving strategic support, transaction due diligence, portfolio and asset evaluation, technical analysis, economic modeling and/or advance analytics. This position has direct interface with clients and plays a key role in successfully delivering consulting engagements and developing additional business.
**You will be responsible for**:
**Project Management**:
Manage project teams in execution of scope and ensure deliverable quality
Support project director with client engagement and preparing for discussions
Deliver project, balancing time and budget while ensuring client satisfaction
Business Development
Identify follow on work opportunities to practice leadership
Scope projects and write proposals
Develop offering collateral (quals, capability overviews, thought leadership)
Leadership, Mentoring, and Expertise
Teach team members analytical and communication skills
Share industry knowledge and expertise on projects and to team
Lead by example to foster a culture of partnership, integrity, and excellence
Innovation
Create enhanced deliverables (e.g. dashboards, models chatbots, etc.)
Develop capabilities, automations, and IP to repurpose across projects
**What We're Looking For**:
Experience and interest in the Energy Industry
10+ years of professional experience with major oil and gas companies (experience in project management strongly preferred)
Prior management consulting or strategic advisory experience strongly preferred
Track record of successful projects that included deliverables beyond spreadsheets and presentations, such as large datasets, data visualizations, dynamic models, tools, etc.
Professional verbal and written communication in English
A bachelor or master’s degree (or equivalent degree) in economics, engineering, mathematics, computer science or energy related technical field
Familiarity and proficiency with a variety of data analytics technologies (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, Spotfire, Python/R, Excel VBA, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.)
Must be capable of not only seeing the ‘big picture’ and communicating a compelling story, but also delving into its technical details to highlight key elements
A keen attention to details and highly effective organization and prioritization skills, including the ability to stay on task and maintain focus in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization
Must have the ability to work independently with limited supervision, but also to understand the needs of other consultants and researchers, and the timing of those needs
About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We’re a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators to co-create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating Energy Transition, S&P Global Commodity Insights’ coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture and shipping.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world’s leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today.
What’s In It For You?
**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and openi