Project Lead - Advisory

Department: Advisory

Location: Gurugram, India

Description

Joining the advisory team for India in our Gurugram office, you will help shape client’s decision making to accelerate the energy transition. You will play an active role in all aspects of client engagement: helping identify issues, forming hypotheses, conducting analysis, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations, while also managing workstreams and projects and driving internal initiatives. You will have the chance to work on projects and topics of high relevance for India’s energy transition across multiple key client segments, e.g., utilities, banks, funds, multi-laterals, non-for-profit organizations.

You will combine an interest in energy markets and policy, performance in team-oriented environments and analytical capabilities. In addition, you will play an active role in client-facing activities such as identifying clients’ needs, pitching our offering and answering client-specific questions in calls and in-person workshops. You will be part of the core team with a business-built mindset.

You will work in a dynamic, intellectually stimulating, and demanding yet supportive environment. You will enjoy autonomy, the opportunity to substantially influence major decisions in the energy sector, and to grow into an industry expert under the guidance of Head of Advisory and Head of India with deep experience addressing major strategic issues at the world’s leading electricity market modelling firm.

Key Responsibilities

• You will balance the delivery of commissioned projects with leading, coaching and inspiring teams of analysts and energy modelers such that they continuously exemplify Aurora’s values, improve their performance capability and develop to their full potential
• You will develop a clear and detailed understanding of the client’s business and expectations, scoping projects and managing them to time and budget.
• You will oversee multiple projects simultaneously, providing both internal and external stakeholders with the orientation they need in critical project phases and situations.
• You will ensure optimal delivery on clients’ expectations, including selecting the appropriate analytical approach, leading on complex problem-solving, ensuring independent, high quality, rigorous quantitative analysis, interpretation and communication of data insights.
• You will independently contribute to building and deepening close client relationships, and as their trusted advisor, you are the first to whom they turn.
• You will acquire new clients and projects, collaborating with internal stakeholders to respond successfully to inbound requests for proposals, by identifying opportunities through establishing and deepening client relationships and building your external profile as a thought leader within the energy ecosystem.
• You will further contribute to thought leadership, development of concepts and modelling constructs covering forward trends.

What we are looking for

Required attributes:

• You will have considerable relevant experience from a management consultancy or relevant industry
• You will possess both passion for delivering high quality analytical projects and developing your people
• You will be collaborative by nature and have an empathetic leadership style that demonstrates skill in inspiring, raising performance and developing your teams
• You will want to use your intellectual and analytical excellence to make real and tangible impacts that influence the complex decisions our clients need to make
• You will thrive on using your personal impact to create the highest quality products for clients combining first class analytics and modelling with clear presentation of insights
• You will enjoy using your experience and intellectual rigour to lead projects using advanced quantitative analysis
• Your strong project management skills will consistently ensure the management and delivery of clients’ projects exceeds their expectations
• You will have a proven track record of winning new business, both through writing compelling proposals in response to client requests, and through proactive business development

Desirable attributes:

• Experience in the energy industry is highly desirable but not essential if you can demonstrate transferable skills and experience as well as the desire to contribute to Aurora’s mission and the relevant consulting, analytical and leadership skills
• In-depth understanding of the Indian electricity sector dynamics including but not limited to policy, commercial constructs, auction landscape, power system operations, pricing dynamics etc.
• English language proficiency will be a must

What we offer

• The opportunity to substantially influence major decisions in the energy secto
• Direct engagement with clients through Aurora conferences, workshops and webinars
• The opportunity to grow into a publicly visible industry expert
• A fun, informal, collaborative and international work culture
• Private medical insurance
• Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills within the responsibilities of your role and within the wider context of the industry
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering a complete support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7/365, covering a wide range of personal and professional aspects

The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavourable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity/paternity.