Principal, Business Development and Strategy Services – Energy sector focus

Description

• Acting as Project Manager or Project Director (depending on the project) for selected Strategy projects that may focus on other countries in the region – as appropriate.
• Ensure the application of AFRY’s group guidelines and other internal and external policies in order to guarantee a sustainable and compliant conduct of business.
• Collaborating with other AFRY units as appropriate and representing MC’s capabilities and potential contributions in multi-disciplinary and multi-department projects such as waste to energy, gas/LNG-fired power plants, CCS, green hydrogen/ammonia, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), biomass to power, transmission and interconnectors, data centres, and nuclear power.
• Development of thought leadership materials and presentations.
• Active business development of MC services to Singapore-based clients and international clients interested in the Singapore market, with focus on Strategy services. MC services include: market analysis, power market modelling, market price projections; transaction services (especially market and commercial due diligence); energy transition advisory/strategy and corporate decarbonisation advisory/strategy from market and commercial perspectives; economic, techno-economic, and financial modelling; electricity market design; renewable energy procurement as well as portfolio analysis and optimisation; and similar.
• Overall leadership of our Management Consulting (MC) operations in Singapore and with Singapore clients, with focus on strategy services for the energy sector and the energy transition (and possibly also the bioindustry sector). Essential responsibilities include proactive marketing and business development, developing capabilities, project supervision and/or management, reporting, supervising and mentoring junior team members and ensuring their utilisation levels, quality control, and customer satisfaction.
• Preparation of reports for the clients as required and quality control for the internal report preparation process.
• Line management of the Singapore MC team and Strategy-focused staff (typically 2-5 direct reports total) including setting their individual annual objectives, evaluating their performance, and ensuring their utilisation levels; as well as recruitment of MC team members in Singapore and/or those focusing on Strategy projects in Singapore or other offices in APAC.
• Acting as Project Manager or Project Director (depending on the project) for selected MC projects for clients in Singapore or focusing on Singapore.
• Coordinating resources for larger multi-disciplinary projects driven or owned by MC, from among 500+ energy focused staff in the Asia region (inside and outside of MC), as well as coordination with AFRY specialists in other offices around the world.
• Leading by example to promote AFRY’s values including acting as a “Brave, Devoted, Team Player”.

Requirements

• Good experience in developing consulting projects
• Fluency in English
• Ability to work well with people from a range of cultures
• Proactive personality, drive and energy
• Excellent report writing, presentation and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Higher professional degree in field relevant for the job, typically including, Engineering, Business, Economics, or related (B.Sc. or higher)
• Industry background including good connections with local energy sector clients and more than 10 years’ work experience from power utilities, IPP developers, engineering companies, power sector consulting companies, or general management consultancies with energy sector coverage
• Good experience in client interaction

Benefits

• Short term travel expected in projects and to support business development in Singapore and possibly the broader APAC region.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance