Associate Director - Chemicals Consulting

S&P Global•Houston, TX

21h•$140,000 - $170,000

About The Position

As an Associate Director in Chemicals Consulting at S&P Global Energy, you will lead complex client engagements and help shape the growth of the global advisory business. The role combines chemicals industry knowledge and consulting judgment to translate market, technology, cost, policy, and competitive intelligence into strategic choices for senior clients. You will own project outcomes, lead client relationships, develop proposals and intellectual capital, and contribute to priority accounts and practice development. The Chemicals Consulting team combines market intelligence, proprietary data, industry expertise, and consulting methods to support high-value decisions across the chemicals value chain. It works with chemical producers, national oil companies, governments, investors, technology providers, and financial institutions on strategy, market and commercial assessment, feasibility, techno-economics, competitiveness, transactions, sustainability, and business transformation. The team is global, collaborative, and client-led, with links to S&P Global research, price reporting, data, analytics, and adjacent consulting practices. The role leads end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-workstream engagements, from problem definition and hypothesis development through analysis, executive synthesis, and implementation-oriented recommendations. It advises senior stakeholders on strategic and investment questions across petrochemicals, polymers, specialty chemicals, and adjacent value chains. It also synthesizes S&P Global Energy data and primary research into defensible analyses and decision frameworks; manages client relationships and workshops; resolves delivery issues; identifies relevant follow-on opportunities; and develops proposals and differentiated points of view in collaboration with research, commercial, and consulting colleagues. The position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States. The anticipated US base salary range is $140,000 to $170,000. The role is eligible for an annual incentive plan and S&P Global benefits.

Requirements

Typically 8+ years of relevant experience in chemicals consulting, corporate strategy, market intelligence, commercial development, investment analysis, or an operating role in the chemicals industry.
Demonstrated expertise in at least one chemicals domain, such as olefins, aromatics, polymers, fertilizers, inorganics, specialty chemicals, advanced materials, chemicals sustainability, or integrated refining and petrochemicals.
Strong understanding of chemicals value chains and industry economics.
Advanced capability in market assessment, competitive and cost analysis, scenario development, financial and investment evaluation, strategic synthesis, and executive-level written and verbal communication.
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to structure ambiguous questions, prioritize important analyses, and move teams from evidence to clear answers and practical recommendations.
Ability to communicate complex findings simply, handle challenges constructively, and build credibility with senior clients and internal stakeholders.
Commercial and practice-building orientation, including connecting market developments to client needs, developing relevant propositions, and balancing client value, delivery quality, and project economics.
Ability to align multidisciplinary and cross-regional teams, develop others, make sound trade-offs, and maintain high standards under pressure.
Indefinite right to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience with chemical industry databases, supply-demand and price forecasting, production cost or techno-economic models, asset benchmarking, valuation, or transaction support.
Established network with chemical producers, investors, governments, national oil companies, technology licensors, or other industry stakeholders.
Experience facilitating senior workshops or board-level presentations.
Additional language capability and experience working across multiple geographies and cultures.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-workstream consulting engagements, from problem definition and hypothesis development through analysis, executive synthesis, and implementation-oriented recommendations.
Maintain accountability for project scope, quality, economics, risk, and client outcomes.
Advise senior client stakeholders on strategy and investment questions across petrochemicals, polymers, specialty chemicals, and adjacent value chains, including portfolio strategy, market entry, growth, competitiveness, feasibility, pricing, M&A and due diligence, decarbonization, circularity, and operating-model transformation.
Translate S&P Global Energy data, price assessments, supply-demand outlooks, cost and asset intelligence, policy analysis, and primary research into robust consulting analyses, scenarios, and decision frameworks.
Challenge assumptions and ensure conclusions are transparent and defensible.
Own day-to-day client relationships for assigned engagements and accounts; contribute to steering meetings and workshops, communicate trade-offs, resolve delivery issues, and identify well-founded follow-on opportunities aligned with client needs.
Develop proposals and differentiated points of view with research, commercial, and consulting colleagues; shape scope, methodology, team, schedule, deliverables, and commercial model.
Support the practice pipeline and revenue plan.
Contribute to priority accounts and practice development.