Market Intelligence & Strategy Specialist

Vestas•Houston, TX

About The Position

This role serves as the go-to person for market insights, providing market overviews and updates to internal and external audiences. The specialist will lead Vestas North America's forecasting deliverables, including the Total Market Forecast for onshore wind and the 5-year turbine sales outlook, in collaboration with the Sales Operations team. This involves managing the data underpinning these forecasts and stakeholders throughout the process. The role also coordinates regular updates for the Wind Park Economics model, performs diligence on onshore project pipelines, and acts as the primary liaison to the Product Strategy team, driving alignment on various strategic elements. Additionally, the specialist will provide recommendations to the Service Commercial team on Liquidated Damage rates and serve as an expert in data visualization tools like PowerBI and ArcGIS, while also maintaining relationships with external data sources and organizations within the wind industry.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or Masters-level education; education in energy, economics, engineering, finance, environmental management, or public policy preferred.
5+ years of professional experience.
Demonstrates strong willingness to learn, adaptability, and is able to operate independently.
Energy industry experience and/or a basic understanding of energy markets and policy.
Strong forecasting and modeling capabilities.
Expertise in Excel.
Ability to manage complex datasets and drive data integrity.
Comfortable completing varied quantitative analyses.
Methodical, structured approach to breaking down complex questions.
Ability to synthesize disparate information into coherent insights.
Clear, compelling communicator who can explain complex analyses to senior audiences.
Skilled in cross-functional alignment and stakeholder management.
Works effectively across Sales, Product Strategy, Finance, Operations, and Global stakeholders.
Takes responsibility for deliverables with high quality and timeliness.

Nice To Haves

Technical familiarity / knowledge of wind turbines preferable but not required.
Experience in ArcGIS, R, PowerBI and other data visualization and analytics tools preferred.
Experience modeling the economics of wind, solar, or battery storage projects preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as go to person for market insights; provide market overviews and updates to internal and external audiences.
Lead Vestas North America forecasting deliverables including the Total Market Forecast for onshore wind and the 5-year turbine sales outlook in collaboration with the Sales Operations team. Manage the data underpinning the forecasts and manage internal and external stakeholders throughout the process.
Coordinate and manage the regular update cadence for inputs into the Wind Park Economics model (a financial model used to estimate our customers' business case) in collaboration with the Value Engineering team.
Diligence onshore project pipeline for project maturity including federal permits and interconnection status.
Serve as the primary liaison to the Product Strategy team. Drive alignment on Use Cases, technology assumptions, portfolio evolution, and related cross-functional projects.
Provide recommendations to the Service Commercial team on Liquidated Damage rates $ / MWh, using the Wind Park Economics model.
Serve as the expert in data visualization tools (PowerBI, experience in R preferable) to support effective decision-making.
Own the Market Intel & Strategy SharePoint and populate it with PowerBI dashboards on relevant and frequently requested market data.
Collaborate with partner departments to build, maintain, and enhance the ArcGIS platform.
Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in data utilization and decision-making processes.
Actively seek out and propose enhancements to data-related practices.
Serve as the internal expert on external data sources relevant to the Wind Industry by maintaining an opinion on the most reliable data source that Vestas should use for different purposes, maintaining relationships with external organizations to develop deep understanding of external firms' assumptions and conclusions.