About the Role
We are seeking a Head of Strategic Analysis and Insights to lead the ETC’s analytical programme at a critical moment for the energy transition. This role sits at the intersection of rigorous quantitative analysis, strategic narrative development, and senior stakeholder engagement. You will lead the development of high-impact insights across key areas of the energy transition and translate these into compelling narratives that shape decisions by industry, finance, and policymakers. This role also requires a strong understanding of how AI is reshaping analytical work.
Responsibilities
- Lead the ETC’s analytical programme across priority areas, including energy transition pathways aligned with well below 2°C, economics of the transition (including distributional impacts), clean electrification and power system transformation, and hydrogen, bioenergy, and carbon capture.
- Define analytical approaches, ensuring rigour and relevance.
- Oversee quality assurance across all outputs.
- Translate complex analysis into clear, compelling insights for senior executives, policymakers, and technical audiences.
- Shape flagship outputs including reports, briefings, and workshop materials.
- Work with communications teams to extend reach through digital and media channels.
- Lead engagement with ETC Commissioners and external stakeholders.
- Facilitate discussions across industry, finance, and policy communities.
- Build consensus across diverse and competing perspectives.
- Represent the ETC externally as a credible and authoritative voice.
- Embed AI tools into analytical workflows to significantly accelerate research, synthesis, and insight generation.
- Identify where AI can replace or augment traditional analytical approaches, improving speed and scale.
- Apply critical judgement to validate outputs, challenge assumptions, and ensure analytical robustness.
- Build team capability in effective AI use and stay at the forefront of relevant developments.
- Lead and develop a small, high-performing analytical team.
- Manage multiple workstreams and external research partnerships.
- Contribute to fundraising and development of new analytical initiatives.
Requirements
- A high-calibre analytical leader with strong energy transition expertise and the ability to connect data, insight, and influence.
- Experience in strategy consulting, energy research, think tanks, or similar high-performance environments.
- 5-7+ years of expertise in energy, climate, or related fields – ideally across all energy system aspects.
- Strong track record leading analytical workstreams or programmes.
- Experience engaging senior stakeholders across industry, finance, or policy.
- Practical experience applying AI tools to research, synthesis, and insight generation, with a clear understanding of their strengths and limitations.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-structuring skills.
- Ability to connect detailed analysis with system-level insight.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to balance detail with system-level thinking.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Experience across corporate, finance, NGO, and policy contexts (Desirable).
- Familiarity with energy system modelling and scenario analysis (e.g. IEA, BNEF) (Desirable).
- Experience in multi-stakeholder or coalition environments (Desirable).
- International experience across key transition markets (Desirable).
- Multiple languages (Desirable).
Skills
- AI tools
- Energy transition pathways
- Economics of the transition
- Clean electrification
- Power system transformation
- Hydrogen
- Bioenergy
- Carbon capture
- Quantitative analysis
- Strategic narrative development
- Senior stakeholder engagement
- Research
- Synthesis
- Insight generation
- Analytical robustness
- Team leadership
- Workstream management
- External research partnerships
- Fundraising
- Energy system modelling
- Scenario analysis
Location
- London
- Amsterdam
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-7+ years of expertise in energy, climate, or related fields
About the Company
- Systemiq is the system change company, working to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive and more inclusive economy.
- As a certified B Corp, we partner with business, finance, policymakers and civil society to transform five interconnected systems: energy, nature and food, materials and circularity, sustainable finance, and urban transformation.
- We bring together strategy, policy, market design and capital mobilisation to deliver tangible results in the real economy.
- Founded in 2016, Systemiq has grown to a global team of more than 300 people across Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, the Netherlands, the UK and the US, united by a singular focus on sustainability.
- The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) is a global coalition of leaders across the energy system committed to achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century.
- Our Commissioners are senior executives from energy, industry, finance, and civil society.
- Through rigorous, fact-based analysis, we align diverse stakeholders around practical pathways to deliver the energy transition.
- The ETC Secretariat is hosted by Systemiq.
Equal Opportunity
- At Systemiq, we absolutely believe diverse perspectives are essential to driving system change. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where people feel respected, supported and able to do their best work.
