Associate, Energy Supply (Strategy)

Energy Impact Partners (EIP) is a global investment platform leading the transition to a sustainable, abundant, and reliable energy future. EIP brings together entrepreneurs and a global coalition of energy, real estate, and industrial companies to advance clean energy innovation. With over $4 billion in assets under management, EIP invests across venture, growth, and credit.

We're seeking an Associate to join our Research & Innovation (Strategy) group: the team at EIP responsible for the strategic platform bridging EIP's investment teams, corporate partners, and portfolio companies. This position will focus on energy supply, covering topics such as: clean fuels, power generation, carbon management, and AI for energy system operations. Within those domains, this role will support in the development of deep market insight and apply that insight to: A) support our investment deal flow;  B) accelerate commercialization for our portfolio companies, and C) help our corporate partners drive meaningful innovation in their business.

This is an opportunity to work at the nexus of technology innovators and established energy incumbents to accelerate change in our industry. We're looking for an insatiably curious, analytically minded market researcher, who's able to manage multiple workstreams and draw insights across an ecosystem spanning technical founders, startup commercial leaders, corporate innovation leads, and corporate finance professionals.

Atlanta is our preferred location for this position.  Exceptional candidates in New York City will be considered.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Generating sector research & insight

• Support market analysis on a wide variety of topics - synthesizing industry research and data from diverse sources to generate insight that's simply unavailable anywhere else
• Develop market landscapes for investable target companies
• Identify the transformational impact that emerging technology might have on our strategic partners' businesses
• Perform fundamental modelling of technology and market pathways to adoption

Engage our strategic partners

• Support and lead working groups of subject matter experts and operational leaders from our strategic partner consortium
• Work hand in hand with partners on building business cases and deployment pathways for transformational technology
• Support corporate venture capital teams on investment opportunities in EIP portfolio companies and deal flow

Establish thought leadership

• Present and publish unique insights to share EIP's views both within and outside of our immediate ecosystem
• Develop credibility as a trusted internal advisor on key trends and markets.

Create value for EIP investment strategy & portfolio

• Collaborate with our investment teams to source deal opportunities and build conviction in investment decisions
• Share actionable insight with our portfolio on market dynamics & opportunities
• Support portfolio companies by advising on product development roadmaps & go-to-market strategy
  
  

• 2-4 years of experience in market analysis; management consulting; corporate strategy; investment banking, or other relevant fields
• Bachelor's degree in scientific or engineering field preferred (chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, sustainability, mechanical engineering, biology, or similar), business / economics also considered
• Prior experience, or demonstrated interest in, the energy or climate tech sector
• Excellent analytical skills and capability to assess complex business cases
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to juggle multiple competing priorities in fast paced environment with limited oversight
• Strong detail orientation and commitment to accuracy
• An independent mindset and intellectual curiosity
• A proven track record of working effectively on a team and being a good teammate
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, CoPilot/AI tools, and PowerPoint