Senior Strategy Consultant - DS&R

, India

Job Family Group:

Strategy BD & Commercial

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

August 19, 2026

Business Unit:

Finance

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Where you fit?

Now is a great time to join Shell’s strategy organization. With the energy transition accelerating and Powering Progress in full swing, Downstream & Renewables Strategy & Portfolio (SXDR) is one of the places in Shell where you can make a material impact to Shell’s direction of travel and drive performance, discipline, and simplification. Shell’s ambition remains clear: to transform into a net-zero company by 2050 while maintaining profitability and being an attractive investment case. Success in this endeavor hinges on our capacity to attract the brightest minds to Strategy and to consistently make informed choices backed by thorough, independent, data driven analysis. The SXDR organization is led by a VP who reports to the President of Shell’s Downstream & Renewables (DSR) businesses. This organization structure is to ensure business leaders are fully accountable for their performance and can drive faster decision making, increase intimacy, and empower the businesses to deliver.

The DR Strategy Consultancy (DRSC) team is an integral part of the SXDR organization. DRSC is led by Strategy Consultancy Manager, DSR. The role of Senior Strategy Consultant sits in the DRSC organization. This team supports all Downstream & Renewables (DSR) Lines of Business by partnering closely with the DSR Strategy & Portfolio Leadership Team (SXDRLT), which includes 1 VP, 5 Strategy GMs, 1 Portfolio Manager and 1 Strategy Consultancy Manager. The team delivers business value through strategic analysis, research, problem-solving, project management, and insight-driven storytelling.

The Senior Strategy Consultant leads the execution of strategy projects and research initiatives across DSR Line of Businesses. Operating within a flat structure, all consultants report directly to the Strategy Consultancy Manager, ensuring consistent delivery quality, accountability, and team development.

What’s the role?

As Sr. Strategy Consultant, DSR, you will be delivering projects and products that supports Shell’s senior leadership in the DSR businesses to drive decisions in line with the overall Shell’s strategy. You will be responsible for delivering ad-hoc deep dives on markets, industry and countries with a keen focus on the implications for Shell. These projects and products deliver sound, accurate, timely and fit-for-purpose insights that support strategic and commercial decision making. The Sr. Strategy Consultant – DSR will be a key contributor to 2-3 strategy platform initiatives to strengthen the engagement within DRSC & making SXDR a thriving community.

What you’ll be doing?

• Lead and deliver strategy projects, research studies, and transformation initiatives across Downstream and Renewables Business.
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and business assessments to identify growth opportunities and strategic insights.
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize complex data into actionable recommendations and business cases.
• Manage end-to-end delivery of assigned workstreams, including scoping, planning, stakeholder engagement, analysis, and presentation of findings.
• Support portfolio management and strategic transformation programs.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, clients, and external partners to drive collaboration and influence decision-making.
• Develop insights on industry trends, regulatory developments, emerging technologies, and energy transition opportunities.
• Contribute to financial modeling, business case development, and strategic planning activities.
• Collaborate effectively across global teams and functions, sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Demonstrate agility in learning new topics and translating them into business value.

What we need from you?

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Economics, Finance, or a related field; MBA is preferred.
• 6 to 10 years of experience in strategy, consulting, business development, sales/marketing, finance, project delivery, or related disciplines within the DSR industry.
• Experience in one or more sectors, including Mobility & Convenience, Lubricants, Refining, Trading & Supply, Chemicals, Low Carbon Solutions, or Renewable Power.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to derive insights from complex data.
• Working knowledge of financial modeling, business case development, and commercial analysis.
• Understanding of energy markets, industry value chains, regulatory frameworks, and emerging energy technologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Consulting experience and direct exposure to energy or downstream businesses are highly desirable.
• Preference will be given for candidates with specific experience in unlocking value through Industrial and Functional/Process AI transformational programs within the DSR value chain.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates an LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and an LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India’s growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Spring Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Spring is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centers across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programs on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

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