As a Policy Project Manager II on the Business Strategy Team, you will support Energy Solutions’ regulatory and legislative tracking, engagement, and advocacy primarily at the state and regional level to advance our company’s mission and advance decarbonization. This role will incorporate drive conducting policy research, developing policy strategy, and drafting of regulatory comments, presentations, and other policy-related deliverables to support clean energy and energy efficiency.

This role will largely be interacting within policy and regulatory forums of state legislatures, public utility commissions, and state agencies. This position reports to the Director of Policy & Strategy.

The ideal candidate will build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including program staff, partners, advocates, and policy leaders. They will oversee daily team management to achieve company objectives in a highly cross-functional role requiring excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and project management skills. A commitment to Energy Solutions’ mission of equitable climate change mitigation, along with curiosity, critical thinking, initiative, and strong organizational drive, is essential.

Energy Solutions has a remote-friendly work environment for staff located throughout the United States. We also have offices in Oakland and Orange, California as well as Portland, Boston, New York and Chicago for those that wish to work from one of our offices for in-office/hybrid opportunities.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Identify and develop creative policy solutions that align with Energy Solutions’ mission and strategy, pursuing proactive legislative and regulatory initiatives and defending against adverse legislative or regulatory actions.
• Integrate input from internal teams and stakeholders to identify policy-driven risks and opportunities, and articulate the company's positions on key issues.
• Lead internal teams in prioritizing and analyzing the impact of critical legislative and regulatory issues based on the company’s business plan; report on key issues and impacts to relevant internal staff and executive management team.
• Facilitate internal teams in responding to policy engagement opportunities (regulatory comments, RFIs, etc.).
• Develop trusted and productive relationships with allied stakeholders, trade organizations, legislators, state administrative officials and other external parties to facilitate advocacy and information-sharing efforts and advance decarbonization at a regional level (particularly in CA and the Northeast).
• Represent the company at meetings, conferences, public forums, and government hearings.
• Conduct research and analysis to develop specific policy initiatives and positions, and develop resources such as internal briefings, memos, reports, presentations, and one-pagers for both internal and external stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as public policy, political science, environmental studies, business, etc.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in regulatory affairs, government affairs, or program design and implementation, preferable in the energy industry.
• Knowledge of climate, energy policy, and/or building electrification.
• Knowledge of the structure and relationship of government bodies, particularly in the energy nexus, and particularly in CA and the Northeast.
• Adept at collaborating with various stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Experience working on policy initiatives and regulatory proceedings.
• Ability to apply both creative and critical thinking to complex policy and political situations.
• Experience in managing cross-functional teams and/or leading projects.
• Highly motivated; ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
• Demonstrated success at project management / balancing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication skills; ability to synthesize complex and nuanced ideas into digestible briefings / presentations.
• Strong commitment to Energy Solutions’ mission.

Compensation to commensurate with experience with the pay band of  $75k - $90k/Annually