Manager, Policy - Utility Partnerships & Innovation

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and implement key initiatives that align with CEBA's mission, vision, and core tenets.
• Contribute to strategic planning by identifying opportunities for program development and market impact.
• Oversee the execution of assigned programmatic priorities, ensuring high-quality deliverables and measurable outcomes.
• Advocate for CEBA's positions with regulatory agencies, policymakers, and industry stakeholders.
• Conduct research and analysis to inform CEBA's positions and strategies on expanding access to clean energy, regional transmission policy and utility decarbonization pathways.
• Develop thought leadership materials, including white papers, reports, and policy briefs.
• Manage CEBA's engagement in public comment processes, coalition-building efforts, and stakeholder convenings.
• Lead and manage projects, ensuring effective planning, budgeting, and execution.
• Guide cross-functional collaboration with other CEBA teams to support organizational objectives.
• Supervise consultants, technical experts, and other external partners to achieve program goals.
• Provide mentorship and support to junior staff and peers, fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Develop and grow relationships with key external partners, including government agencies, policy makers, public utility commissions, businesses, NGOs, and utilities.
• Lead and facilitate working groups, meetings, and stakeholder convenings to drive CEBA's policy initiatives.
• Engage and/or manage CEBA's engagement in regulatory dockets for utility planning and new and expanding clean energy customer tariffs.
• Communicate CEBA's strategic objectives effectively to diverse audiences through presentations, reports, and direct engagement.
• Represent CEBA at industry conferences and events, advocating for clean energy customer-driven solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a relevant industry: e.g., clean energy, policy, corporate sustainability, or utilities, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in a relevant field, or Master's degree and 3+ years of experience in a relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years' experience employed by, or engaged directly with, a vertically integrated utility in a regulatory, advocacy, or partnership capacity.
• Minimum 1 year experience in policy analysis, market development, regulatory process engagement, or program implementation.
• Strong ability to analyze complex issues, generate innovative solutions, and communicate recommendations effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with design of clean energy customer programs and ratemaking.
• Familiarity with regulatory processes, transmission policy, and/or utility business and planning processes.
• Knowledge of corporate, industrial, and institutional clean energy procurement strategies.