Regulatory Strategy Consultant

Job Summary

Research and deliver fact-based analysis which is critical to the Company's strategic business decisions to Regulatory Affairs management as well as DTE executive management. Integrate corporate, business unit, and regulatory strategies into cohesive, executable plans. Determine the impact proposed legislation and/or rulings will have toward current Company regulatory strategies. Become the Company's advocate on pending issues before public policymakers and strive to build consensus around proposed strategic regulatory solutions.

Key Accountabilities

• Issue analysis and corresponding development of strategic positions that integrate company and business unit regulatory strategies.
• Build a strategic direction consensus and ensure a purposeful, effective focus among the Company's leadership team.
• Develop competitive methodologies at the corporate and business unit levels that are equally sensitive priorities, as well as regulatory constraints.
• Issue analysis of regulatory and legislative policy dynamics that protect the Company's competitive interests, and will ultimately shape or lead policymakers' opinions and agenda.
• Maintain working knowledge of state-of-the-art structural and public economic issues to protect the Company's interests as energy public policy evolves at both the state and federal-levels.
• Create and maintain relationships with regulators and other policymakers to assure the Company retains a forum to advocate its views on policy and ratemaking.
• Lead cross functional teams as necessary in fulfilling the job accountabilities.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, Finance, Public Administration or other related discipline.
• Seven years of demonstrated effectiveness covering such areas as regulatory and governmental compliance, litigation, rates, corporate policy or corporate policy development based on regulatory rules.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in the aforementioned areas or Juris Doctorate degree.

Other Qualifications

• Broad understanding of the Company's business.
• Expert in the strategy development process.
• Working knowledge of the public policy development process.
• Superior problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and guidance to others.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to listen, synthesize, and process outside input.
• Strong advocacy skills.
• Proficient verbal, nonverbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated strong technical skills in Microsoft applications primarily Powerpoint and Excel.

Additional Information

• Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities, and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned.

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