Senior Manager, Eastern Regional Policy

Full-time; Exempt; Remote (ideally located in DC, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Rhode Island)

About Rewiring America

Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying our homes, businesses, and communities. We develop accessible, actionable data and tools, and build coalitions and partnerships to make going electric easier for households and communities. Rewiring America helps Americans save money, tackle nationwide emissions goals, improve health, and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce. We believe in an abundant, flourishing, climate-safe future, and know that, together, we can realize one.

The Opportunity and Position Summary

With a clear vision, high-leverage strategies, and significant and sustained financial support, Rewiring America is growing rapidly. We are seeking a Senior Manager of Eastern Regional Policy. You will lead the organization’s efforts to establish and influence state policy initiatives and campaigns in DC, Maryland, New Jersey and other parts of the Eastern Region. This role will identify and execute policy campaigns and movement building initiatives, cultivate partner relationships in our priority states, manage policy analyst(s) and/or associate(s), and contribute to organizational growth and strategic planning. This position reports to the Director of State & Regional Policy.

What You’ll Do

Policy Development and Execution:

• Develop and update landscape assessments for priority states in your region and identify high-leverage policy solutions that align with Rewiring America’s mission, including legislative, regulatory, and administrative action.
• Manage the implementation of priority policy campaigns and movement building initiatives, working with internal and external partners.  
• Manage and conduct research to stay apprised of emerging policies, technologies, and programs in your region.
• Develop resources such as fact sheets, memos, reports, and one pagers for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Align your policy work with organizational Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
  

Organizational leadership and collaboration: 

• Provide inspirational and effective leadership to direct reports (including policy analyst(s) and/or associate(s)), communicating a clear sense of direction and empowering teams to achieve mutually defined goals. 
• Manage external contracts with state lobbyists and other consultants. 
• Establish operational objectives, policies, and work plans to advance the organization’s vision and values.  
• Proactively collaborate with and support other teams across the organization (e.g. Communities team and Product team) to maximize Rewiring America’s collective impact. 

Outreach and stakeholder engagement:

• Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and contribute to coalitions in your region, including workforce coalitions, environmental advocacy organizations, community-based organizations, environmental justice organizations, utilities, manufacturers, public health professionals, and other partners. 
• Build relationships with key media outlets and journalists working on climate policy in your region, and serve as public spokesperson for the organization as needed. 
• Develop relationships with State legislators, executive branch officials, and other policymakers to help shape and support statewide building electrification policy in your region. 
• Direct the organization’s engagement with the legislature and Public Utilities Commissions/Public Service Commissions in priority states.

Requirements

Who You Are

The incoming Senior Manager of Eastern Regional Policy will be driven by their belief in and commitment to Rewiring America’s values, vision, and mission. The successful candidate embraces the dynamism of doing big things and demonstrates humility, empathy, and an appetite for tackling ambitious goals. We are looking for an organized, driven, persistent and motivated individual who thrives on execution and collaboration. 

We are looking for the following Core and Preferred qualifications:

Core

• 7+ years of relevant work experience, including direct policy and advocacy work in energy and climate change

• Content knowledge in climate, energy policy, environmental justice, and/or building electrification
• In-depth experience working on a policy initiative and seeing it through from beginning to end; the ideal candidate has themselves spearheaded initiatives or key elements of initiatives
• Adept at collaborating with various stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Ability to apply both cre