Senior Project Manager - Equitable Stakeholder Engagement

Interested in joining a growing company where you will work with talented colleagues, enhance a supportive and energetic culture, and be part of the climate solution? At Energy Solutions, we focus on the big impacts. And we believe that market-based programs can be a powerful force to deliver large-scale energy, carbon, and water-use savings. Since 1995, we’ve harnessed that power to offer proven, performance-based solutions for our utility, government, and institutional customers.

Energy Solutions is seeking a full-time employee to join our Policy & Ratings team in the role of Senior Project Manager, Equitable Stakeholder Engagement. Our Policy & Ratings Team supports the development of building codes, product standards, and other policies through an inclusive, data-driven analytical approach, that relies extensively on engagement with impacted stakeholders. As a member of the Energy Solutions team, you will have a broad impact on state, national and international energy markets through our work for state governments, major utilities, and other national leaders in decarbonization policy. Because these policies impact a diverse mix of consumers, communities, contractors, manufacturers and other market actors, our team develops and implements stakeholder engagement processes that ensure the considerations of these impacted groups are addressed. This engagement allows Energy Solutions to develop policy recommendations that maximize decarbonization impacts and distribute benefits more equitably.  

Your leadership will help us achieve equitable processes and outcomes in our work related to building codes, equipment efficiency standards, and other policies that promote clean energy technologies for all. In this role, you will develop frameworks and strategy, build relationships and partnerships, and analyze proposed policies and processes with a focus on equity. You will engage with state and national-level policies and regulatory proceedings while bringing an equity lens to everything we do.  

The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to developing stakeholder engagement processes that foster collaborative communications amongst impacted communities, markets, manufacturers and contractors. Strong relationship- and coalition-building experience and experience engaging with state and/or federal level policy are key skills for this role. Strong candidates will also have relationships with and experience engaging community-based organizations. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Develop and implement equity-focused stakeholder engagement strategies for building codes, equipment efficiency standards, and other clean energy policies 
• Integrate equity frameworks and best practices into existing programs and into Energy Solutions’ public engagement processes 
• Coordinate with external partners who specialize in reaching underserved communities and build new partnerships with organizations with complementary skills and expertise 
• Build relationships and engage with equity-focused coalitions to advance policy and regulation 
• Assess potential equity concerns and opportunities related to proposed regulations and policies 
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