Director, Western Markets

Western U.S. (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

Chaloner has partnered with The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) on a search for a Director, Western Markets. 

Position Overview

The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) works to solve the toughest market and policy barriers and deploy solutions for large energy customers to pursue clean energy and decarbonize the grid. 

The Director of Western Markets will support the Senior Director of Market & Policy Innovation within the US Policy team and oversee the day-to-day work of CEBA for west-related programs and electricity markets. As developing our people is extremely important, the Director is also expected to be a people leader, will assist the Senior Director with funding development, budgeting, and actively engage the CEBA membership and Clean Energy Buyers Institute (“CEBI”) community. 

Core Responsibilities:

The Director will help support CEBA’s efforts to create well-designed, organized wholesale electricity markets in the eleven contiguous Western states of the United States and to advance policies that facilitate clean energy procurement for our members. The role will require working with the Senior Director and Senior Vice President of Policy to set and execute strategy for influence, research, and action in key Western states. The Director will lead strategy implementation and convenings and education to advance and amplify policies and programs with key elected officials, state energy offices, Commissions and Commissioners, and other regulatory officials in the Western region. 

Specifically, the Director will be responsible for the following:

Lead execution of assigned programmatic priorities

• Advocate for CEBA’s positions with regulatory agencies, policymakers, and other state decision makers, including managing CEBA’s public comments 
• Identify opportunities, such as state level commission dockets, for large energy customer engagement that accelerate market expansion for clean, firm resources 
• Build and join coalitions to advance key goals
• Develop and grow relationships with key stakeholders in the West to expand CEBA outreach and ability to influence market and access to clean, firm resources
• Lead CEBA’s Western Working Group and utilize workshops, meetings, webinars, and other convening opportunities to advance programmatic goals
• Lead and/or support in the development of authoritative resources, including guiding principles, primers, white papers, guidance documents, policy principles, and frameworks, as well as thought leadership pieces informed by energy customers and industry experts 
• Manage consultants and other technical experts in the execution of work and co-create thought leadership and recommendations
• Lead clean energy customer engagement that drives policy and advocacy solutions for advancing market access and design in the Western region

The Director shall also: 

Provide direction and lead the team

• Inform programmatic budgets for the Western region to assist the Senior Director in managing overall Market & Policy Innovation team budgets
• Lead the development of grant deliverables

Collaborate and engage with stakeholders

• Collaborate with others in the organization to share best practices and support each other’s work
• Lead communications and relationship development with advisory committees, working groups, policy teams and other ad hoc committees
• Lead convenings and education of clean energy customers and other stakeholders on the benefits of well-designed markets in the West
• Participate in industry conferences, convenings, etc. and be capable of speaking to the organization’s strategic vision
• Support large energy customer participation in high level meetings, such as with Governors, Lt. Governors, legislatures, state energy offices, and/or Commissions, that highlight how economic development, affordability, reliability, and resiliency can be maximized through well-designed electricity markets and transmission

Qualifications: 

Required:

• 17+ years’ experience if no higher education or 
• 12+ years’ experience and Bachelor’s degree or 
• 8+ years’ experience and Master's Degree

Additional:

• Experience working in Western states on issues related to clean energy policy, development or procurement required 
• Knowledge related to corporate, industrial, and institutional clean energy procurement preferred
• Estimated 30-40% travel is required in this role (will vary based on location of successful candidate)
• Direct experience with public utility commission, rulemaking, and state and federal policy issues regarding wholesale markets
• Experience with multi-stakeholder consultation processes, coalitions, and initiatives
• A commitment to CEBA’s core values of respect, integrity, service, and excellence
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or professional experience with wholesale energy markets and/or clean energy policy in Western states
• Demonstrated effective communication (verbal and written)

Physical Demands:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Communicate verbally and in written form with great facility

To Apply:

To be considered for this opportunity, please provide a résumé and apply at www.chaloner.com.

Our Salary and Benefits:We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that aims to develop a world-class team by holistically supporting the individual. CEBA also offers eligibility to participate in our annual bonus/ incentive plan based on both organizational and individual performance. CEBA believes that supporting all employees to have a full life, inside and outside of work, results in a team that feels personally engaged in CEBA’s success. 

Compensation

• $155,000-$170,000
• Generous discretionary bonus package

At CEBA You Belong:

Our members come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our commitment to a zero-carbon energy system is for everyone, and so too is our workplace. 

CEBA is committed to maintaining a workplace where all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at CEBA and is an important principle of sound business management.   

Inclusion goes beyond diversity. All CEBA staff shall be committed to accepting and encouraging different perspectives. Creative solutions to tough problems are fostered by respectful challenges of one another’s thoughts and assumptions. CEBA is committed to being open to a variety of cultural practices and norms. 

Achieving CEBA’s vision of a resilient, zero-carbon energy system requires creative problem-solving and a wide range of perspectives; CEBA knows that diversity not only makes our organization stronger but also is foundational to our mission success. 

About the Organizations

Together, the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and the Clean Energy Buyers Institute (CEBI) share a collective vision of customer-driven clean energy for all. These organizations form an inclusive community of energy customers, clean energy providers, service providers, NGOs, philanthropies, and clean energy thought-leaders. Our aspiration is to achieve a 90% carbon-free U.S. electricity system by 2030 and to cultivate a global community of energy customers driving clean energy.

The Clean Energy Buyers Association is a business association with a mission to activate a community of energy customers and partners to deploy market and policy solutions for a carbon-free energy system. The Clean Energy Buyers Institute is a public benefit charity with a mission dedicated to solving the toughest market and policy barriers to achieving a carbon-free energy system.

Our guiding values and tenets are: we value respect in our treatment of people and the planet; integrity in how we conduct ourselves; service to our mission, stakeholders, and colleagues; and excellence in our programs and work. The core tenets that CEBA strives to foster include: Mission oriented, grounded by strategy, a spirit of partnership inside and outside of CEBA and innovation and entrepreneurship through healthy and respectful discord. We know that diversity is critical to realizing our vision of customer-driven clean energy for all because innovative solutions come from great minds who do not think alike. 

CEBA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, results of genetic testing, caregiver status, and past, present or prospective service in the military in addition to any other protected categories required by state, federal or local regulations. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, discipline, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, benefits and training.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.