Director, Markets

The Clean Energy Buyers Alliance is seeking a Director, Western Markets to oversee programs and electricity markets in the Western U.S. This leadership role involves advocating for clean energy policies, managing stakeholder relationships, and executing strategies to influence market expansion. The position requires collaboration with regulatory agencies and the development of resources to support clean energy procurement. The job is based in Salt Lake City, UT.
Position: Director, Western Markets
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Position Title:

Director, Western Markets Supervisor:
Senior Director, Market & Policy Innovation Department/Division: US Programs

Hours:

40 hours workweek (exempt)

Location:

Western United States Salary range: $130,900 - $208,800; exclusive of annual bonus and 401(k)

Position Overview:

The Clean Energy Buyer’s 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. 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 affordability, jobs, reliability, and resiliency can be maximized through clean energy.

Qualifications:

Required:

17+ years’ experience if no higher education or 12+ years’…