Managing Director - Northeast

Advanced Energy United; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

100% medical premiums

Flexible spending plans

Profit sharing

Wellness reimbursement

Home office stipend

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Transit benefits

Job summary

Advanced Energy United seeks a solutions-oriented Managing Director to lead policy advocacy in the Northeast and oversee a dispersed team of advocates. You will shape strategies, engage with members and partners, and drive multi-year campaigns advancing 100% clean energy and electrified transportation.

The role requires a background in state or federal issue advocacy, experience with clean energy, and the ability to align teams across programs to meet policy objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or advanced degree in Political Science, Public Policy, or Economics, or applicable comparable experience.
• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in public policy, with a portion in clean energy or transportation.
• Experience managing a team in a remote environment.
• Viewed as a subject matter expert in a specific focus area.
• Political campaign or organizing experience, preferably in clean energy advocacy.
• Entrepreneurial approach, flexible attitude, and ability to operate independently, aligned with United’s mission.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of political and policy strategies to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy and electrified transportation.
• Manage a geographically dispersed advocacy team and lobbyists on the ground.
• Collaborate across policy teams to meet short- and long-term objectives, including legislative and regulatory engagement.
• Engage members to develop policy positions and facilitate consensus on priorities.
• Ensure high-quality member engagement opportunities through direct decision-maker engagement, lobby days, and testimony.

Skills

Policy leadership

Remote team management

Stakeholder engagement

Fundraising & revenue development

Communication skills

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in Political Science/Public Policy/Economics

Job description

Advanced Energy United is a national industry association representing businesses that provide the full range of advanced energy and transportation solutions. Our team works to educate, advocate, and activate in decisionmaker venues across the country.

We advocate for public policies that enable competition and work alongside our member companies to create economic opportunity, lower consumer costs, and bolster energy reliability and resilience across the country. We work with decision makers at every level of government as well as regulators of energy markets to build progress toward an economy built on advanced energy.

If you’re an entrepreneurial, innovative, analytical and thoughtful person looking to make an impact in the clean energy space, United might be the perfect place for you to share your talents. Team members at United are given the trust and responsibility to make big things happen, and myriad opportunities to learn new skills, explore new issue areas, and work with a broad cross section of the clean energy community. Being a team member at United also means working with a talented and diverse group of people, some who bring decades of experience spanning advocacy, philanthropy, clean tech, government and more—and our collaborative approach means we get to learn from each other, expert and novice, every day. And while our organization is fully remote, we are proud of the people-focused culture we have built and the connectedness of our team.

We work on serious issues, take our mission seriously, but never take ourselves too seriously.

Position Description

Advanced Energy United seeks a solutions-oriented, innovative, and politically savvy Managing Director to join United’s policy team. The Managing Director will oversee a team of advocates and shape policy advocacy strategies in the Northeast, lead member engagement in the region, and work collaboratively with program directors to develop and implement multi-year strategies and campaigns designed to achieve policy successes that will accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy and electrified transportation while expanding markets for the advanced energy industry.

This is a unique opportunity to join a high-functioning team and organization, and lead strategy and execution inkeystates.The idealcandidate will be a highly energetic and self-starting professional who brings a background in issue advocacy at the state or federal level and experience withcleanenergy. The Managing Director will work collaboratively withUnited’sother Managing Directors, and will lead strategy development and execution, with project teams on both internal and external projects to advanceUnited’spolicy agenda in priority states including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Candidates should be creative and flexible, with the ability to develop and execute strategies, working in multiple venues with diverse stakeholders. The successful candidate will have excellent organizational,managerialand mentoringskills,theability to find common ground both with corporate membership and external stakeholders, and a successfultrack recordgenerating revenue.Candidates will need to travelfrequentlyto meet with United members, coalition allies and stakeholders, public officials, and internal team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of political and policy strategies foraccelerating the transition to 100% clean energy and electrified transportation, as well asidentifyfuture venues for policy and political success in targeted states.
• Manage a geographically dispersed advocacy team and lobbyists on the ground.
• Work collaboratively acrossUnited’spolicyteam on developing and implementing strategies to meet short and long-term policyobjectivesin key states as part ofUnited’score portfolio. Thiswillinclude legislative, regulatory, and administrative (e.g.governor’s office) engagement.
• Work withUnitedmembers to develop and reach consensus on policy positions in key states and on key issues. Facilitate member calls and lead policy discussions to coalesce member input and prioritize areas of interest and engagement.
• Work with team members to ensure high-quality member engagement opportunities are conducted in targeted states through direct decision maker engagement,including lobby days and candidate education, earned media, and expert testimony; andparticipatein legislative, rulemaking, and administrative processes, as needed.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with coalition partners, philanthropy, allies, and key legislative, regulatory and administrative staff.
• Represent United effectively in front of funders and member prospects and help raise funds to support strategies and engagement in key states.
• Ability to master the politics of the region through development of relationships with key players and decision makers, as well as a general understanding of the levers of power in these states and how toleveragethe advanced energy industry to affect policy change.
• Travel on an as needed basis (up to 30%) to targeted states for advocacy days, technical conferences, meetings with key allies and stakeholders, staff development, and other efforts on behalf ofUnited.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Advanced degree, Political Science, Public Policy, or Economics preferred, or applicable comparable experience
• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in public policy, with a portion of that engagement in the clean energy or transportation sector
• Experience managing a team in a remote environment
• Viewed as a subject matter expert inaspecificfocusarea
• Political campaign or organizing experience, preferably in the clean energyadvocacyspace
• Entrepreneurial approach, flexible attitude, and ability tooperateindependently, making decisions consistent withUnited’smission/vision
• Ability to engage members, customers, and funders, and sellUnitedand its value proposition to those audiences
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop an internal team and work collaboratively across project teams with colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal
• Intellectual curiosity, inquisitive nature, and excellent listening and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage a project budget and financials
• Performance-oriented individual with a strong work ethic, demonstrated initiative and commitment to achieving goals

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee is regularly required to use hands and talk or hear. The employee is required to sit for long periods of time; reach with hands and arms; may need to balance, stoop, kneel or crouch, walk up and down stairs.

Job type:

Full-time; regular

Location:

Remote - Must reside in the U.S., with a strong preference for residence in the Northeast region (MA, CT, RI or NY)

Salary:

starting at $160,000

Start Date:

October 2026

Advanced Energy United Perks Include:

• Remote work and flexible schedule
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
• Medical premiums covered for employees at 100%
• Flexible spending plans for health care and dependent care
• Profit sharing opportunities and annual merit-based compensation increases
• $75/month personal wellness reimbursement
• Up to $200 reimbursement for home office set-up
• Accrued Paid Time Off, 11 federal holidays, and an annual end-of-year closure
• 401(k) plan (with matching incentives)
• WMATA Transit Smart Benefits (DC, MD, VA employees)

Advanced Energy United is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application, interview process, and/ or to perform essential job functions please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]. We are committed to the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice across our organization (“DEIJ”). We also incorporate these values into our mission of making the energy we use secure, clean, and affordable. We know that varied perspectives and a commitment to social justice are needed to succeed in making the United States an advanced energy economy. We commit to building and supporting an inclusive workforce that represents different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints.