Project Manager, Regulatory Affairs

NYSERDA; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 82,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

NYSERDA in Albany, NY is seeking a Project Manager for Regulatory Affairs to support day-to-day regulatory activities, coordinate inputs from program, policy, legal, and communications teams, and maintain calendars that promote accountability and timely deliverables.

Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree with five years of relevant experience and possess strong multitasking and coordination skills to manage multiple priorities across regulatory timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and workstreams simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and track regulatory activities, deadlines, and milestones across NYSERDA’s portfolio.
• Maintain regulatory calendars and briefing materials to support team management and accountability.
• Support preparation, coordination, and quality review of regulatory filings, comments, responses, briefing materials, and other regulatory work products.
• Monitor regulatory proceedings and developments and help identify items requiring internal attention or follow-up.
• Coordinate inputs from NYSERDA program, policy, legal, communications, and other internal teams to support regulatory deliverables.
• Develop agendas, meeting materials, action items, and follow-up for internal and external regulatory meetings.
• Track decisions, assignments, and next steps to ensure commitments are completed on schedule.
• Support development of standard processes, templates, and tools to improve consistency and efficiency across NYSERDA.
• Contribute to special projects and cross-functional initiatives related to regulatory affairs and energy policy.
• Perform all job responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Project coordination

Regulatory affairs

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in public policy/public administration/business/energy/environmental studies or related field

Master's degree in public policy/public administration/business/energy/environmental studies or related field

Job description

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Project Manager, Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory Affairs Regular Full-Time Professional Albany Albany, NY, US

8 days ago Requisition ID: 1645

Salary Range: $81,858.00 To $137,206.00 Annually

As a leader in advancing New York’s energy transition, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a credible, objective and trusted partner in energy planning and in deploying new innovative technologies to build an affordable, abundant, reliable, and clean energy system. NYSERDA works with stakeholders statewide, including residents, business owners, developers, community leaders, local government officials, universities, utilities, investors, entrepreneurs, and more, to develop, invest, and foster conditions that:

• Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
• Advance solutions for using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
• Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably in the clean energy transition.

Job Overview

The Project Manager will join NYSERDA’s Regulatory Affairs team and provide critical project management and coordination support for the Authority’s regulatory activities. The regulatory affairs function helps NYSERDA understand and navigate an evolving regulatory environment, coordinate across internal stakeholders, and engage effectively with the New York State Department of Public Service in support of New York State’s energy priorities. The Project Manager will focus on the day-to-day execution and coordination of the team’s work, including tracking regulatory activities and deliverables, managing timelines, coordinating inputs from internal teams, preparing meeting materials, and maintaining processes and tools that promote accountability. This position offers an opportunity to develop a strong foundation in energy policy, regulatory affairs, project management, and cross-functional collaboration while working on issues that directly affect New York’s energy future.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate and track regulatory activities, proceedings, deliverables, deadlines, milestones and commitments across NYSERDA’s portfolio.
• Maintain regulatory calendars, trackers, briefing materials, and other tools that support effective team management and accountability.
• Support preparation, coordination, and quality review of regulatory filings, comments, responses, briefing materials, and other regulatory work products.
• Monitor regulatory proceedings and developments and help identify items requiring internal attention or follow-up.
• Coordinate inputs from NYSERDA program, policy, legal, communications, and other internal teams to support regulatory deliverables.
• Develop agendas, meeting materials, action items, and follow-up for internal and external regulatory meetings.
• Track decisions, assignments, and next steps to ensure commitments are completed on schedule.
• Support development of standard processes, templates, and tools to improve consistency and efficiency across NYSERDA.
• Contribute to special projects and cross-functional initiatives related to regulatory affairs and energy policy.
• Perform all job responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, public administration, business, energy, environmental studies, or a related field and 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and workstreams simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public policy, public administration, business, energy, environmental studies, or a related field and 4 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience working in energy, utilities, clean energy, environment, or a regulated industry.
• Familiarity with Federal and New York State energy policy or the NYS Public Service Commission/DPS regulatory process.

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