Remote Director, Renewables Campaigns & Local Policy

POWER USA; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid vacation

Holidays

Sabbatical after 5 years

Education reimbursement

Cell phone stipend

401(k) matching

Volunteer days

Job summary

GoodPower is seeking a Director, Renewables to lead a live portfolio of county engagements from first contact through final vote and ordinance outcome. This remote, full-time role requires coordinating across teams, building coalitions, and delivering on aggressive timelines.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Renewables, you will translate strategies into county and state plans, manage cadence, and ensure data accuracy for forecasting and impact measurement across multiple projects nationwide.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years running state or local political campaigns at scale, including hands-on experience in the renewable energy sector.
• Self-starter with sound judgement who is proactive, flexible, and solutions-oriented.
• Land-use, siting, or infrastructure approval experience.
• Highly organized, with strong systems for managing competing priorities, tracking details, and keeping multiple workstreams moving against tight deadlines.
• Track record of running multiple campaigns at once, setting priorities and holding timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication and writing skills, including the ability to make complex permitting and regulatory questions plain for local audiences.
• Experience using renewable energy databases like Curate, Landgate and AI tools.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and staff against hard external deadlines.
• Demonstrated comfort working with rural communities and county board chambers.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own a live portfolio of county engagements end to end, from initial assessment through hearing, vote, and ordinance outcome.
• Stand up local support committees in priority counties and keep them active across the full approval timeline.
• Lead campaigns that move counties out of moratoria and into approved projects, working the ordinance and renewal clocks that govern them.
• Share and leverage subject matter expertise in community engagement, stakeholder relations, and project deployment across a variety of renewable energy technologies.
• Develop guides and collateral for engaging with local officials, stakeholders, and communities to promote renewable energy projects.

Skills

Campaign management

Stakeholder engagement

Project planning

Writing & communication

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Curate

Landgate

AI tools

Job description

GoodPower is seeking a Director, Renewables to lead a live portfolio of county engagements from first contact through final vote and ordinance outcome. This remote, full-time role requires coordinating across teams, building coalitions, and delivering on aggressive timelines.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Renewables, you will translate strategies into county and state plans, manage cadence, and ensure data accuracy for forecasting and impact measurement across multiple projects nationwide.