Senior Energy Regulatory & Communications Lead

Puget Sound Energy; Bothell (WA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Puget Sound Energy in Washington state is seeking a Senior Energy Program Manager - Communications & Regulatory to act as the primary liaison between Infrastructure Program Management and internal communications, regulatory, government affairs, and stakeholder engagement teams.

The role provides strategic coordination, program intelligence, and executive-level support to ensure accurate representation of energy programs in regulatory filings and external communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in project management, engineering, business or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• Eight years relevant work experience including managing complex programs or projects.
• Strong knowledge and experience in scheduling, estimating, accounting and finance principles.
• Strong knowledge in project management discipline to effectively arrange resources and manage multiple medium to high complexity projects in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to remain flexible and adapt to the individual needs of each assigned program.
• Knowledge of the business issues driving the need for PSE Infrastructure programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between Infrastructure Program Management, Regulatory Affairs, Communications, Government Affairs, and other stakeholder groups.
• Lead coordination of regulatory information requests by identifying impacted programs, engaging responsible program managers, validating responses, and ensuring timely delivery.
• Develop executive-ready summaries, presentations, briefing materials, and written responses that clearly communicate program status, investment impacts, milestones, risks, and benefits.
• Analyze project and program data from multiple sources and transform technical information into meaningful business insights for internal and external audiences.
• Partner with communications teams to support jurisdictional outreach, community investment messaging, customer communications, and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
• Identify strategic insights, accomplishments, trends, and community impacts that should be highlighted in communications, regulatory proceedings, and executive discussions.
• Maintain visibility across the energy program portfolio to understand key initiatives, commitments, schedules, budgets, and emerging issues.
• Facilitate collaboration among program managers and subject matter experts to develop consistent messaging and accurate reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting processes, information management practices, and response workflows.
• Present findings and recommendations to leaders and stakeholders at varying organizational levels.
• Support emergency response work as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Estimating

Accounting

Finance principles

Cross-functional work

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor degree

Master's degree

Job description

Puget Sound Energy in Washington state is seeking a Senior Energy Program Manager - Communications & Regulatory to act as the primary liaison between Infrastructure Program Management and internal communications, regulatory, government affairs, and stakeholder engagement teams.

The role provides strategic coordination, program intelligence, and executive-level support to ensure accurate representation of energy programs in regulatory filings and external communications.