VP, State Policy

Interested candidates should direct their inquiries to Preng & Assoc.

Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid

The Vice President State Policy at PJM Interconnection reports to the EVP Governmental and Member Services and provides strategic leadership for PJMs State Governmental Affairs state regulatory engagement and state policy strategy across the PJM region. This position serves as a senior advisor to PJM leadership on state policy legislative and regulatory matters and ensures that state perspectives and regulatory considerations are reflected in PJMs decision-making stakeholder engagement and implementation plans.
The Vice President State Policy provides direction and coordination for state-focused governmental affairs activities including engagement with governors state commissions state energy offices legislators consumer advocates and other state policy makers. The position supports timely accurate and effective communication regarding PJM operations markets planning reliability and policy initiatives throughout the PJM footprint.
In addition the Vice President State Policy monitors and assesses state policy developments in regions that may affect PJMs operations markets reliability responsibilities or stakeholder interests. The role works closely with Governmental Services Member Services Legal Operations Markets Planning and other internal teams to align State Governmental Affairs strategy with PJMs broader business objectives.
The Vice President State Policy represents PJM in appropriate state forums and supports the EVP Governmental and Member Services in advancing constructive relationships with state governmental entities regulators policy makers members and other stakeholders.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and execute PJMs state-related strategy goals and operating priorities in alignment with Governmental and Member Services and PJMs broader strategic direction.

• Lead PJMs engagement with governors state commissions state energy offices legislators consumer advocates member representatives and other state policy stakeholders across the PJM footprint.

• Monitor assess and communicate internally state legislative regulatory and policy developments that may affect PJM operations markets transmission planning reliability members or stakeholders.

• Advise the EVP Governmental and Member Services President and CEO Executive Team General Counsel and Senior Leadership Team on state regulatory legislative policy and stakeholder matters.

• Partner with Corporate Communications to advance PJM positions and messaging in state governmental forums.

• Partner with Legal Operations Markets Planning Communications Member Services and other internal teams to ensure that state engagement strategies are coordinated accurate and aligned with PJMs mission.

• Represent PJM in state forums to both inform and maintain constructive credible relationships with governmental entities regulators policy makers members and external stakeholders.

• Lead develop and retain State Liaison and State Policy Solutions staff; set priorities manage performance support professional development and foster a collaborative accountable team culture.

• Oversee budgets resources work plans and performance measures to ensure efficient high-quality execution of department priorities.

• Promote compliance with applicable requirements ethical standards PJM Core Values and practices that support the safe reliable and efficient operation of the electrical grid.

Characteristics and Qualifications:
Required:

• Bachelor degree Public Policy Economics Engineering Political Science Law Energy & equivalent work experience

• 10 years of leadership experience in a managerial/supervisory role.

• 15 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in government affairs state regulatory policy energy policy public policy utility RTO/ISO or related industry roles.

• Must include significant experience leading teams advising senior executives and engaging with state regulators policy makers consumer advocates members and external stakeholders on complex policy or regulatory matters.

• Executive presence and judgment; ability to advise senior leaders and represent PJM credibly with state regulators policy makers members and other external stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of state regulatory and legislative processes public policy development stakeholder engagement and the electric power industry.

• Ability to translate complex technical market reliability and policy issues into clear recommendations and communications for varied audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to build trust manage sensitive issues resolve competing priorities and lead cross-functional teams in a highly visible environment.

Preferred:

• MBA degree MA Economics MPA MA Law Public Policy JD Energy Policy

• Executive experience in the electric utility wholesale power market transmission RTO/ISO state regulatory legislative or public policy environment.

• Experience representing an organization before state commissions legislative bodies industry associations or multi-state stakeholder forums; familiarity with PJM operations markets planning reliability and stakeholder processes preferred.

• Deep familiarity with PJMs role governance stakeholder processes operating agreements tariffs markets transmission planning reliability responsibilities and regional policy issues.

• Experience working with state commissions state energy offices legislatures consumer advocates industry associations and multi-state policy forums.

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills including executive briefing public presentation testimony preparation and policy messaging.

• Ability to anticipate emerging state policy trends and align internal subject matter experts around coordinated engagement strategies.