Director, Regulatory Affairs – Market Development

WeaveGrid

Director of Regulatory Affairs facilitating EV managed charging program growth through regulatory, policy, and market strategies. Collaborating across teams to support utilities and shape energy policy.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $138,600 - $198,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute WeaveGrid’s regulatory and policy engagement strategy across priority North American markets.
Identify, monitor, and prioritize high-leverage regulatory proceedings, legislative developments, utility planning processes, and market design initiatives relevant to transportation electrification, managed charging, VPPs, DER flexibility, rate design, distribution planning, DSM, and grid modernization.
Translate regulatory and policy developments into actionable recommendations for WeaveGrid’s commercial strategy, client engagement, product roadmap, and market prioritization.
Support market entry and expansion strategies by identifying policy tailwinds, regulatory barriers, utility program opportunities, and potential coalition partners.
Support utility program approvals and expansions by helping clients and internal teams navigate regulatory processes.
Identify new business models, program designs, and partnership opportunities emerging from federal, state, and utility-level policy initiatives.
Draft, review, and coordinate regulatory comments, testimony, white papers, policy briefs, and other advocacy materials.
Represent WeaveGrid in regulatory proceedings, stakeholder workshops, industry convenings, and trade associations while building relationships with regulators, policymakers, utilities, advocates, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
Partner with Marketing to create thought leadership materials, conference content, case studies, and other public-facing narratives that strengthen WeaveGrid’s market position.
Identify opportunities for WeaveGrid to work through coalitions, trade associations, industry groups, and aligned partners to advance shared policy objectives.
Cultivate and manage outside consultants, attorneys, lobbyists, and policy advisors to support market monitoring, regulatory filings, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy strategy.
Serve as WeaveGrid’s internal expert on regulatory and policy developments affecting priority markets, customers, and commercial opportunities.
Brief Business Development, Client Success, Product, Marketing, Legal, and executive stakeholders on relevant policy developments, market signals, and implications for WeaveGrid.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of full-time experience in some combination of energy policy, utility regulation, market development, public affairs, clean energy advocacy, regulatory strategy, management consulting, utility programs, or related fields.
Strong understanding of electric utility regulation and one or more of the following areas: transportation electrification, distributed energy resources, demand response, DSM, VPPs, rate design, grid modernization, distribution planning, IRPs, Distribution System Plans, or utility program design.
Track record of achieving policy outcomes by engaging with public utility commissions, state energy offices, political leaders, utilities, trade associations, consumer advocates, NGOs, or other energy policy stakeholders, with the judgment and credibility to represent a company externally.
Excellent writing skills, including experience drafting or contributing to regulatory comments, policy briefs, testimony, white papers, public presentations, or executive briefings.
Ability to translate policy and regulatory developments into actionable insights for commercial, customer success, product, and executive teams.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple proceedings, markets, projects, and stakeholders simultaneously with limited supervision.
Experience managing outside consultants, attorneys, advisors, coalitions, or trade association engagement.
Based in the United States and willing to travel periodically for customer meetings, regulatory convenings, conferences, and internal team events.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

energy policyutility regulationmarket developmentregulatory strategyclean energy advocacyutility programstransportation electrificationdistributed energy resourcesdemand responsegrid modernization

Soft Skills

excellent writing skillsjudgmentcredibilityability to manage multiple projectsstakeholder engagementtranslating policy insightsrelationship buildingproject managementcommunicationcollaboration