Director, Regulatory Affairs

Ensuring human comfort, productivity, and safety while practicing environmental stewardship is the mission of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).

Through our certification program, standards, advocacy, and other activities, we strive to help save energy, improve productivity, and ensure a better environment.

AHRI has an opening for a Director, Regulatory Affairs

This role is critical to the formulation and implementation of energy and environmental policies. The Director, Regulatory Affairs will work with the AHRI Government Affairs Team to direct AHRI’s policy agenda and coordinate regulatory priorities in the areas of energy efficiency, environment, climate, chemicals, and decarbonization policy.

Duties are as follows:

• Anticipates internal and/or external policy and regulatory issues and recommends strategies on the impacts to AHRI members.
• Engages with AHRI members to develop consensus on priority needs and policy positions.
• Solicits member input and leads the development of comments on regulatory rulemakings that affect the industry.
• Plays a key role in the development of AHRI policy positions to enable AHRI to act proactively on priority issues to best meet members’ short-term and long-term needs.
• Drafts comments, testimony, white papers, and/or talking points to be used at hearings, agency meetings, and other external communications by AHRI and its members.
• Advances AHRI policy priorities by actively participating in industry coalitions.
• Provides rapid response on AHRI priorities through the development of comments, letters, and talking points on issues concerning AHRI members.
• Builds recognition as an expert within AHRI and in the field of responsibility.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in public policy, government affairs, political science, a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five to ten years of energy and environment or related experience, most of which is in a trade association.

Summary:

AHRI offers a competitive salary and a full benefits package, including employer contributions to 401(k) and Roth(k) plans, in a friendly work environment. The salary range for this position is $125,000 to $160,000.

AHRI does not discriminate and will not tolerate discrimination, on the basis of race, color, national origin, military service, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or differing ability as those terms are defined under applicable law in its selection, recruitment, or employment practices.

This position does not offer employment-based visa sponsorship and/or assistance to include H1B, F1-OPT, or F1-CPT visas.

To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.ahricareers.org. If you require assistance with completing the application process, please call 703-600-0347.