Dir Enterprise Environmental

Exelon • Washington, DC

3d

About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Environmental provides enterprise-wide strategic leadership, governance, and oversight for environmental strategy, compliance, performance, and risk management across Exelon's operating companies. The role establishes environmental strategy, policies, standards, governance, performance expectations, and assurance processes to promote regulatory compliance, manage environmental risk, strengthen operational performance, and advance continuous improvement. As the enterprise functional leader and strategic advisor on environmental matters, the Director partners with operating company leadership and enterprise functions to identify emerging risks, establish priorities, assess performance, and drive consistent, sustainable environmental practices.

The Director leads enterprise environmental governance across areas including air, water, waste management, PCB management, land use, remediation, biodiversity, resource stewardship, permitting, and licensing. The role oversees environmental management system integration, ensures regulatory and policy changes are operationalized, and partners with Sustainability and other stakeholders to align environmental performance, strategies, and reporting with broader corporate objectives.

The Director leads enterprise environmental compliance assurance, assessments, performance reviews, benchmarking, peer teams, and cross-operating-company improvement initiatives. Operating companies remain accountable for local program execution, while the Director provides strategic oversight, promotes appropriate consistency and standardization, and gives senior leadership visibility into significant risks, trends, gaps, and improvement priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Science, Public Policy, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least 12 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental compliance, environmental management, utility operations, sustainability, engineering, regulatory affairs, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of management or organizational leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing environmental strategies, governance frameworks, compliance programs, or environmental management systems.
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations, compliance requirements, risk-management principles, and environmental management practices.
• Knowledge and experience with environmental management systems and ISO 14001.
• Experience interacting with environmental regulatory agencies.
• Ability to assess complex environmental issues and translate technical, regulatory, and performance information into strategic business recommendations.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional or multi-organizational initiatives.
• Strong business acumen and ability to balance compliance, risk, operational priorities, financial considerations, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment in a complex matrixed organization.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, strategic planning, change leadership, and decision-making capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Law, Public Policy, Business, Sustainability, or a related discipline.
• Relevant professional certification or licensure.
• Significant electric or gas utility environmental experience.
• Experience leading environmental strategy or governance across multiple jurisdictions or operating companies.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise environmental performance-improvement strategies.
• Experience with environmental management systems, compliance assurance, assessments, and performance management.
• Experience implementing technology, data-management, and analytical solutions supporting environmental programs.
• Demonstrated success influencing complex environmental matters across multiple business units and senior leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead enterprise environmental strategy, governance frameworks, policies, standards, and performance expectations across Exelon.
• Provide strategic direction for environmental compliance, risk management, remediation, resource stewardship, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the enterprise Environmental Management System and establish governance for implementation across operating companies.
• Identify opportunities for common requirements and standardization while accounting for regulatory, jurisdictional, and operational differences.
• Assess emerging environmental issues, regulations, risks, and business trends and translate them into enterprise strategies and priorities.
• Advise senior leadership on significant environmental risks, performance issues, investments, and emerging concerns.
• Establish the enterprise environmental compliance assurance and assessment strategy, including methodologies, schedules, measures, controls, and reporting expectations.
• Oversee operating company environmental assessments, self-assessments, corrective-action programs, and performance reviews.
• Identify recurring or systemic performance gaps and work with operating company leadership on sustainable corrective strategies.
• Elevate and communicate significant environmental findings, risks, trends, and performance issues to senior leadership.
• Facilitate sharing and implementation of environmental best practices and lessons learned across the enterprise.
• Establish an enterprise approach to identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and managing significant environmental risks.
• Provide leadership and technical direction across environmental compliance areas, including air, water, waste, PCB management, remediation, land use, biodiversity, recycling, and resource stewardship.
• Assess environmental regulatory developments and their potential impact on Exelon operations.
• Partner with operating companies and enterprise functions on significant or emerging environmental issues and provide strategic guidance on complex matters.
• Develop working relationships with regulatory agencies and external stakeholders and represent enterprise environmental interests as appropriate.
• Establish environmental performance indicators, scorecards, governance, and management-review processes.
• Evaluate operating company environmental performance and provide senior leadership visibility into trends, risks, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead benchmarking and sponsor cross-operating-company initiatives to improve environmental compliance, controls, performance, and efficiency.
• Advance the use of data, analytics, technology, and standardized reporting to improve environmental visibility and decision-making.
• Track significant findings and actions identified through assessments and performance reviews.
• Serve as the primary interface among the enterprise Environmental function, operating company environmental organizations, and Sustainability on matters requiring environmental expertise or performance data.
• Partner with Sustainability on environmental strategies, long-term priorities, and accurate, consistent information for enterprise reporting.
• Advance resource stewardship, biodiversity, water, waste, recycling, carbon reduction, and other environmental priorities.
• Lead enterprise Environmental peer teams, councils, and governance forums, building alignment, collaboration, and consensus across operating companies.
• Strengthen environmental organizational capability through knowledge sharing, professional development, benchmarking, and enterprise collaboration.
• Foster a culture of compliance, accountability, transparency, collaboration, continuous improvement, and environmental stewardship.

Benefits

• Annual salary of $168,000–$231,000, depending on skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors, plus an additional $50,000 in annual Long Term Incentive Plan compensation.
• Annual bonus of 30% for eligible positions.
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave, and bonding/primary caregiver or parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program and mental and emotional support resources.
• Wellbeing programs, including tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and fitness reimbursement.
• Referral bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director