Manager Government Affairs & Advocacy

PSEG•Newark, NJ

2d•$137,000 - $224,400•Hybrid

About The Position

This role reports to the Sr Director NJ Governmental Affairs and Advocacy and enhances PSEG's state and regional governmental affairs strategy and advocacy in New Jersey and other jurisdictions where the Company has business interests by developing compelling, fact-based persuasion arguments on key policy issues designed to resonate with legislators, policymakers, and other external audiences that affect PSEG's business. The role develops and produces a range of deliverables — including PowerPoint presentations, white papers, position papers, graphics, and written summaries — that translate complex legislative, regulatory, and business information for diverse external stakeholder audiences. Serving as a key external representative for PSEG, the role builds effective working relationships with legislators, policymakers, government agencies, trade associations, and other critical stakeholders while analyzing and coordinating corporate responses to legislative and regulatory initiatives and making recommendations to leadership. The position also manages retained resources such as legal consultants and political strategists, ensures compliance with lobbying and reporting requirements, and supports enterprise-wide stakeholder engagement by leading cross-functional team of relationship managers to manage and catalog key stakeholders, engagement channels, issues of interest, opportunities, and potential trouble spots.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 10 years minimum hands-on experience in government relations, advocacy, stakeholder engagement, issue management, or related discipline; experience as a lobbyist, legislative aide, elected official, or government relations consultant.
Strong understanding of legislative and regulatory processes; ability to quickly grasp policy and political issues; ability to analyze public policy proposals, draft legislative language, and understand how utilities operate in regulated environments.
Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; strong political instincts; ability to translate complex topics for diverse external audiences; ability to communicate complex information clearly, run meetings, and be assertive in seeking answers to challenging questions to advance and protect PSEG's interests.
Proven ability to compellingly translate data and concepts graphically through PowerPoint, Excel, and other tools; familiarity with modeling concepts, SWOT analysis, and stakeholder mapping; keen attention to detail.
Broad understanding of company operations and corporate strategic and business plans; ability to work effectively in high ambiguity and fast-changing environments; experience in coalition-building and managing activity across jurisdictions.
Ability to manage significant after-hours responsibilities and travel frequently as needed; must foster an inclusive work environment; must possess a valid US Driver's License.
High ethical standards and understanding of compliance rules around lobbying, reporting, political contributions, and campaign finance.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in political science, public policy, government relations, law, or equivaleny

Responsibilities

Develop and drive federal and state advocacy leads to implement governmental, lobbying, legislative, and public affairs plans; formulate substantive, fact-based persuasion arguments designed to build stakeholder support for PSEG's policy agenda, legislative and regulatory outcomes, and investments; advance PSEG business goals, prevent or mitigate adverse public policy outcomes, and enhance PSEG's corporate citizenship standing.
Lead internal cross-functional teams of subject matter experts in support of Company initiatives and manage Enterprise-wide stakeholder council. Lead and build effective working relationships with legislators, legislative staff, executive branch principals, policymakers, companies, trade associations, and key stakeholders; represent PSEG before federal and state legislatures, agencies, regional and local governments, and external interest groups; advise and engage senior business leaders on government affairs issues, public policy threats and opportunities, and political options. Identify issues, make recommendations to leadership, and lead recommended outcomes.
Create deliverables for use with external audiences by federal and state government affairs colleagues, including PowerPoint slide decks, graphics, white papers, position papers, and written summaries designed to translate complex policy and business material for diverse stakeholder audiences; identify, research, and analyze legislative and regulatory initiatives; develop lobbying strategies; and write and deliver testimony, outreach presentations, and executive speeches.
Develop supporting information to bolster advocacy and persuasion efforts, including managing external consultants or academics, engaging PSEG subject matter experts, and absorbing written products such as business plans, regulatory filings, pleadings, investor materials, and external stakeholder reports; use data and analysis to develop compelling arguments backed by facts that resonate with key decision-makers.
Lead an enterprise-wide cross-functional stakeholder engagement team of relationship managers to identify important stakeholders, engagement channels and approaches, key issues, opportunities, and trouble spots; support ESG governance and stakeholder engagement objectives; strategically align PSEG business unit plans and corporate objectives with State policy objectives.
Lead an internal and external resources to collaboratively work on the enterprise political agenda; manage external outreach with business clients and legal consultants and political strategists; ensure compliance with lobbying, reporting, and political contribution requirements; support internal business units by tracking issues and identifying external opportunities; serve on internal task teams and lead cross-functional collaboration. May lead political partnerships with neigHboring states (i.e. Maryland) in support of Transmission and/or Nuclear's political outcome.