Senior Advisor, Fuels Regulatory Affairs

Phillips 66 • Houston, TX

7d • $180,900 - $221,100

About The Position

As the Senior Advisor, Fuels Regulatory Strategy, you will collaborate with a regulatory strategy team that helps ensure Phillips 66 meets its fuels regulatory obligations across all business transactions partnering closely with commercial, government affairs, legal, risk, and operations teams to help manage compliance risk and enable business results. This role offers the opportunity to combine your deep regulatory expertise to influence strategy, build capability, and protect the company’s license to operate.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 5 or more years of experience in oil and gas or similar industry
• 5 or more years of experience in fuels optimization, refinery operations, commercial, regulatory affairs, legal compliance, or a closely related field
• Proficiency interpreting and applying laws, regulations, and policies relating to liquid fuels or a related field
• Experience developing or delivering high-visibility regulatory communications, such as submissions, briefings, or presentations to critical audiences

Nice To Haves

• 10 or more years of experience in fuels optimization, commercial, regulatory affairs, legal compliance, or a related field
• 5 or more years of experience planning, managing, and organizing people and resources in a team leadership role
• Experience leading fuels, refining, or broader energy-sector regulatory compliance programs
• Proven track record building, coaching, and scaling high-performing regulatory or compliance teams
• Experience collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to embed compliance into business strategy and decisions
• Proficiency using compliance software, data analysis, and reporting to manage regulatory risk and drive insights
• Proficiency using compliance systems or software to support regulatory or policy adherence

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a significant Fuels Regulatory Strategy function overseeing strategy, advocacy and compliance activities to ensure the company’s business transactions comply with applicable fuels laws, regulations, and policies.
• Represent Phillips 66 as the subject matter expert on Federal and State transportation fuel regulations and provide interpretive guidance to the organization.
• Review proposed Federal and State fuel regulations in collaboration with other team members to determine business impacts of proposed regulations and develop regulatory strategies for advocacy and compliance.
• Coordinate comments and participate in advocacy efforts at the Federal and State levels on proposed rulemakings (e.g., RFS volume standards) through trade associations and direct company submissions.
• Provide regulatory guidance and long-range planning assumptions on RFS, LCFS, and Cap-and-Trade programs to support business planning.
• Monitor and communicate compliance risk across the fuels value chain by liaising with Executive Leadership, Legal, Commercial, and Operations teams, removing barriers so teams can understand regulatory impacts.
• Model high ethical standards and integrity in all interactions with internal partners and external regulators, setting expectations that commitments are honored and professional standards are consistently met.
• Develop high-visibility regulatory communications that build understanding of pending fuels regulations and registration requirements across the organization.
• Create and use data, analytics, and compliance systems to identify trends, assess regulatory impacts, and drive timely, well-reasoned decisions on complex and urgent issues, knowing when to escalate.
• Navigate evolving and sometimes ambiguous regulatory environments by providing clarity, stability, and direction for the team and Executive Leadership.

Benefits

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

What This Job Offers

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