Senior Director, Market Policy

Voltus builds power capacity at scale. We aggregate distributed energy resources into virtual power plants that compete directly against traditional power plants in wholesale electricity markets. As load growth accelerates, the grid is confronting structural constraints. Speed-to-power and affordability are no longer secondary considerations; they are foundational to economic growth.

Voltus enables faster, cleaner, lower-cost capacity by optimizing existing infrastructure rather than waiting years for new generation to come online. Our platform sits at the intersection of technology, market design, and public policy.

Voltus is seeking a Senior Director of Market Policy to help shape the evolution of electricity markets in the United States.These markets are undergoing major structural change driven by load growth, resource transition, accreditation reform, and shifting reliability expectations. This role offers the opportunity to influence how demand-side flexibility is integrated into market design at a national scale. 

The Senior Director will combine market design fluency with strategic narrative leadership. Working closely with the Energy Markets team and the Regulatory Affairs team, this leader will translate ISO/RTO developments into disciplined policy positions, align strategy with commercial objectives, and build durable relationships across executive and legislative stakeholders.

The right candidate understands that policy is not commentary or traditional lobbying. Effective policy strategy directly shapes product viability, capital deployment, and infrastructure timelines.

This is a remote role. Candidates must be based in the United States, with a preference for someone in the Mid-Atlantic / Washington, DC area. Some travel required. 

Lead Voltus’s market policy strategy across North American wholesale markets, ensuring alignment between evolving market constructs (e.g., capacity accreditation, aggregation, battery participation, eligibility frameworks, performance incentives) and Voltus’s long-term growth strategy. Further develop, document, and evangelize Voltus’s vision of how demand side resource policy should be formulated , implemented and how resources should be monetized in electricity markets. Create and implement strategies to make this vision a reality. Partner with Energy Markets and Regulatory Affairs to assess commercial implications of policy proposals and determine when developments warrant broader engagement.

Own and manage the Voltus policy roadmap, tracking initiatives across jurisdictions including wholesale markets, public utility commissions, and state and federal legislative bodies, and advising leadership on prioritization with input from key internal stakeholders.  

Develop clear, executive-level framing around affordability, reliability, and speed-to-power. Prepare strategic briefings and ensure consistent positioning across stakeholder processes, coalition efforts, and public engagement.

Cultivate and maintain senior-level relationships across governors’ offices, legislative leadership, federal stakeholders, hyperscalers and other large customers, and industry associations. Efficiently interface withVoltus resources including internal staff, consultants, and industry associations, and build coalitions of external stakeholders. 

Participate directly in ISO/RTO working groups and contribute to  Voltus’s thinking on proposal development in coordination with Regulatory Affairs and Energy Markets teams.

The ideal candidate brings 8–15 years of experience in energy policy, wholesale market design, infrastructure strategy, or public affairs within a technology or advanced energy environment.

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Deep familiarity with capacity markets and ISO/RTO structures (PJM, NYISO, MISO, ERCOT, SPP preferred)

• An established network of bipartisan executive-level relationships across state, federal, and/or market institutions

• Commercial awareness and the ability to connect policy developments to revenue, product strategy, and speed-to-power

• The ability to convert technical market complexity into simple, durable talking points that resonate with policymakers and partners.

• Experience managing people.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including comfort with public speaking. 

• Willingness to travel frequently

• Comfort using data and analysis to make policy arguments

• Desire to work in a fast-paced, rapidly-evolving sector that requires constant learning.