VICE PRESIDENT –
ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT
This position is based in our Seattle office and will occasionally travel to project sites and team locations across the Pacific Northwest.
Hubbell Communications is a public affairs firm that specializes in building the next generation of sustainable communities. We focus on helping plan, design, and build infrastructure, energy solutions, and commerce districts in Oregon, Washington, California, Texas, and the Mid-Atlantic region.
Our work focuses on the systemic challenges in energy, transportation, housing, and digital connectivity. This puts us at the intersections of community development, land use planning, sustainability, and private investment in everything from renewable energy facilities to data centers to the revitalization of our downtown core.
We help clients make progress on delivering critical economic benefits and services to make communities better places to live, work, and play – for everyone.
As our Vice President of Energy & Development, you will be at the forefront of our agency's efforts to shape strategy, manage teams, and ensure client success—particularly within the utility, renewable energy, and industrial land use sectors.
Candidates for this role will have 10+ years of consulting experience working in a mixture of land use planning, siting, and vision planning for renewable energy, industrial sites, digital infrastructure, and/or mixed-use and master planning development.
You will have experience navigating the regulatory process for planning and building proposed infrastructure projects in urban and rural communities.
Team Leadership
You will lead our public affairs initiatives and guide projects from the initial scope of work through management and execution of tasks and deliverables. You will be responsible for leading client engagements with confidence, mentoring staff and managing workflow across teams.
Project Strategy + Management
This position is responsible for helping develop and execute public affairs campaigns that influence policy, shape public opinion, and help our clients meet their objectives. You will provide clients and project teams with a clear strategic vision and define an approach that delivers measurable outcomes.
Issue Expertise and Thought Leadership
This position requires a deep understanding of the energy sector, knowledge of industry trends, and established relationships with the key players shaping the future of the grid. Your insights will help us anticipate changes and opportunities in the market. This includes confidence giving presentations to both client teams and public speaking opportunities at conferences, forums, and industry events.
Community Relationships
This position involves helping build the company’s relationships in the Pacific Northwest and across the energy industry. Your background should provide a strong network to drive our business development efforts and expand our reach. Your ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders—including government officials, policymakers, and industry, community and business leaders—will be essential to success in this role.
Candidates should have some experience in a consultancy/ agency setting and an understanding of standard agency management practices – including management of client budgeting, reporting, time tracking, contracting, and fiscal planning. This position will be critical to helping the CEO and COO manage the logistics of the business and will be involved in decision-making around staffing, recruitment, marketing initiatives, and community involvement.
This is a senior-level position with an expectation candidates have strong skills in diverse areas of public affairs. As a small team, we have an expectation everyone plays diverse roles in advancing our work.
This includes:
Writing. You must have exceptionally strong writing skills – including the ability to develop content across diverse formats with minimal editorial oversight or guidance. This includes developing strategic plans, messaging, proposals, digital content, and client communications. Finalists for this role will be required to provide appropriate writing samples and/or engage in a writing exercise as part of their screening process.
Public speaking / presentations. You will be confident and comfortable preparing detailed, clear presentations for client teams and speaking at a mix of both client and community events – including industry panels, conferences, and civic forums.
Research and public opinion data analysis. Candidates should be familiar with public opinion research and polling to help gauge support or opposition to specific issues – including ballot initiatives, policy proposals, and community values. You should be able to look at data and provide a clear analysis/POV on how to use it for strategic engagement.
Project management. This position will be responsible for leading teams through thoughtful project planning and making sure staff meet deadlines and stay on track throughout client engagements.
Financial planning. You should be familiar with detailed project budgeting, expense tracking, hourly billing management, and staff productivity and utilization oversight.
Team management. You will be comfortable coaching, training, and developing staff – including providing regular feedback on performance areas, helping lead internal communications, and facilitating professional development opportunities. You will also be adept at problem solving and helping teams address gaps in performance as needed.
The salary range for the role is $125,000 - $175,000 per year. Hubbell offers all full-time employees a leading-edge benefits package, including:
Healthcare and dental coverage
Unlimited paid time-off (plus seven federally recognized holidays)
An annual profit-sharing program
401k/retirement benefits including company match
Hubbell strives to provide more than the basic benefits package to its staff. In addition to our standard compensation and benefits, we also provide our staff with:
Childcare/dependent care assistance
Mobile plan stipends
Mass/alternative transit stipends
A flexible remote work policy
Paid maternity/paternity leave
Two annual “Days of Service” for team community building projects
Hubbell is an equal opportunity employer who celebrates diversity and always strives to create a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group. If you feel discouraged because you don’t match every bullet point, we encourage you to reach out and ask to be considered. If you think you will be relentless in learning and growing in a role focused on helping communities build a sustainable future that benefits everyone, we want you to apply.