AltaGas - Director, Government Relations

Job Description
AltaGas - Director, Government Relations
AltaGas is looking for an experienced, business driven leader to help shape and advance the Government Relations priorities of our Midstream business. In this role, you’ll build trusted relationships with government officials, policymakers, regulators, and industry stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. You’ll bring strong political and policy insight, sound judgement, and demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships across multiple jurisdictions. We’re looking for someone who is commercially minded and operates confidently across complex political, regulatory, and business environments. You’ll bring together different perspectives, advise senior leaders, and help advance priorities critical to the continued growth of our Midstream and export development business
What You’ll Do
Help strengthen the Government Relations function and shape multi-year strategies that support our Midstream business, export development ambitions, and long-term value creation
Develop a deep understanding of our Midstream business, commercial priorities, and value proposition, and bring that perspective into our government and external engagement
Partner with the Export Development & External Affairs leadership team and Midstream Business Development to help advance AltaGas’ long-term export development vision
Build and sustain trusted, direct relationships with government officials, policymakers, regulators, agencies, industry associations and other key stakeholders across Canada and the U.S.
Anticipate geopolitical, political, regulatory, and energy-market developments and translate them into strategic direction, business opportunities, and potential risks
Develop and advance advocacy strategies that support operations, major projects, export growth, market access, and regulatory certainty
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on government, policy and regulatory matters, bringing a commercial and enterprise perspective to complex issues and strategic decisions
Represent AltaGas in government, regulatory, industry and stakeholder forums, consultations, and negotiations
Influence and align leaders across Commercial, Business Development, Operations, Legal, Communications, Corporate Development, and Indigenous Relations to advance shared enterprise priorities
Translate complex policy, regulatory and business issues into clear, compelling insights for executive and Board audiences
What You’ll Bring
10+ years of progressive experience in Government Relations, public policy, or advocacy, preferably within Midstream, energy exports, utilities, or a related energy environment
Demonstrated experience navigating multiple jurisdictions, with an understanding of federal, provincial, and state political and regulatory environments
A strong track record of building trusted, influential relationships with senior government officials, policymakers, regulators, agencies, and industry stakeholders
Experience developing and executing advocacy strategies that support complex business, infrastructure, regulatory or market-access priorities
Strong commercial acumen and curiosity, with the ability to quickly understand what drives the business, where value is created and how government and policy can influence business outcomes
The ability to connect geopolitical, policy, and regulatory developments with export development, business strategy, opportunity, and risk
An ownership mindset and the credibility and confidence to lead important relationships and priorities directly.
Sound judgement and the ability to make thoughtful trade-offs while navigating complexity, ambiguity, and competing interests
The ability to influence and build alignment across functions, leadership levels, and geographies
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex issues for senior executive and Board audiences
A bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, business, or a related discipline is preferred
Ability to travel as required
Why Join
Join a growing Government Relations team with the opportunity to help shape a world class capability and how AltaGas engages with governments and key stakeholders
Work at the intersection of Government Relations, export development, and business strategy, helping advance market access, major projects, and the long term growth of our Midstream business
Work alongside senior Midstream leaders, bringing external insight, relationships, and sound judgement to some of the business’s most important priorities
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For Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
For U.S. hires: WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.
U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.