Regulatory Policy Lead (BH0079)
Charm Industrial
Legal
Remote
Posted on Nov 5, 2024
About Charm
Our mission is to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. We convert excess inedible biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into underground storage for permanent carbon removal. At scale, we can use bio-oil to make fossil-free iron.
Our carbon removal efforts began in 2020 with initial purchases from customers like Stripe, Shopify, and Microsoft. Since then, we’ve scaled to thousands of tons of carbon removal, grown to over a hundred employees, and established three locations in San Francisco, Colorado, and Kansas. Join us in 2025 as we work toward putting 10,000 tons of carbon back underground!
We're expanding our team of ambitious, creative, and hands-on problem solvers. We value psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning. We take calculated risks and treat mistakes as opportunities to improve. If you're excited about tackling big challenges, we encourage you to explore our our company values.
Come help us reverse climate change. Gigatons or bust!
About the Role
Charm is a leader in the carbon removal field, and is seeking a Regulatory Policy Lead to expand Charm’s regulatory policy work and support permitting efforts. This role will be critical to ensuring that Charm’s operations are able to scale rapidly.
The Regulatory Policy Lead will lead regulatory strategy and stakeholder management efforts in support of injection permitting, and eventually air and potentially land permitting, and will work closely with the policy and operations teams. This role will design and implement Charm’s regulatory strategy and engagement, and will coordinate with the operations team, which will lead the technical aspects of permit submissions, monitoring, and reporting.
This role can be remote or based at one of Charm's locations, with occasional travel required to states where Charm operates. It reports to Charm’s Head of Policy and Market Development.
Your Responsibilities:
- Design and implement engagement strategies for federal and state regulatory policy in close coordination with the Operations team and a team of local consultants, including federal, state, and local political engagement
- Engage with EPA and regulators at the Federal, Regional, and State level and manage stakeholder relationships to ensure timely issuance of air and injection well permits in support of the Operations/Engineering teams
- Coordinate with the policy team on community engagement and policy focus areas that could impact regulatory access
- Monitor relevant regulations and any potential regulatory or legislative changes that could impact our business
- Identify and pursue legislative changes, and changes to regulation when necessary in coordination with the policy team
You Bring:
- 7+ years of experience in regulatory policy or advocacy work in a regulated industry or as a regulator
- Experience navigating environmental permitting regulation and implementation, such as Underground Injection Control (UIC) permitting and/or air permitting
- Experience engaging on both legislative and regulatory policy
- Excellent regulatory stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to distill and communicate complex issues to executive level audiences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Passion for high-growth, frequently changing environments
Bonus, if You Bring:
- Experience with Underground Injection Control (UIC) permitting is a preference but not required
- A legal background
What We Offer
· Stock options
· Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
· Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 50% match on contributions up to 6%
· Paid time off, including parental leave
· A yearly professional development stipend
· Healthy snacks and subsidized lunches for onsite employees
· A chance to pivot into a role in climate!
Visa Sponsorship Policy
Since we are a small startup, certain accommodations for visa sponsorship may not be within our capability. At this time, Charm Industrial is only sponsoring E3 and TN visas.
Our Commitment
Charm Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on skills, experience, and passion for our mission. Climate challenges require a wide range of perspectives and expertise, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We’re excited to grow our team with people who bring unique strengths and help us improve as a company.