Job Description
AltaGas - Director, Government RelationsAltaGas 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 businessWhat 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 creationDevelop a deep understanding of our Midstream business, commercial priorities, and value proposition, and bring that perspective into our government and external engagementPartner with the Export Development & External Affairs leadership team and Midstream Business Development to help advance AltaGas' long-term export development visionBuild 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 risksDevelop and advance advocacy strategies that support operations, major projects, export growth, market access,



and regulatory certaintyServe as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on government, policy and regulatory matters, bringing a commercial and enterprise perspective to complex issues and strategic decisionsRepresent AltaGas in government, regulatory, industry and stakeholder forums, consultations, and negotiationsInfluence and align leaders across Commercial, Business Development, Operations, Legal, Communications, Corporate Development, and Indigenous Relations to advance shared enterprise prioritiesTranslate complex policy, regulatory and business issues into clear, compelling insights for executive and Board audiencesWhat 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 environmentDemonstrated experience navigating multiple jurisdictions, with an understanding of federal, provincial, and state political and regulatory environmentsA strong track record of building trusted, influential relationships with senior government officials, policymakers, regulators, agencies, and industry stakeholdersExperience developing and executing advocacy strategies that support complex business, infrastructure, regulatory or market-access prioritiesStrong 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 outcomesThe ability to connect geopolitical, policy, and regulatory developments with export development, business strategy, opportunity, and riskAn 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 interestsThe ability to influence and build alignment across functions, leadership levels, and geographiesStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex issues for senior executive and Board audiencesA bachelor's degree in political science, public policy, business, or a related discipline is preferredAbility to travel as requiredWhy Join
Join a growing Government Relations team with the prospect to help shape a world class capability and how AltaGas engages with governments and key stakeholdersWork 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 businessWork alongside senior Midstream leaders, bringing external insight, relationships, and sound judgement to some of the business's most important priorities#LI-MW1For 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 pro
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