Government Partnerships Southern Regional Manager
Government Partnerships Southern Regional Manager
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07-04-2025
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Job Description
About Us
Highland Electric Fleets electrificationasaservice (EaaS) model aims to make electric school buses and other clean heavy duty vehicles attainable for every district across the US and Canada. Our turnkey solution tackles financing vehicle procurement infrastructure upgrade and maintenance to create a reliable and affordable fleet for our customers.
We know that cleaner buses create healthier communities and its our mission to eliminate the barriers to better student health and cleaner air just 10 electric buses will reduce the pediatric asthma risk for 1500 students!*
We are looking for candidates that want to help support this mission
*Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Based on estimates for Highland customer with large fleet
Job Description:
The Southern States Regional Manager is a key engagement role that will facilitate the companys expansion and integration into specific markets in the southern United States. This individual will join a growing regional team to cover market development activities including building and managing relationships with government agencies and their stakeholders at various levels to secure funding and project support advocate for policies and implement key initiatives.
The Regional Manager will leverage their experience with government partnerships advocacy public policy engagement and/or local commercial project development to develop relationships with people in school districts and municipalities that will help these institutions decide to electrify their fleets. This individual will conduct this work in close coordination with the commercial team to support the development of projects with the school districts and municipalities.
This individual will also work with the team to evaluate new states devise strategies for approaching different state markets and advocate for welljustified regional state and local policy changes to enable market entrance or expansion.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with local municipal state and regional politicians policy makers and program administrators as well as their stakeholders
- Develop and execute strategies/campaigns designed to secure funding project support and policy change
- Work with lobbyists consultants and other influencers who can advance campaigns
- Serve as a policy/incentive expert in the region
- Support the development of state GTM strategy identification of high value potential customers and key account strategy
- Coordinate closely with Highlands sales origination marketing and operations teams and project development teams on on projects in the region
- Professionally represent Highland at various school business local government and community activities throughout the region
- Present to groups classes and organizations in a variety of settings about the value of electrifying school bus fleets
- Plan and coordinate events and Highlands participation in events
- Create materials (e.g. letters written comments presentations handouts)designed to support market education and EVSB policy development
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with 5 years of experience in local project development (e.g. renewable energy development) government partnerships community organizing political campaigns and/or policy advocacy
- A background with transportation electrification energy clean/climate technology is considered a plus
- Located in the Southeast US region preferred with the ability to travel throughout the Southern US region
- Strong timemanagement planning and organizational skills
- Motivational selfstarter with ability to multitask prioritize and work within the parameters of a gated and deadline driven environment
- Ability to recognize and address problems with expedited solutions
- Demonstrated leadership and relationship management skills
- Ability to take part in collaborative efforts with peers and colleagues
- A strong commitment to building community
- Relevant Masters Degree (MBA MPA etc. considered a plus
- High attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
$130000 $150000 a year
What You Can Expect from Highland:
Competitive base salary and performancebased bonus program
A supportive highly collaborative teamoriented environment
Opportunities to make a difference be heard add value and be recognized
Growth and development with a leader in this new and exciting industry
Ability to work with bright innovative and forwardthinking colleagues
Health Vision and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents
Life insurance public transportation assistance
Generous Paid Time Off
401(k) program and company match
Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
Required Experience:
Manager
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Full-Time
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