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Task description and requirements

We are looking for a Regulatory Expert - Energy (m/f/d)

Start: August
End: 31.12.24
Volume: 32 hours/ week
Location: remote

The Innovation department is spearheading innovation (and to an extent, strategic and transformational) activities. The ambitious CO2-neutral roadmap 2035 was recently announced as part of the new strategy. The overall energy sector in Germany and more generally in Europe is going through a crisis putting in jeopardy the affordability of energy and security of supply, and consequently questioning the speed of energy climate neutrality. In this complex environment, the Government and regulatory institutions in EU (to our concern namely German government and the European Commission) are adapting the current legislation that affects the energy sector and adjacent sectors (Industrial sector) for companies to navigate the difficult environment and continue its pathway towards the Energy transition.
Our client needs to establish a systematic approach to understand the different policies in place, and the changes and new policies being implemented (resulting in such regulatory framework).

Tasks:
· Define a regulatory monitoring framework that embeds the policies (regulations and legislations) in the EU and more specifically Germany - that affect any business model in our innovation portfolio that will be provided by the client in advance. Following our innovation focus areas, the goal is that the outcome has three different divisions:
1. one for renewable molecules/fuels
2. for renewable power sources and batteries
3. for carbon management business models, but it follows a similar structure and format, that can be used as standard "product" across innovation areas
In the definition, pay attention to the following:
- The goal of the developed framework is to provide structured criteria and KPIs, and the key information on each shortlisted policy, in order for an Innovation project manager to assess the essence of a EU/DE policy (new or updated policy) and be able to derive implications from it for our businesses (defined within the three areas mentioned above).
-Analyse and take into consideration the different stages of EU legislation in the energy sector and assess the implications of each policy according to this stage. Layout the key KPIs that need to be monitored to identify a threshold/tipping point when a policy, that currently has no direct/tangible implications, becomes impactful. Present results for internal sign-off for further use.
Develop the final product based on the information coming from the respective legal department, CCGR team, Innovation Managers, and the Radar team so that the final product can be reviewed by the client and signed-off so that the Radar team after the project can take over it. Goal of the task is to establish a process that translates the inputs from the legal department into triggers for action for the Innovation managers. Present results to get sign-off for further use.
Develop the framework based on own expertise and different information sources, and provide professional consultancy with regards to CO2 and green molecules projects. Research into official regulatory documents, other market sources accessible to Innovation: HIS or Bloomberg, but also other sources based on own expertise in the field.
The goal after the completion of the above mentioned developed framework is to have an outcome produced which provides detailed information about the different policies that affect our businesses described in the previous point so that the project manager is able to form an opinion on the implications the policy has for each of the businesses pursued in innovation. Furthermore, another goal is that the Innovation department will be able to update the regulatory monitoring in a structured and resource-efficient way.
-Create an automated solution listing the policies (policies, regulations or directives) and assessing different elements for each policy: timeline, geographical scope, frequency of updates, business model impacted, taking elements of the clients COODE program into consideration, which will be provided in advance. Additionally, create a PowerPoint deck with the key messages of the study and the structure of the framework (in Excel or PowerBI), if it addresses the right content and answers to the posed questions.
-Create project documentation following Innovation standards (NDAs, LOIs or based on own expertise
- Moderate workshops for internals based on own expertise and on the information coming from xx with the aim to identify project-related content on individual project needs within the regulatory framework.
- Provide professional consultancy to the responsible Innovation Manager for the Area on specific content in the topic of relevance, top management communication, and internal innovation communication based on own expertise.
- Present the final outcome to the cross-disciplinary team using MS Office and MS Teams.

All steps need to be signed off by client.

Skills:
- Deep Experience working through regulatory requirements for Energy clients or alike environments, e.g. RED 1, 2 and 3), FuelEU Maritime or ReFuelEU Aviation
- Very strong communication skills in German and English
- Clear working structure
- Strong knowledge of regulations in the energy industry - e.g. SAF, e-methanol, decarbonization

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