Director Regulatory, Carbon

Shell is seeking a Director, Regulatory Carbon to join its team in Houston, Texas, or San Diego, California. This role supports the SEAm Environmental Products Trading, RNG Origination, and Renewable & Energy Solutions businesses by monitoring market activities and regulatory changes, advocating externally for competitive markets, communicating regulatory updates and their impacts to commercial teams, advising on regulatory matters to facilitate commercial transactions within existing regulations across the Americas, and overseeing compliance obligations and reporting requirements.

What You Will Do

Serve as the primary regulatory advisor to the Commercial team, monitor and analyze legislative, regulatory, and political developments affecting cap-and-trade carbon markets, clean fuel programs, RNG, and communicate business impacts to internal stakeholders. Provide regulatory guidance and market intelligence to the environmental products trading team, RNG origination, and power trading teams to support commercial decision-making and risk management.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years industry experience in carbon markets, in-depth technical and commercial understanding of carbon markets, and good technical and commercial understanding of clean fuel programs, RNG markets, and greenhouse gas accounting frameworks.

Requirements

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Bachelor’s degree or higher required (Business or Law/Policy or equivalent preferred)
• Minimum of 10 years industry experience in carbon markets
• In-depth technical and commercial understanding of carbon markets - California cap-and-Invest, WA cap-and-Invest, RGGI, and/or Quebec cap and trade
• Good technical and commercial understanding of clean fuel programs, RNG markets, and greenhouse gas accounting frameworks

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision coverage
• Life Insurance
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs
• Company pension plan
• 401(k) plan
• Paid leave
• Parental leave
• Short-term disability leave
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses
• Discretionary long-term incentives