Director, Regulatory Affairs

NOTE:  This position is available for remote work within the contiguous United States, with travel as required for business needs.



POSITION SUMMARY:  The Director, Regulatory Affairs provides strategic leadership for NuScale, overseeing domestic and international regulatory engagement, licensing submissions, and safety case development. The role ensures compliance with NRC requirements and applicable international regulatory frameworks, and serves as a liaison to regulatory bodies, industry organizations, and clients worldwide. The Director is responsible for building and sustaining a high-performing regulatory affairs organization aligned with project schedules and business objectives. This position interfaces regularly with executive leadership on matters of regulatory risk, licensing strategy, and policy development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Regulatory Strategy and Licensing 

• Develop and execute domestic and international regulatory strategy in alignment with project schedules and business objectives.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and submittal of licensing documents including DCAs, SDAs, COLAs, safety analysis reports, and equivalent international submissions ensuring completeness, accuracy, and traceability to basis documents.
• Manage regulatory correspondence with the NRC and international regulatory bodies ensuring timely and accurate responses to RAIs and other agency inquiries.
• Monitor regulatory developments including NRC rulemaking, IAEA Safety Standards updates, and foreign regulatory policy changes and assess their impact on licensing basis and project schedules.
• Identify differences between NRC requirements and international regulatory frameworks; develop strategies to address those differences efficiently and cost-effectively will supporting overall corporate goals.
• Ensure compliance with applicable nuclear regulations and identify opportunities for cost-beneficial reduction of excessive commitments.

Stakeholder and Industry Engagement

• Lead engagement with domestic and international regulatory bodies, industry organizations and government counterparts to advance SMR-favorable regulatory policy and build institutional relationships.
• Develop and maintain country-specific regulatory roadmaps for international markets, identifying key milestones, gaps, and risks.
• Support international clients and government counterparts in understanding licensing basis and adapting it to local regulatory requirements.
• Interface with legal counsel on regulatory interpretations, enforcement matters, and licensing agreements.
• Support business development and public stakeholder engagement on regulatory and licensing matters as needed.

Organizational Leadership

• Oversee department leaders in recruiting, developing, and retaining staff consistent with the licensing strategy; ensure adequate, qualified resources are assigned with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Act as cost center manager for the department by developing and managing budgets in line with company strategy and project demands.
• Review and analyze project estimates, forecasts, and schedules to ensure consistency with standards and operating principles.

Other duties as assigned

CORE COMPETENCIES: To perform the job successfully, the individual should demonstrate competencies in performing the essential functions of this position by performing satisfactorily in each of these competencies.  

• Business Acumen: A strategic thinker with good business perspective and an understanding of the company’s business. Able to function comfortably in political interactions. Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks within the organization.
• Problem solving: Decisive with good judgment. Identifies and resolves problems in an efficient and effective manner. Gathers and reviews information appropriately. Uses own judgment and acts independently; seeks input from other team members as appropriate for complex or sensitive situations.
• Oral/written communication: Strong communication skills, externally and internally. Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Edits work for accuracy and clarity, Is able to create, read and interpret complex written information.
• Planning/organizing: Capable leader; able to establish a vision and align an organization around the vision. Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines, tracks project timelines and deadlines, and uses time efficiently.
• Integrity: Is trusted by peers and subordinates.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability: Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations.
• Team Building: Capable of developing strong interpersonal networks and trust within the organization, setting expectations and requirements and achieving accountability of supervised personnel. Leads consensus by involving all stakeholders, facilitating their understanding of differences, agreeing on requirements and constraints, and developing the best solution.
• Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards.
• Quality Assurance: Commits to the understanding and implementation of quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1.

MINIMUM SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND ABILITIES: 

• Education:  A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Natural Sciences is required.  Advanced degree in Engineering or MBA desired.
• Experience: A minimum of 10 years of work experience in areas regulated by NRC or equivalent experience is required. A minimum of 5 years of formal leadership experience at existing nuclear facility, design engineering firm, regulatory agency or reactor design company s required. Must have in-depth understanding of nuclear regulatory and licensing legal, framework, practices and accountabilities plus nuclear plant engineering and operation concepts, principles, and practices.
• Management:  Proven track record of directing and managing staff from multiple disciplines and coordinating licensing and design interfaces to provide integrated design solutions in a timely manner that are licensable by the US NRC.
• Industry Requirements:  Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers.
• Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment.
• The employee frequently is required; to sit and stand; walk; bend, use hands to operate office equipment; and reach with hands and arms.  
• Ability to travel greater then 25% of the time both nationally and internationally using common forms of transportation. 

Disclaimer:  Employee(s)must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others.  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employee(s) assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees in this classification.

NuScale Power, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.

Pay and Benefits: 

The target pay range for this position is $182,145 - $219,831 annually.  The full pay range is $163,303 - $255,422 annually.   

At NuScale, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, full-time working experience, education and training, equity within the department. 

For information on employee benefits, please visit our Careers Overview page:  Employee Benefits | NuScale Power