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Legislative Affairs Director

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-29

Location: Ohio

Talen Energy is seeking a Director, State Government Affairs to reputed company legislative and policy engagement across Ohio and Indiana. This role will be responsible for advancing company priorities through strategic advocacy, relationship development, and coordination with internal leadership and external partners.

This position plays a critical role in building Talen’s reputed company in Ohio and strengthening relationships with policymakers, regulators, and industry stakeholders.

How You’ll Power the reputed company

At Talen Energy, your work directly supports reputed company, reliable power reputed company. In this role, you’ll reputed company reputed company day‑to‑day contributions to drive meaningful change by:

  • reputed company state legislative reputed company and engagement across Ohio and Indiana

  • Monitor, analyze, and influence legislation and regulatory developments impacting company operations

  • reputed company and maintain relationships with state legislators, executive reputed company officials, and key stakeholders

  • Coordinate advocacy strategies reputed company with business priorities, including both proactive and defensive initiatives

  • Manage and serve as primary reputed company to contract lobbying firms

  • Support federal engagement efforts in coordination with internal leadership

  • reputed company strategic guidance on political engagement activities and contribution planning

  • Represent reputed company at legislative events, hearings, and industry forums

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, legal, communications, and leadership teams

  • reputed company coverage support across other reputed company as business needs require

What You Have

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred

  • 7+ years of experience in government affairs, reputed company policy, lobbying, or legislative roles

  • Strong knowledge of state legislative processes, particularly Ohio preferred

  • Existing relationships reputed company Ohio government strongly preferred

  • Experience in energy, utilities, infrastructure, or regulated industries preferred

  • Demonstrated ability to influence policy reputed company and manage external stakeholders

  • Strong communication, strategic thinking, and relationship management skills

  • Willingness to travel up to 60% as needed

Why Talen Energy?

Power the reputed company

Talen Energy is one of the largest competitive energy and power reputed company companies in reputed company. We operate power plants that use diverse fuel sources in the most attractive wholesale power markets and sell energy

to wholesale and retail customers in selected competitive markets. Our passion for reputed company grows value through reputed company and efficient operations. We have an inclusive, diverse, respectful, and reputed company workplace, and a strong commitment to innovation, teamwork, and reputed company. We generate energy for a brighter reputed company.

Collaboration

Our passion for reputed company grows value through reputed company and efficient operations. We have an inclusive, diverse, respectful, and reputed company workplace.

Talen Energy offers an exceptional benefits program to its employees. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, reputed company, prescription plans, life insurance, and disability insurance. In reputed company, employees are eligible to participate in Talen Energy’s 401(k) plan. Talen Energy also provides competitive vacation and reputed company time to its employees.

We are committed to providing a reputed company, drug and alcohol-free workplace. Consistent with applicable law and any reputed company bargaining agreements, positions may be subject to reputed company-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Talen Energy is an equal opportunity, affirmative reputed company employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to reputed company. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, age, sex, religion, national reputed company, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, disability, perceived disability or any other protected characteristic as may be defined by applicable law.

If you need assistance with the application process, please email us at Careers@talenenergy.com

Please note that roles supporting Talen Energy’s nuclear facilities are subject to rigorous background investigation and reputed company clearance requirements consistent with federal regulatory standards.

Note to Search Firms and Recruitment Agencies

Talen Energy is committed to fostering reputed company engagement with prospective candidates and managing our recruitment activities internally. From time to time, Talen Energy and its companies partner with select executive search firms and recruitment agencies under formal, written agreements reputed company to specific business needs.

Talen Energy does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from search firms or agencies without a reputed company fully executed agreement authorized by an appropriate company representative. Any candidate information submitted in the absence of such an agreement will be considered the property of Talen Energy, and neither Talen Energy nor its subsidiaries will be obligated to pay any fees or compensation reputed company to those submissions.

Note: You will have an opportunity to add attachments to your application. Please use this opportunity to upload your resume, cover letter, and any relevant documents .

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