Policy & Operations Manager

Location: Washington, DC, with a hybrid work arrangement. Regular travel to Seattle and periodic travel to deployment sites, including Pacific Islands, Japan, and Taiwan. Travel is expected at approximately 15–25%.

Salary: $100,000–$140,000 per year plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is developing modular subsea geothermal power plants that convert undersea thermal resources into baseload power.

What you will do

• Own policy, permitting, environmental, and regulatory projects from scope through delivery with limited oversight.
• Track legislative activity, rulemakings, agency actions, and international developments relevant to geothermal, offshore energy, ocean policy, and clean firm power.
• Draft policy and regulatory materials, including memos, comment letters, filings, briefing books, testimony, and presentations.
• Support NEPA documentation, environmental review, consultations, authorizations, and state and local siting approvals.
• Coordinate engineering, marine operations, legal, commercial, consultants, contractors, and counsel to meet regulatory deadlines.
• Prepare executives for agency, congressional, coalition, tribal nation, community, and research-partner engagements; identify funding and demonstration-program opportunities.

Requirements

• Based in the Washington, DC area and able to work in and around agencies and Capitol Hill in person.
• 2+ years of experience in policy, government affairs, environmental permitting, regulatory affairs, or program management.
• Working knowledge of federal environmental review and permitting, including NEPA and at least one related environmental or coastal protection framework.
• Experience running projects with multiple contributors against hard external deadlines.
• Clear, direct writing for policymakers, regulators, or senior leaders, and the ability to use AI as a tool while applying independent judgment.
• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, political science, environmental policy or science, law, marine affairs, or a related field; willingness to travel 15–25%.

Nice to have

• Experience with offshore or ocean regulatory frameworks and agencies such as NOAA/NMFS, USACE, EPA, or state coastal commissions.
• Experience permitting first-of-a-kind, pre-commercial, or demonstration-scale energy infrastructure.
• Familiarity with geothermal, offshore wind, marine energy, or subsea operations.
• Hill, appropriations, DOE, ARPA-E, FERC, international permitting, or environmental consultant-management experience.
• Advanced degree or experience working with aggressive commercial and operational schedules.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity is granted to every full-time employee as a meaningful part of compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible PTO and 12 paid company holidays.
• Opportunities for global fieldwork, sea trials, and deployment operations with oceanographic institutions.
• Company-sponsored recreational dive certification, access to a company boat, free meals, and snacks.

Hiring process

• Selected candidates will be contacted for further discussion with a recruiter.