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About Us:
CALSTART is a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization and clean air for all.
For over 30 years, it’s been CALSTART’s mission to develop, assess, and implement large-scale, zero-emission transportation solutions to mitigate climate change and support economic growth. CALSTART works with businesses, organizations, governments, and communities to create real-life impact toward clean air and equitable access to clean transportation for all. CALSTART provides scientific, technical and policy support for regulatory development and clean technology and infrastructure acceleration.
About The Role:
CALSTART is seeking an Executive Vice President, California and Regional Market Acceleration to lead California strategy and provide thought leadership and close support to stakeholders across CA, from elected officials to agencies to members of the clean transportation industry. In this role, the EVP will oversee the leadership of the organization's regional offices (California, Midwest, Northeast) while driving growth into emerging markets, including the Southeast and Texas. The Western Region represents the most advanced and influential clean transportation market in North America, driven by ambitious climate policy, significant public investment, and rapid industry innovation. California in particular serves as the global proving ground for zero-emission transportation technologies, with policies, programs, and market adoption trends that often shape national and international transportation strategies.
This leader will oversee the Business Development team and work in close collaboration with the EVP of Initiatives, Head of Policy, and VP of Strategic Programs and Innovation to ensure that CALSTART is developing the best strategies and programs to advance innovation and clean transportation technology across light-duty vehicles, trucks and buses, innovative mobility solutions, and charging and fueling infrastructure. The role requires deep collaboration with government agencies, industry partners, utilities, fleets, and technology providers to accelerate market transformation. Serving as a key thought partner to the CEO, the EVP will translate California’s successful models into actionable strategies that can work in other regions, while also identifying and replicating new ideas emerging from those markets. This approach ensures that strategies are tailored to each region’s unique regulatory environment, infrastructure realities, fleet dynamics, and political landscape. Ultimately, the EVP will be the strategic spark that drives new thinking across the organization and the champion who helps those ideas gain traction in each regional market.
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What You'll Do:
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Develop deep familiarity with the unique regulatory, infrastructure, fleet, and market conditions in each region and use that understanding to inform strategy
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Serve as a key thought partner to the CEO, EVP of Initiatives, Head of Policy, and VP of Strategic Programs and Innovation, helping to align regional priorities with CALSTART's organizational mission
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Build and maintain deep partnerships with federal, state, and local agencies, utilities, fleets, manufacturers, and technology providers
What You'll Bring:
- 15 or more years of relevant experience, preferably in transportation, clean energy, advanced vehicle technologies, environmental policy, or related industries
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Strong relationships with fleets, manufacturers, utilities, and mobility innovators operating across CALSTART's regional markets
Leadership Competencies:
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Expertise in areas such as policy analysis, transportation planning, financial modeling, workforce development, or environmental justice
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$175,000 - $215,790 a year
CALSTART values transparency and strives to provide as much information regarding compensation as possible. The salary range for this role is $175,000 - $215,790. We determine pay based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, education, internal equity and other factors relevant to the job.
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We understand that not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your background isn't perfectly aligned but you feel you would be a great addition to the team, we'd love to hear from you.
We're a tight-knit team of world-class innovators, business minds, and change agents who believe passionately in our mission and put our team ahead of self. We are committed to the continued development and growth of our employees and invest in your success!
We care about your personal well being as much as your professional success and offer generous benefits to full time employees including: 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Retirement plan with generous company contributions, FSA for Health and Dependent Care, 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment, 11 paid company holidays, paid sick time, paid family leave, and more!
Our inclusive environment focuses on making decisions based on merit without regard to race, color, hair texture, gender, religion, age, nationality, social or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, LGBTQIA+ status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
