Manager, Strategic Innovation and Planning

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Corporate Regulatory Affairs

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Closing Date: December 23rd, 2025

We are currently looking for a
Manager, Regulatory Innovation & Planning
to join our Corporate Regulatory Affairs Team in a Permanent position.

Reporting to the Director, Regulatory Planning & Compliance, you will play a key role in shaping regulatory strategies and guiding the development of filing content to align with corporate objectives. In this position, you'll lead the preparation and submission of regulatory filings, ensuring compliance with energy regulations and consistency with organizational goals. You will manage a diverse portfolio of projects relating to Grid Infrastructure and Customer Solutions, while collaborating closely with business units to draft, review, and deliver regulatory documents. The ideal candidate will provide strategic insights to project teams, ensure timely and accurate filings, oversee post application requirements, and champion innovative regulatory approaches that create value for both customers and the organization.

Key Elements Of This Role Include
As the ideal candidate, you will have:

• A Bachelor degree and a minimum of five (5) years' experience working in a business, accounting firm, legal, engineering or regulatory environment with management level or comparable responsibilities.
• A broad understanding of regulated industries, regulated business practices and regulatory compliance issues.
• The ability to manage multiple, complex, long-term projects with flexibility to achieve outcomes within strict timeframes is vital to this position.
• Technical understanding of utility systems, particularly pricing and costing related to tariffs, would be considered an asset.
• The ability to foster effective working relationships with colleagues and external contacts to achieve company priorities is critical.
• A strong financial and commercial acumen, including the ability to review financial models is an asset.

These Skills Will Make You Successful
To thrive in this role, you recognize yourself in most of the following competencies and skills listed below:

• You are expected to have exceptional planning, organizational, analytical and administrative skills.
• You will demonstrate strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex concepts to senior leaders and external audiences, as well as leadership objectives to project teams.
• You will be expected to manage, develop, draft and review applications and reports to the Nova Scotia Energy Board. They are also expected to be knowledgeable of the subject matter, and able to distil the complex, technical nature of the issues into understandable themes to aid in the resolution of issues that may arise.
• You have an ability to manage changing priorities while ensuring that project teams establish and understand project goals.
• You have great attention to detail and the candidate will possess excellent communication and advanced writing skills.
• You have the ability to effectively manage groups, and oversee cross-functional project teams, with an advanced knowledge of general business principles, including accounting, as well as advanced knowledge of regulatory process and environment.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by
December 23rd, 2025
and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Flexibility: One day working from home.
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.