Director Regulatory Development

CORE POWER was founded in 2018 to solve the world's energy challenges by delivering ship-based power directly to the industries and economies driving global prosperity, overcoming the barriers that have held nuclear energy back. CORE POWER builds, integrates and deploys ship-based nuclear energy systems. We build and support two classes of vessel: moored ship-shaped power plants that generate high-density energy, and nuclear-powered commercial ships that will speed up global trade. Headquartered in Chiswick, London, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Japan, CORE POWER operates at the intersection of advanced nuclear, maritime, energy security and industrial policy.

Role Summary

Reporting to the Group Head Market Development, the Director, Regulatory Development will lead the day-to-day operation of CORE POWER's Regulatory Team and ensure that regulatory work is prioritised, tasked, quality controlled and converted into a reusable knowledge base. The role will translate business priorities from the Generation, Propulsion and Construction business units into defined regulatory tasks, manage and coach Regulatory Analysts, maintain delivery discipline, and advise on strategic regulatory choices. The Director will also support external engagement with regulators, governments, international organisations and industry bodies, ensuring that CORE POWER's positions are evidence-based, source-controlled and aligned with the business plan.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Regulatory Team operating model, including task initiation, task allocation, review cadence, action tracking, source control and completed-work capture.
• Work with the Group Head Market Development and the leads for Generation, Propulsion and Construction to identify, prioritise and sequence regulatory tasks.
• Translate broad business or deployment questions into scoped regulatory tasks with clear business need, deliverables, milestones, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
• Manage, task and coach Regulatory Analysts, setting clear expectations for source quality, analytical rigour, written output and timely escalation of issues.
• Review and assure Regulatory Team outputs, including task reports, briefing notes, gap analyses, regulatory summaries, applicability matrices, stakeholder maps and engagement records.
• Maintain the Regulatory knowledge base, completed work compendium, source registers, stakeholder records, action trackers and regulatory grid so that work is discoverable and reusable.
• Monitor relevant developments from NRC, USCG, MARAD, CBP, IMO, IAEA, OECD NEA, class societies, national regulators, ports and industry bodies.
• Identify regulatory gaps, uncertainties, risks and potential mitigations, and recommend where senior input, legal advice, external expertise or stakeholder engagement is required.
• Support external engagement by ensuring that briefing notes, meeting notes, position papers, follow-up actions and decision records are prepared to the required standard.
• Coordinate external advisers and specialist consultants where required, ensuring their work is properly scoped, reviewed and integrated into CORE POWER's regulatory knowledge base.
• Represent CORE POWER in agreed regulatory, government, international and industry forums, in coordination with the Group Head Market Development and relevant business leads.

Job Requirements

Leadership, tasking and quality control

• Lead, task, monitor and develop a small but growing team of Regulatory Analysts.
• Set clear priorities, workplans, deadlines and quality standards for Regulatory Team outputs.
• Provide practical coaching to less experienced staff, including how to use primary sources, structure analysis and write clear regulatory conclusions.
• Maintain discipline around task initiation, source registration, review points, close-out and completed-work capture.

Regulatory strategy and judgement

• Translate CORE POWER business priorities into a coherent regulatory development workplan.
• Understand how regulation may affect product development, deployment models, shipyard development, workforce planning, external engagement and investment-readiness.
• Distinguish clearly between regulatory analysis, legal advice, policy advocacy, technical assessment and project management.
• Make pragmatic recommendations on priorities, sequencing, trade-offs and escalation routes.

External representation and influence

• Engage credibly with regulators, government departments, international organisations, class societies, industry bodies and external advisers.
• Support CORE POWER's engagement at the IMO, IAEA, OECD NEA, national regulators and other relevant forums as agreed.
• Prepare clear company positions and briefing material that are evidence-based and aligned with the business plan.

Program management

• Manage multiple workstreams and deadlines without losing source control, audit trail or quality.
• Run effective review meetings, maintain decision records and ensure actions are followed through.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

Educational Requirements

• Relevant degree in law, regulatory policy, public policy, international relations, nuclear engineering, maritime studies, shipping, naval architecture or a related field.
• Master's degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.

Work Experience

• 8 to 12+ years' relevant experience in regulation, regulatory policy, government, international organisations, nuclear, maritime, energy, transport, defence, critical infrastructure or a related sector.
• Experience managing or mentoring analysts, policy staff, consultants or multidisciplinary project teams.
• Experience translating complex regulatory, legal, technical or policy material into clear written outputs for senior decision-makers.
• Experience working with regulators, government departments, international organisations, class societies, industry bodies or external legal and technical advisers.
• Experience developing regulatory strategies, policy positions, stakeholder engagement plans or regulatory development programmes.
• Strong understanding of regulatory development, policy-making and stakeholder engagement processes.
• Knowledge of maritime, nuclear, energy, transport or critical-infrastructure regulation.
• Direct experience across both nuclear and maritime regulation would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with the IMO, IAEA, OECD NEA, NRC, USCG, class societies or national regulatory processes would be an advantage.
• Excellent written communication, including the ability to produce concise reports, briefing notes, gap analyses, decision papers and position papers.
• Strong analytical judgement, source discipline and attention to detail.
• Strong programme management skills, including prioritisation, tracking, risk escalation and delivery assurance.
• Ability to coach developing analysts and raise the quality of team outputs.
• Good judgement about when specialist legal, technical or external advice is required.

Behaviour

• Outcome-driven, structured and accountable.
• Calm and decisive under pressure, with the judgement to operate in ambiguity.
• Collaborative, supportive and able to build capability in others.
• Pragmatic, resilient and able to maintain momentum in long-cycle, high-scrutiny regulatory settings.
• Ethical, professional and credible with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Performance-based bonuses. Health and wellness benefits. Pension plan. A highly committed, dynamic, and challenging environment.