Director, Regulatory

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting‑edge advancements in temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as CSA’s primary representative to AHRI, participating in relevant committees, working groups, councils, and task forces.
• Coordinate CSA’s input into AHRI policy positions, standards development, certification discussions, and regulatory responses.
• Ensure CSA’s perspectives are reflected in AHRI’s advocacy efforts, technical deliberations, and regulatory submissions.
• Build strong relationships with AHRI leadership, member companies, technical committees, and policy teams.
• Communicate AHRI developments, decisions, and emerging issues back into CSA’s product, engineering, and strategy teams.
• Act as a key point of contact with federal (DOE, EPA), state, and regional regulatory bodies.
• Monitor proposed regulations and code changes related to refrigerants, efficiency, building codes, electrification, and decarbonization.
• Develop CSA’s regulatory positions and partner with Government Affairs to influence policy direction.
• Represent CSA in meetings, hearings, workshops, and industry coalitions.
• Translate regulatory requirements and AHRI developments into actionable guidance for engineering, product management, supply chain, and commercial teams.
• Lead regulatory readiness planning for major transitions (e.g., refrigerant phasedown, minimum efficiency changes, certification updates, test procedure changes).
• Assess business impacts and develop mitigation strategies across CSA’s business units.
• Brief CSA leadership on regulatory risks, timelines, and strategic implications.
• Maintain expert‑level knowledge of HVAC regulatory frameworks, codes, test procedures, certification requirements, and industry standards.
• Evaluate feasibility, cost, and competitive implications of regulatory outcomes.
• Support engineering teams in certification, testing, standards adoption, and product compliance.
• Provide regulatory input into long‑term product roadmaps, technology strategy, and portfolio planning.
• Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Legal/Compliance, Government Affairs, Operations, and Program Management.
• Coordinate CSA’s contributions to industry consensus‑building through AHRI and other associations.
• Ensure timely communication of regulatory and AHRI updates across all CSA organizations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, policy, law, or environmental science
• 10+ years of regulatory policy, engineering, and/or environmental standards experience
• 10+ years of experience working with National regulatory bodies

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering, policy, or environmental science
• Ability to influence stakeholders and represent organizational positions in technical and policy forums
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate regulatory complexity into actionable business guidance
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams and navigating complex regulatory environments

Benefits

• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax‑Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

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