Director, Licensing & Regulatory Affairs

Job overview

The Director, Licensing & Regulatory Affairs role is full-time and onsite at Xcimer Energy’s headquarters in Denver, CO, with compensation of $201,450–$284,000 per year. Xcimer Energy’s mission is to deploy inertial fusion power plants to support global decarbonization goals. The director builds and leads the Operations department responsible for securing and maintaining licenses, permits, and regulatory approvals for Xcimer facilities. The role owns regulatory strategy, agency relationships, application management, and compliance systems, coordinating with Engineering and other teams so technical work becomes complete, timely submissions and durable regulatory commitments.

What you'll do

• Develop and execute licensing and permitting strategy
• serve as primary contact with the NRC, Agreement State radiation control offices, environmental agencies, and local authorities
• manage license and permit applications, schedules, budgets, contributors, document versions, and responses to requests for additional information
• maintain permit inventories and calendars
• lead nontechnical environmental review and site permitting
• build and manage regulatory commitment registers
• coordinate inspections, audits, notifications, reports, and records
• administer licenses
• monitor regulatory developments
• manage department budgets and consultants
• participate in cross-functional governance
• recruit, develop, and lead licensing and permitting staff.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of licensing & regulatory affairs

regulatory affairs

licensing and permitting

fusion energy

nrc

compliance

denver co

xcimer energy

$201,450–$284,000

operations leadership

environmental permitting

travel as needed

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision
• basic and supplemental life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• paid parental leave
• 401(k) match up to 6%
• equity for eligible employees
• flexible paid time off
• paid sick time
• 13 company-paid holidays
• annual paid company shutdown.

Why this role

Requires 10+ years of regulatory affairs, licensing, or permitting experience in highly regulated facilities, including 5+ years leading teams or programs. Must meet the stated U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, refugee, or asylum eligibility. Willingness to travel as needed is required.

About the employer

Xcimer Energy is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Sector: 54.