About Us

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) is the leading voice of today’s multi-tech clean energy industry, representing energy storage, wind, utility-scale solar, clean hydrogen, and transmission companies. ACP is committed to meeting America’s energy and national security goals and building our economy with fast-growing, low-cost, and reliable domestic power. Learn more at cleanpower.org.

Please Note: Applications for this position are being managed through an external recruiting partner. We are not accepting applications through ACP's career portal. To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application using the following link: Senior Director, Event Operations Application Portal

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) delivers world-class conferences & events, bringing together clean energy industry leaders spanning energy storage, wind, utility-scale solar, and transmission companies. Over the past several years, ACP’s event portfolio has grown significantly and now includes eight in-person events, including CLEANPOWER, the clean energy industry’s premier event with over 8,000 attendees and 500 exhibitors. As Senior Director, Event Operations, you will own portfolio-wide operations, translating strategic objectives into repeatable processes and workflows that enable the team to execute at a high level as ACP grows.

Building on momentum with a new event strategy in place, ACP is positioned to grow event-related revenue, increase attendance, and deepen engagement within the portfolio. You will help turn that strategy into an operational infrastructure built to scale. As the clean power industry evolves and attendee needs and behaviors change, you’ll ensure ACP maintains the capacity to innovate while delivering consistently excellent experiences across the portfolio.

Reporting to the Vice President, Conferences & Events, you will lead three direct reports and partner with colleagues across operations, sales, and education to formalize how teams work together to plan and execute events. This includes taking a holistic view of the full portfolio to establish a coordinated planning approach that aligns deadlines, dependencies, deliverables, and responsibilities. You’ll establish systems that give staff and leadership visibility into progress across the portfolio, helping them anticipate challenges and adjust as needed. You’ll evaluate the event technology ecosystem, identifying how tools can support efficient operations and the attendee experience. You’ll also oversee select portfolio-wide initiatives that strengthen attendee engagement and community-building across ACP’s events.

How You’ll Make an Impact

You will serve as a force multiplier to take the events team to the next strategic level. You will remove obstacles and introduce consistent practices that extend planning cycles, reduce last-minute stress, and empower a high-performing team to do what they do even better. Success in your first 1-2 years will be demonstrated by:

Contributing to the evolution of ACP’s event strategy and translating it into coordinated portfolio-wide execution, ensuring the strategy is applied consistently across every event while helping the team anticipate needs beyond the immediate planning cycle
Establishing a cohesive operating infrastructure across the portfolio, with documented procedures, shared planning tools, and workflows that improve efficiency and support seamless coordination.
Improving financial management across the portfolio by establishing consistent expense-tracking practices, monitoring spending against budgets, and providing regular reporting that surfaces potential issues early.
Leading a long-tenured team through change by listening, building trust, helping team members understand how their work contributes to ACP’s overall goals, establishing performance expectations and accountability, and identifying opportunities for professional development.

Work Environment, Salary, and Benefits

This role offers a hybrid work environment with 3 days in our Washington, DC, headquarters and 2 days remote each week. Regular travel across the country for meetings or events may be required.