In coordination with Project teams, develops, recommends, and negotiates regulatory strategies with third-party partner agencies where existing regulations do not adequately contemplate the construction of Sound Transit or essential public facilities; collaborates with ST-Legal in managing legal interpretation, challenges or opportunities in the local regulatory environment; negotiates and streamlines permitting processes with local authorities-having jurisdiction to facilitate ST's agency-wide goal of reducing capital project delivery timelines and more effective maintenance and operation of existing transit service; leverages relationships with senior staff from authorities having jurisdiction and third-party partners to ensure project regulatory code compliance throughout project and operational lifecycle. In coordination with Project teams performs advanced planning, model codes applicability, and regulatory analysis related to environmentally critical areas, building and technical codes, street use/right of way, planning, land use, trades, construction, and high-capacity transit issues; researches the viability of existing codes and regulations (e.g., building, land use), performs risk assessments; evaluates emerging trends and policy impacts, identifies the need for new code development, code revisions or policy changes, and recommends courses of action.