KAP 2026-2027 - American Governance Program Manager - Foundation for American Innovation

Stand Together•Washington, DC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Koch Associate Program (KAP) is a career accelerator for early to mid-career professionals with a drive to tackle our country’s most pressing challenges in more effective, principled ways. KAP equips associates with the tools, mindsets, and community to succeed as social entrepreneurs—individuals excited to find new and better ways to break barriers and eliminate injustice. Associates spend one day each week engaging in experiential learning with Stand Together Fellowships and work at one of our many partner organizations the rest of the week. Our curriculum is designed to supercharge your development and equip you for long-term success as you seek to have an impact on the problems that prevent people from realizing their potential. The Foundation for American Innovation champions the technology, talent, and ideas essential to American prosperity, security, and flourishing. We are builders, hackers, and scholars advancing an optimistic vision of the future—aligning technology with human ends to forge a more perfect union between innovation and the American republic. To support this mission, FAI is seeking a program manager to join the team. Reporting to the director of American Governance, this person will work with the team’s director and scholars to develop effective policy products, manage relationships with partners, identify new areas of growth, and ensure the team’s smooth running. The program manager will be an essential source of accountability and knowledge on the American Governance team and a driving force behind the team’s success. This is a full-time position based in Washington, DC.

Requirements

Proactive: See what should happen next, and execute. Don’t wait to be told what to do. Prioritize projects in line with broader goals, scope them tightly, and keep them on schedule. Comfortable pushing back when proposed work is poorly defined or of low value.
Collaborative: Know how to situate yourself within a team and are comfortable acting as a conduit between internal and external stakeholders. Clear and responsive communicator with strong writing skills. Proven record of making others more effective.
Focused on the Details: Notice opportunities and errors before anyone else and have a constant eye for how things can be improved. Understand the minutiae of your team’s policy priorities, relationships, and deliverables.
Situationally Aware: Working knowledge of Washington, DC, and the policy-making process. Aware of the main factions and schools of thought in major policy debates. Eager to learn more and start carefully following the discussion across both DC and the tech industry.
Excited about FAI’s Mission: Enthusiastic about FAI’s mission of aligning technology with human ends to forge a more perfect union between innovation and the American republic, and especially about the American Governance team’s role in that mission.

Responsibilities

Oversee project development and implementation, facilitate new relationships and strengthen existing ones, and provide general “shot-spotting” for the team’s goals.
Track the team’s progress on multiple projects of varying durations and intensity and ensure clarity and accountability from team members.
Ensure that the team members carry out their responsibilities and that everything happens when it should.
Act as the team’s main representative to FAI’s other departments, working with Growth to raise money for your team, Operations to facilitate team budgeting and administrative compliance, and External Relations to promote your team’s work and plan events.
Support external relationships with policymakers, donors, and coalition partners by managing meeting prep, follow-ups, and CRM hygiene.
Help ensure that grant deliverables are met on time and assist in measuring and communicating the impact of your team’s work.