Director of Government Relations Policy and Strategy

Sourcewell • Staples, MN

23h • $154,400 - $193,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Director of Government Relations Policy and Strategy is responsible for providing strategic leadership for Sourcewell’s state and federal government relations agenda, with a focus on creating, protecting, and expanding markets for cooperative purchasing. This role monitors, analyzes, and interprets federal, state, and local legislative activity affecting public procurement, supports legislation that advances cooperative purchasing, develops and executes state and federal level GR strategies, and coordinates closely with Government Affairs teams on targeted policy efforts. The Director will lead the development of public policy and legislative strategies that advance Sourcewell-specific objectives within local, state and federal legal frameworks. Engage in policy analysis, legislative tracking, and strategic advocacy to support the organization’s government relations goals. Through this work, the position ensures Sourcewell’s policy interests are advanced, clearly communicated, and effectively represented across government audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in related field OR a combination of post-secondary training, professional education, and related experience equivalent to four (4) years.
• Ten (10) years of experience in leading state or federal legislative strategy; of which the total years of experience include:
• Experience engaging in states or jurisdictions where the policy environment was neutral, skeptical, or unfavorable, requiring proactive strategy development
• Demonstrated experience coordinating legislative strategy with field, government affairs, or customer facing teams to align timing, messaging, and engagement
• Experience with deciding when and how to engage, oppose, or support legislation
• Managerial Experience: Experience of planning, managing and organizing resources within short / medium timescales within the overall policy framework. (Over 6 years to 10 years)

Responsibilities

• Develop and update the public relations, government relations, regulation, and registration plans to align with business goals.
• Manage a portfolio of public relations and government relations campaigns and negotiate service level agreements to ensure successful campaigns and value for money.
• Plan, coordinate, and supe vise activities relating to major campaigns.
• Oversee a particular area, product, or service within the larger public relations, government relations, regulation, and registration strategy. This involves managing development or delivery (or both).
• Contribute to stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs, issues, and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues, and concerns, arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment.
• Represent the organization or institution in a variety of industry, institutional, and/or professional f rums, boards, and committees, in order to promote the company or institution brand or efforts. Focus is on their own expertise. May involve preparation of presentations and materials for professional partnering meetings, seminars, and conferences.
• Take responsibility for providing specific elements of the regulatory affairs service with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Improve and develop procedures by giving and receiving feedback on what works and what doesn't, suggesting and implementing improvements to procedures and processes as needed for effectiveness.
• Assist in developing procedures for an area of the organization and monitor their implementation.
• Provide authoritative specialist advice to senior managers at the business unit or regional level to e able the implementation of policy, projects, and change initiatives.
• Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities.
• Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the business area or department; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
• Manage budget plans for a department. May involve development or delivery or both.
• Lead the development and implementation of strategy for an important area of responsibility within a function, anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities and ensuring integration with wider functional strategy.
• Develop and propose annual business plans for a given area or department, ensuring alignment with strategy. Recommend financial and headcount budgets; propose business targets, for example, revenues or other key performance indicators (KPIs); and schedule key activities/projects, ensuring integration with other elements of the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• At Sourcewell, collaboration, respect, and belonging are the core of who we are.
• We believe in giving back to the community, offering paid volunteer time for staff, and supporting one another to do our best work.
• We’re proud to have been recognized by Top Workplaces, the nation’s leading employer recognition program, annually since 2016.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director