Director - Regulatory Affairs

United Airlines•Washington, DC

17h•$159,790 - $207,998•Onsite

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path toward becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose—Connecting People, Uniting the World—is about more than getting people from one place to another. As a global company operating in hundreds of locations around the world, with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly. We can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing—in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled, from employee-run Business Resource Group communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401(k), and privileges like space-available travel. United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world? At United, we take bold action, and our Global Government Affairs & Environmental team is the driving force behind our efforts to make change happen. By working closely with U.S., state and local, and foreign governments and coordinating grassroots advocacy efforts, the team represents United on regulatory, public policy and legislative issues, advocating every day for our airline, our employees and the millions of customers we serve around the globe.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
12+ years of relevant experience
5+ years’ experience work for or directly with U.S. government agencies, or comparable experience outside of government in private sector or other organizations.
Background/understanding of U.S. regulatory and legislative processes, experience in drafting government filings and communications. Advocacy experience.
Existing relationships and ability to develop new relationships with decision makers, influencers, and leaders in the Federal government.
Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Results oriented and persistent self-starter.
Experienced in multi-tasking on multiple priorities and collaborating with leaders and subject matter experts.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Nice To Haves

Master's degree
MBA, JD or other advanced degree
At least 5 years’ experience working with the Department of Homeland Security, CISA, TSA, CBP, data privacy regulators and policymakers, or comparable experience.
Applies critical thinking to validate AI-generated outputs while adhering to organizational policies for responsible AI use, data privacy, and security.
Demonstrates an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative AI tools and effectively leverages them to support research, analysis, content creation, and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

Developing and advocating positions before executive branch regulatory bodies and leaders to influence decisions of strategic importance to United’s business operations and enhance United’s reputation as a leading company.
Monitoring federal political and regulatory activities within the area of responsibility and collaborating with relevant divisions and Government Affairs leadership to formulate and refine policy positions that benefit United, our employees and our customers.
Engaging regularly with and building trusted relationships with decision-makers and staff at key agencies across the federal government, as well as industry and association counterparts, developing effective advocacy strategies to drive positive short- and long-term outcomes for United.
Leading and contributing to the formulation of factual policy and economic arguments before agencies and effectively implementing advocacy strategies to drive positive outcomes for the company.
Clearly and effectively communicating, representing United before the Federal government, and advocating for United's policy objectives and programs that advance the Company's image and reputation.
Actively and continuously developing and maintaining external relationships of trust with agency decisionmakers and staff in order to gather advance information and drive positive results.
Coordinating effectively with key internal stakeholders including the rest of the Governmental Affairs team, Legal, Communications, Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Safety, Airport Ops, Flight Ops and Inflight, NOC, Corporate Security, DT, Finance, and hub leadership, as well as other relevant divisions.
Maintaining external partnerships and relationships with trade associations, think tanks, other organizations to network and build coalitions to drive results.
Assisting with compliance activities, regulatory filings, information requests and government investigations as needed.