Government Affairs Manager II, Southeast

Instacart

102d • $157,000 - $210,000

About The Position

At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers. Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table. Instacart is a Flex First team. There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events.

Requirements

• 5+ years of state or local government, policy or corporate government relations experience.
• Established policymaker relationships and confident interaction with elected officials and executives.
• Deep understanding of state and local lawmaking and regulatory processes.
• Strategic thinker with polished oral and written presentation skills.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and balance long and short-term priorities to deliver results.
• Resourceful and entrepreneurial with a bias towards action.
• Willingness to travel frequently.
• Collaborative with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Ability to follow internal rules and protocol for travel, expenses, budgeting and tracking.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in labor/workforce, ecommerce or tech policy preferred.
• Experience with Slack preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Instacart’s state and local government affairs in the southeast United States.
• Oversee engagement with state and local elected officials and other key stakeholders.
• Educate southeast state and local policymakers on the value of Instacart’s business to their constituents.
• Craft and execute legislative, regulatory and political strategies to achieve state and local policy goals.
• Prepare for relevant hearings and state and local regulatory proceedings.
• Provide testimony on public policy matters for Instacart.
• Represent Instacart in southeastern region trade associations and industry coalitions.
• Build third party political, advocacy and industry allies to support strategic policy objectives.
• Collaborate with Policy Research and Development, legal partners, and other internal stakeholders to create state and local policy solutions.
• Work with Public Engagement team to build comprehensive state and local advocacy campaigns for key legislative priorities.
• Monitor legislation and regulatory matters and advise the company with respect to policy challenges.
• Build annual budgets that reflect the changing nature of government affairs needs.
• Manage external consultants to help execute proactive and reactive government affairs strategies.

Benefits

• Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
• Remote work flexibility under the Flex First policy.
• New hire equity grant eligibility and annual refresh grants.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees