Government Relations Leader

Owens Corning•Toledo, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Government Affairs Lead is an enterprise‑level, strategic role responsible for maximizing Owens Corning’s influence as a leading building products manufacturer across the policy and trade association landscape. The role shapes and advances policy advocacy and trade association strategies that support long‑term growth, protect market access, and reinforce Owens Corning’s competitive advantages. This includes influencing legislative, regulatory, incentive‑based, insurance‑driven, and standards‑based policy outcomes that directly affect the building products industry. The position spans multiple businesses and trade associations and is a key enabler of Owens Corning’s standardized operating model for external engagement, ensuring advocacy efforts are enterprise‑aligned, intentional, scalable, and focused on the issues that matter most to the business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in public policy, law, business, engineering, or related field preferred.
8–12+ years of relevant experience in government affairs, public policy, regulatory engagement, and/or trade association leadership.
Experience operating within complex, matrixed organizations, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment across stakeholders.
Ability to influence without authority, including advising business leaders and cross-functional partners.
Strong strategic thinking, analytical capability, and clear, executive-ready communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience within building products, manufacturing, construction materials, or related industrial sectors.
Familiarity with how policy, trade associations, and standards‑based advocacy intersect to shape market and regulatory outcomes.
Experience supporting advocacy across multiple business segments or geographies.

Responsibilities

Develop and advance enterprise‑level strategies for engaging trade associations as platforms for influence.
Advise on governance structures, committee participation, leadership roles, and escalation pathways to ensure Owens Corning is positioned to shape outcomes.
Align trade association engagement with enterprise priorities, business strategies, and long‑range growth objectives.
Partner with business leaders to determine where trade associations provide the greatest leverage against priority risks and opportunities.
Monitor, analyze, and assess legislative, regulatory, and policy developments affecting Owens Corning’s businesses, customers, and end‑markets.
Partner with business leaders, Legal, Sustainability, and other functions to develop integrated advocacy strategies addressing key policy objectives, which may include: manufacturing competitiveness and housing affordability, sustainability initiatives (e.g., recycled content, circularity, EPR), incentives and tax credit structures, insurance‑driven building requirements, building codes and product standards adoption.
Coordinate engagement through trade associations, coalitions, and external advisors to advance aligned policy outcomes.
Provide enterprise‑level policy insight, issue framing, and context to inform business‑led prioritization and decision‑making.
Enable visibility, consistency, and alignment across businesses on policy and trade association activities.
Support coordinated enterprise positions while respecting business ownership of priorities.
Ensure adherence to lobbying, disclosure, and trade association governance requirements.
Institutionalize scalable processes, playbooks, and engagement frameworks that support consistent execution across the enterprise.
Strengthen continuity by reducing reliance on individual facilitation and enabling repeatable engagement approaches.
Support effective knowledge transfer and role transitions related to policy and trade association engagement.