Senior Director, State and Local Government Affairs

Oracle • Nashville, TN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Fortune 100 information technology company seeks a Senior Director, State and Local Government Affairs, based in Nashville and reporting to the Vice President, State Government Affairs. The Senior Director, State and Local Government Affairs will work with corporate leadership and business units to represent company interests before state and local government officials to advance company policy priorities and other objectives. The Senior Director, State and Local Government Affairs will support the overall function of the state and local government affairs team by representing company interests with third party groups and events, monitoring state and local policy impacting the company and maintaining a strong understanding of company operations to help identify how external policy decision-making may impact business initiatives. The ideal candidate understands the importance of the role to the success of the organization; understands information technology across a broad spectrum of business and policy priorities and has demonstrated success in achieving results in support of specific objectives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in public policy at the state and local level with a thorough understanding of technology policy, and experience working with, serving, and influencing state and local government agencies.
• Relationships with state and local officials including executive and legislative branch, regulatory officials, municipal government and other relevant stakeholders.
• The ability to align impact of state and local policy with business interests and develop and execute strategies to lead and shape complex initiatives and solutions.
• Ability to self-direct, including proven ability to prioritize, balance, and meet conflicting demands in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written, oral communication and analytical skills with an ability to reduce complex terms and concepts into readily understandable concepts for policy makers.

Nice To Haves

• Understands information technology across a broad spectrum of business and policy priorities.
• Demonstrated success in achieving results in support of specific objectives.

Responsibilities

• Represent company interests before state and local government officials to advance company policy priorities and other objectives.
• Represent company interests with third party groups and events.
• Monitor state and local policy impacting the company.
• Maintain a strong understanding of company operations to help identify how external policy decision-making may impact business initiatives.
• Brief and staff senior-level executives.
• Manage contract lobbyists and represent corporate interests with other external resources (e.g. consultants, trade associations).
• Represent company at external facing policy and political events.
• Act with the highest integrity, including strict adherence to applicable laws and company values, which go beyond legal compliance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed