State Partnerships Manager

Recidiviz

3d•$117,600 - $137,550•Remote

About The Position

Recidiviz is hiring a State Partnerships Manager to join their team. This role involves partnering closely with state correctional departments to safely and equitably reduce prison populations. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of skills from account management, product management, and political strategy, with the ability to captivate an audience, use data effectively, run productive meetings, and get things done. Rigor and levity are key attributes. Prior experience in criminal justice reform is not required, but a deep care for meaningful work is essential. Recidiviz builds technology to improve outcomes for justice-involved people, reduce incarceration, and help criminal justice leaders make data-driven decisions. They work collaboratively with criminal justice system leaders, justice-impacted individuals, and ecosystem partners. People who thrive at Recidiviz are kind, humble, assume good intent, learn from failure, and proactively fix problems.

Requirements

Be a proactive problem solver, quick to address new problems.
Have an understanding of how to make progress in challenging environments with a successful track record of stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
Bring experience working in or with state governments, knowing how to build trust and relationships quickly.
Be a process leader, excited about building replicable, clear processes internally and externally. Be a clear communicator and documentation wizard with a successful track record of managing cross-functional teams.
Be open-minded, humble, and curious, eager to learn and capable of active and empathetic listening.
Be comfortable with, and excited by, technology: eager to supportively guide data analysis and technology products, and work with a fast-moving team.
Experience in account management, product management, political strategy / lobbying, business development, policy, or similar role.
Willing and able to travel frequently (average 3-5 business days per month), including to correctional facilities.

Nice To Haves

Have a connection to the criminal justice system and/or passion for doing work that matters: lived or working experience with the operations and consequences of America's criminal justice system.

Responsibilities

Understand, deconstruct and document the needs of key correctional actors and justice-involved individuals
Build deep relationships with key stakeholders by making them feel heard and supported
Adapt and deploy Recidiviz core product offerings, and ad hoc data analysis capabilities to delight state partners
Communicate in clear writing what specific steps ought be taken by product managers, user experience designers, data analysts and implementation engineers for Recidiviz to support your state’s objectives
Drive partnerships towards success in terms of impact and financial sustainability
Self-regulation skills to effectively navigate high-intensity experiences with incarcerated individuals and correctional line staff in prison facilities and other challenging environments

Benefits

90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO and 13 paid holidays
12 weeks of paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location)
Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
Free mental health support via Talkspace
Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you choose
An annual company offsite each spring and other ad-hoc gatherings