Regional State And Local Affairs Lead (AI)

TL;DR

Regional State and Local Affairs Lead (AI): Leading hirify.global’s engagement with state and local governments across the Northeast United States, advancing AI policy, legislation, and regulation that supports hirify.global’s mission. Focus on executing state policy campaigns, building relationships with key stakeholders, and managing engagement across state legislatures, governors’ offices, attorneys general, state agencies, and local governments.

Location: Hybrid, must be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

Salary: $265,000 - $295,000 USD

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems and wants AI to be safe and beneficial for its users and for society as a whole.

What you will do

• Execute hirify.global’s state affairs strategy across Northeast states, implementing policy campaigns and engagement plans.
• Build and maintain relationships with state legislators, legislative staff, governors’ offices, attorneys general, and state agency leaders across your assigned region.
• Cultivate relationships with governors’ offices and executive branch leadership to advance hirify.global’s policy priorities in the region.
• Develop and manage partnerships with external stakeholders including universities, industry partners, and advocacy organizations in Northeast states.
• Track and report on state policy developments in your region, providing intelligence and analysis to inform company strategy.
• Manage relationships with key state and local stakeholders with the primary objective of advancing hirify.global’s policy priorities.

Requirements

• Align with hirify.global's mission and embrace the imperative of policy impact and change.
• Have 10+ years of experience in state government affairs, political strategy, or legislative roles, with demonstrated success contributing to legislative and regulatory outcomes.
• Have existing relationships with state leaders in Northeast states, including legislators, governors’ offices, or attorneys general.
• Have experience working on state government relations in New York, or other Northeast states, with understanding of regional political dynamics.
• Have a track record of executing on strategic objectives and delivering measurable outcomes in government affairs roles.
• Understand how state legislatures and executive branches work.

Nice to have

• Have exposure to technology policy or emerging technology regulation.
• Can translate complex technical topics into clear, accessible policy positions and talking points.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
• hirify.global values impact and advancing long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI.
• hirify.global is an extremely collaborative group and hosts frequent research discussions.