Senior Manager, Public Affairs & Issues Management

Location: Daily commute to an office in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Dallas, or Denver is required, or candidates must be open to relocation to one of these locations.

Salary: USD 150,000–175,000 yearly base salary plus annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a Blackstone portfolio company focused on investing in, operating, and managing high-quality apartment communities and rental housing.

What you will do

• Lead escalated, sensitive, and high-profile issues, including crisis situations, from initial intake through resolution.
• Assess risks, align strategies, and coordinate responses with legal, government relations, communications, operations, AIR, and Blackstone stakeholders.
• Develop communications materials, crisis frameworks, playbooks, scenario plans, and issue-prevention processes.
• Identify emerging risks, vulnerabilities, and recurring patterns to strengthen reputational risk management.
• Advise internal stakeholders, prepare concise executive-ready recommendations, and support high-pressure decision-making.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule, supporting urgent issues during evenings, weekends, and other non-business hours as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, political science, or a related field.
• 8–10+ years of high-stakes reputation management experience with a strong public affairs focus.
• Experience managing complex issues across legal, operational, and reputational dimensions.
• Experience with media, government officials, regulatory agencies, community stakeholders, PR agencies, lobbyists, and law firms.
• Strong writing, analytical, critical-thinking, collaboration, leadership, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AI-enabled productivity tools.

Nice to have

• Experience in private equity, asset management, REITs, or another large institutional environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual bonus opportunities and comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
• HSA contributions, FSA options, disability coverage, and 401(k) contributions of 6% from the company.
• Paid vacation, 14 paid holidays, paid sick time, and up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Tuition assistance, professional certification and licensing reimbursement, and career development programs.
• Rent discount, commuter benefits, pet insurance, consumer discounts, and paid community give-back time.

Hiring process

• Offers are subject to reference checks, employment verification, criminal background checks, and a four-panel drug screening that excludes marijuana testing.