Battleground States Political Director

The role of the Battleground States Political Director is essential for the success of the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign’s states political program. This position involves managing the regional political and coalition desks (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West), overseeing various operational processes, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and dynamic team environment.

The Director will oversee coordination with state and HQ leadership to support in-state events with principals and surrogates, launch local coalition efforts, and most importantly help drive state and local political priorities to mobilize a critical coalition of leaders in states to enthusiastically re-elect President Biden and Vice President Harris.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Battleground Regional Political & Coalitions Directors, who support and facilitate the communication between state political teams and campaign headquarters (HQ)
• Serve as strategist and consultant in strategic meetings focused on engaging political and coalition teams across a subset of states
• Lead collaboration across Political & Coalitions, Trips, Surrogates, Policy, Communications, and Digital, and as well other HQ teams to manage and communicate big picture political strategy in states, execute state events, or other initiatives within key communities
• Synthesize cross-region and state insights to develop recommendations for the states and HQ teams for in state coalition programming, trip proposals, and for event lists
• Direct and manage state Political & Coalitions Directors to plan and implement priorities across regions
  
  
  

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Political relationship and coalition management skills, in particular a proven track record and experience in engaging state based advocacy and voter engagement organizations.
• Respectful, empowering, and clear manager to lead a team to deliver to its goals
• Public speaking and comfort in building new relationships
• Innovative thinker, self-starter, and collaborative organizer
• Accountable to deadlines, detail oriented, and a clear communicator
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort in building consensus
• A team player that recognizes the importance of working collaboratively and communicating at a high level with their teammates
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and is able to balance rapid response needs with focused program implementation
  
  
  

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This position is CWG bargaining unit eligible.