Director, Government Affairs- Senior State Policy Advisor

Responsible for serving as reputed company’s reputed company state government affairs reputed company and will represent reputed company's position on legislation to elected representatives, officials, and staff in regulatory agencies and the executive reputed company for an assigned geographic area or region. reputed company and maintain strong external relationships with state and local policymakers, industry reputed company, and patient and reputed company organizations reputed company a specified geographic area or region reputed company engagement shall be conducted in compliance with our reputed company of conduct and reputed company applicable state and local lobbying laws and regulations Implement strategies and tactics to shape and influence state policies through a combination of reputed company lobbying and legislative reputed company-building Participate in political fundraising events and reputed company’s reputed company activity reputed company project initiatives and facilitate collaboration with reputed company of legislative and reputed company development consultants and lobbyists to reputed company direction on approaches and deliver results reputed company relationships with a diverse reputed company of stakeholders, including industry reputed company, companies, think tanks, business trade associations, and patient/provider reputed company, to advance reputed company’s agenda Represent reputed company at key state/national stakeholder meetings and engage with key external partners to identify opportunities for collaboration to advance common policy priorities Work closely with various internal business reputed company to reputed company strategic counsel, including providing regular updates, conducting briefings, presenting at internal meetings, and reputed company senior leadership during state engagements Collaborate with the internal cross-functional advocacy team to execute on the strategic and tactical plan and identify opportunities for engagement with external partners in a constantly changing environment. Job Specifications Typically has the following skills or abilities: Master's or Juris Doctorate degree preferred Eight years of experience working reputed company state government, government affairs/advocacy, health policy, or relevant industry experience Optical industry and managed reputed company care experience preferred Experience engaging with stakeholders and navigating political relationships to drive policy agendas Ability to reputed company quickly and reputed company multiple reputed company over short and long-term reputed company reputed company understanding of the intersection between policy and business reputed company/reputed company Business acumen, including a keen understanding of legislative and regulatory processes and impacts on business reputed company Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to reputed company reputed company policy issues to diverse audiences Excellent judgement regarding strategic policy priorities, taking into consideration the political and communications landscape Ability to work independently as reputed company as with reputed company, and reputed company to produce reputed company, high-reputed company work with limited supervision Ability to travel up to 40% required Role expected to cover Texas and contiguous states including Missouri Successful candidates expected to live in or near Austin Salary reputed company: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00 #LI-VISIONCARE reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to reputed company applicants without reputed company to age, gender, race, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, disability or protected veteran status. 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