Government Affairs Manager II

September 30

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Instacart

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eCommerce • Transport • Retail

Instacart is a company that offers a flexible approach to work while transforming the grocery industry. It provides an essential service by delivering groceries and household goods to customers' doors in as little as 30 minutes. Instacart offers safe and flexible earning opportunities to personal shoppers and tackles challenges such as rerouting deliveries during snowstorms and connecting customers with coupons and deals. It aims to be the operating system for the grocery industry, thus helping customers save time for other activities. Instacart emphasizes diversity, equity, and belonging in its work culture.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

🛍️ eCommerce

🚗 Transport

🛒 Retail

💰 $232M Venture Round on 2021-11

📋 Description

• Lead Instacart’s state and local government affairs in the southeast United States, overseeing engagement with elected officials and key stakeholders • Regularly educate cross-functional stakeholders and report new policy developments on a regular cadence • Build relationships with key policymakers and other influential state and local government-oriented stakeholders across the southeast • Craft and execute legislative, regulatory and political strategies to achieve state and local policy goals • Prepare for hearings and state and local regulatory proceedings and provide testimony (in-person, virtual, or written) • Represent Instacart in southeastern region trade associations and industry coalitions • Build third-party political, advocacy and industry allies to support strategic policy objectives • Collaborate with Policy Research and Development, legal partners, Public Engagement team, and other internal stakeholders to create state and local policy solutions • Monitor legislation and regulatory matters and advise the company on policy challenges • Build annual budgets and manage external consultants to execute government affairs strategies • Complete weekly reports and other internal materials

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of state or local government, policy or corporate government relations experience • Established policymaker relationships and ability to confidently interact with elected officials and executives • Deep understanding of state and local lawmaking and regulatory processes • Strategic thinker with polished oral and written presentation skills • Ability to thrive under pressure and balance long and short-term priorities • Resourceful and entrepreneurial with a bias towards action • Willingness to travel frequently • Collaborative with a positive, can-do attitude • Follow internal rules and protocol for travel, expenses, budgeting and tracking • Preferred: Expertise in labor/workforce, ecommerce or tech policy • Preferred: Experience with Slack

🏖️ Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. • Flex First: flexibility to choose where to work (home, office, or coffee shop) with regular in-person events. • Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.