Senior Manager, Federal Policy and Public Affairs

🕒 April 7

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $200k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

This company has sponsored H1B visas in the past.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Waabi

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

🚗 Transport

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔧 Hardware

💰 Venture Round on 2023-01

Transport • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware

Waabi is a company at the forefront of autonomous trucking technology. Led by AI and self-driving pioneer Raquel Urtasun, Waabi uses advanced Generative AI to develop scalable and safe self-driving solutions. The Waabi Driver, their cutting-edge product, blends an end-to-end trained AI stack with an interpretable architecture, facilitating OEM integration and large-scale commercialization. Waabi World, their highly advanced simulation engine, offers a realistic and immersive environment that accelerates the development and deployment of self-driving technology by reducing the reliance on extensive real-world testing. With partnerships and a visionary approach, Waabi aims to revolutionize logistics and supply chain industries.

📋 Description

• Cultivate and maintain relationships across Congressional offices and committees, and federal Agencies (with a focus on USDOT, NHTSA and FMCSA). • Execute on Waabi’s key legislative and regulatory goals and build awareness and understanding of Waabi’s technology and business. • Monitor and lead engagement with Congress on all major legislative initiatives impacting Waabi. Ensure Waabi's priorities are integrated into any relevant federal legislation including via direct lobbying. • Monitor key federal rulemakings, and lead the internal drafting of all relevant regulatory submissions. • Represent Waabi in-person at all major DC-based events (including industry events, Congressional hearings and markups, regulator forums, etc). • Serve as the point of contact for all federal policy matters, reporting key developments and strategic recommendations to the Head of Policy.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep federal legislative and regulatory know-how. • Proven track record working with Congress, NHTSA, FMCSA, and various trade associations. • 10+ years of experience in federal government relations or public policy. • Familiarity with Autonomous Vehicle (AV) policy and the trucking industry.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards. • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only). • Unlimited Vacation. • Flexible hours and Work from Home support. • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office). • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually. • As we grow, this list continues to evolve!