Director – State & Local Government Affairs

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $191k - $321k / year

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Zillow

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2006

🏠 Real Estate

🛍️ eCommerce

👥 B2C

💰 $4.1M Post-IPO Equity on 2012-12

Real Estate • eCommerce • B2C

Zillow is a leading real estate and property rental marketplace that provides comprehensive information on homes, apartments, and properties for sale or rent. It offers users tools to search for properties, calculate mortgage rates, and connect with real estate agents. The platform also features innovative algorithms that provide Zestimates, which are estimated market values of homes. Zillow is a go-to resource for individuals looking to buy, sell, or rent properties, as well as for agents and brokers who want to reach a wider audience.

📋 Description

• Lead Zillow's state and local government affairs strategy across multiple regions and legislative environments • Translate enterprise business priorities into coordinated state advocacy strategies • Prioritize campaigns, allocate resources, and ensure consistent execution across regional portfolios • Lead complex legislative and regulatory campaigns from strategy through execution • Guide regional leaders through changing political environments • Lead, coach, and develop regional government affairs leaders across multiple geographies • Build organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and scalable operating practices • Establish and improve operating rhythms, governance, planning processes, and reporting mechanisms • Improve coordination across Government Affairs, Public Policy, Legal, Communications, Product, Economics, and executive leadership • Oversee outside lobbyists, consultants, and strategic advisors across multiple jurisdictions • Monitor legislative, regulatory, and political developments across priority markets • Identify risks and opportunities affecting product strategy, market expansion, consumer trust, or business operations • Provide recommendations and executive briefings • Partner across Public Policy, Legal, Product, business leadership, Communications, Public Affairs, and Federal Government Affairs

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in government relations, public policy, legislative affairs, or a closely related field • Significant experience advising senior leaders on complex policy and regulatory matters • Experience developing and executing integrated government relations or public affairs strategies supporting business or organizational objectives • Proven success building relationships with legislators, regulators, associations, and advocacy partners in highly regulated or politically complex environments • Experience leading cross-functional policy or regulatory efforts with accountability for outcomes and executive-level communication • Equivalent combination of education and experience accepted • Required travel up to 25% • Preferred experience within technology, marketplace, housing, fintech, mortgage, real estate, or highly regulated consumer platform companies • Preferred experience leading regional government affairs functions within a Fortune 500 company, trade association, or comparable organization • Familiarity with housing policy, listings, rentals, consumer finance, AI policy, competition policy, or digital marketplace regulation preferred • Experience building or scaling government affairs organizations during company growth preferred • Enterprise thinking and business acumen • Exceptional political judgment • Strategic prioritization and resource allocation • Organizational leadership and team development • Executive influence without formal authority • Cross-functional collaboration • Operational excellence and disciplined execution • Adaptability in complex, fast-changing environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location • Flexible distributed work model (Cloud HQ) • Inclusive, innovative, and engaging culture • Employees empowered to grow • Equal employment opportunity • Disability and special-needs accommodations • Consideration of qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law