Director of State & Local Government Relations - Hybrid (Washington, DC)

Description

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with governors, staff and state agencies in key states.
• Engage directly on major pursuits and projects at the state and local level.
• Coordinate with U.S. regions to align strategic growth goals with the company’s geopolitical efforts. Serve as the connection point among AECOM leadership for state & local government affairs activity.
• Drive business growth in AECOM’s top states and metro areas through sustained engagement with elected and appointed officials.
• Manage AECOM participation in state and local organizations
• Focus on largest states and Metro+ cities to grow business but also look for organic business opportunities in places where AECOM’s footprint is smaller or non-existent.
• Drive cross-business line coordination of state and local government affairs to ensure a coherent, strategic message is delivered consistently to policymakers.
• Manage AECOM’s state and local government affairs efforts across the United States.
• Support the development of AECOM leadership team’s relationships and engagement with local elected officials in key metro areas.
• Partner with internal advocate managers to manage AECOM’s local advocates ensuring accountability for each advocate and collaborate across the region to deliver the best ROI from our advocate teams.
• Collaborate with metro leadership in major market areas to align GR priorities and resource needs.
• Support the regional executives with resourcing decisions for geopolitical efforts and GR-adjacent activities such as conferences, sponsorships, and contributions.
• Engage regularly with regional executives, strategy and growth leads and regional business line leaders to manage the state and local GR plans and strategy and align resources to support.

Requirements

• Sponsorship for US work authorization is not available for this position, now or in the future
• Previous experience with state or local government relations or affairs
• Experience working within a similarly large, complex organization
• Understand the geopolitical situation in each major state and major metro area, including key relationships, policymaker priorities, and potential risks to the business.
• Background in transportation and infrastructure policy
• BA/BS plus at least 12 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including at least 4 years of leadership experience
• Ability to travel, approximately 20%
• Experience managing government affairs in multiple US states or a US region

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance