Stride
Government Affairs Executive Director
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $121K - $179K
💻 Other
🗓️ December 9th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Stride, Inc. is hiring a Government Affairs Executive Director. This role leads government and public affairs activities for selected states by managing strategy and tactics for a team of state lobbyists and consultants to protect and advance company interests. The Director builds strategic relationships with legislators, manages advocacy initiatives, and represents the company in various public forums and media.
Highlights
- Lead and manage strategy and tactics of a team of state lobbyists and consultants.
- Oversee contract lobbyists and collaborate with company functional areas on government policy impacts.
- Maintain knowledge of proposed legislation affecting company interests and build coalitions with key decision-makers.
- Serve as company spokesperson in conferences, media, and social media engagements.
- 7 to 10 years leadership experience in lobbying, political campaigns, and legislative affairs at the state level.
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Business Administration, Management, or related field.
- Expertise in education policy related to parental educational options.
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills with high integrity and professionalism.
- Ability to travel up to 50% within assigned states and clear background check.
- Salary range anticipated between $121,200.75 and $179,100 per year, with eligibility for bonuses and robust benefits.
Government Affairs Executive Director Full Description
Job Description
Summary: The Government Affairs Executive Director leads all major activities associated with government affairs and public affairs activities for selected states. Reporting to the Vice President, Government Affairs, this high visibility role requires oversight of company interests through strategic and tactical management of a diversified team of contract lobbyists, consultants, and company functional areas of interest.
Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
- Direct and manage strategy and tactics of a diversified team of state lobbyists and consultants in coordination with employees of company functional areas of interests;
- Oversee contract lobbyists and consultants supporting the Company;
- Cross-functional support of the company's areas of interest impacted by government policies at the state legislative, administrative and regulatory levels;
- Enhance meaningful relationships with targeted, high-level external audiences;
- In-depth knowledge and monitoring of proposed legislation to determine possible effects on company interests in selected states;
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with legislators and other public officials through participation in local, state and national events and meetings of legislative, administrative and policy organizations and campaigns;
- Manage consultants, advocacy initiatives, and projects to advance Company reputation and public affairs goals;
- Serve as a representative for the Company at conferences, meetings, forums, seminars, and other events;
- Build coalitions and expand relationships with key decision-makers, policymakers, and federal, state and local elected officials;
- Subject matter expert for press releases and messaging collateral in order to state the company's views and to inform policymakers of impacts of proposed legislation considered desirable or undesirable;
- Author editorials and op-eds; actively engage in social media conversations, and serve as spokesperson for the Company in panels, conferences, and media.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.
Required Qualifications:
- Seven (7) to Ten (10) years of successful leadership experience in lobbying, political campaigns, legislative affairs, and regulatory policy at the state level including extensive experience identifying and building relationships/working with key government leaders affecting legislation
- Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Business Administration, Management or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience
- A keen interest/knowledge of education policy as it relates to affording parents educational options
- Strong interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and communication skills (written and verbal) along with considerable tact and diplomacy to effectively address all levels
- Exceptional personal and professional integrity
- Strong people management skills and open leadership style with ability to effectively lead/manage multiple projects
- Actively seeks out, participates in and accepts collaborative thinking and problem solving
- Extremely organized, ability to prioritize, self-directed, process-oriented and hands-on with the ability to dig into the details when necessary
- Strategic thinker able to position the organization for the future, conceptualize critical trends, identify changing market demands and implement tactically
- Creative, innovative and "out-of-the-box" thinking skills; systems thinker; Understands impacts of decisions on all aspects of the business
- Strong business acumen, intelligence and capacity
- Proactive, high energy, problem solving mentality, data driven with strong analytical and decision-making skills
- Strong work ethic, achievement oriented with a "failure is not an option" mentality
- High level of commitment to team and company values
- Professional appearance and presentation
- Ability to travel up to 50% or more of the time within assigned states
- Ability to clear required background check
Certificates and Licenses: None required.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- This position is remote and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.
Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.
- We anticipate the salary range to be $121,200.75 - $179,100.00 per year. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual's compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.
The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.
Job Type
Regular
The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.
If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
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