Senior Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager

The role

This person will represent Samsara before Congress and build relationships with members, committee staff, and federal agency officials. They will identify funding and programmatic opportunities to support the Public Sector business and work with outside consultants to drive policy strategy.

What you will do

• Represent Samsara directly before Congress
• Build and maintain relationships with members, committee staff, and federal agency officials
• Identify and generate new funding or programmatic opportunities
• Build and maintain a prioritized opportunities list
• Partner with Public Sector Sales to provide intelligence on legislative and funding developments
• Stay ahead of developments across Congress, agencies, and target states
• Manage outside consultants and evaluate their proposals
• Draft legislative language, funding tasks, letters, and testimony
• Collaborate with Legal, Marketing, and Product teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of relevant experience in public policy, government affairs, or government
• In-house government affairs experience at a company
• Deep, first-hand understanding of the federal appropriations and budget process
• Track record of proactively generating opportunities
• Established relationships with congressional offices, committee staff, and/or federal agency officials relevant to transportation, infrastructure, or technology funding
• Demonstrated judgment in evaluating policy or funding opportunities
• Experience working with outside consultants
• Skilled at persuasively and diplomatically advocating complex policy positions
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Experience managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously

Nice to have

• Experience with DOT, surface transportation, infrastructure, or public safety funding programs
• Experience with technology procurement processes at the state or local level
• The ability to translate government-to-business and business-to-government issues fluently in both directions
• The ability to issue-spot for sales enablement and challenges
• Familiarity with the physical operations, transportation, or public sector technology landscape

Benefits

• Base salary
• Performance-based bonus/variable pay
• Equity for eligible roles
• Flexible, employee-led remote model
• Professional development stipend
• Comprehensive health and parental leave plans

Before you apply

• All offers of employment are contingent upon an individual's ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the company and in the specified work location

About the company

Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, a platform that enables organizations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data. The company helps improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of physical operations.