US External Affairs Manager (Global Affairs)

Quick Facts

• Role: US External Affairs Manager (Global Affairs)

• Focus: Federal AI policy initiatives and civil society partnerships in the United States

• Location: Washington, DC (frequent travel required)

Description

Lead a portfolio spanning civil rights partnerships and federal AI policy, shaping the organization’s U.S. engagement with external stakeholders. Own stakeholder strategy and relationship-building to support a repeatable co-design and feedback loop that informs policy positions and public trust efforts. Represent the organization at senior-level policy discussions and external convenings while translating complex AI and policy topics into clear materials for external audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead federal AI policy initiatives, connecting civil society priorities and community feedback to organizational policy positions and advocacy.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with civil rights, civil society, research, community, education, and accessibility stakeholders.

• Help execute an engagement operating model grounded in co-design, localized benefits, trusted validators, cross-functional planning, and regular partner reviews.

• Develop stakeholder maps, engagement plans, briefing materials, and follow-up systems for priority policy campaigns and rapid-response moments.

• Support federal and state engagement by identifying credible third-party voices, local proof points, and community feedback.

• Represent the organization in senior-level policy discussions and external convenings, and prepare executives and subject-matter experts for meetings and public events.

• Translate complex AI product, safety, and policy topics into clear external-facing explainers and content packs.

• Surface external concerns and opportunities related to data and trust, deepfakes, child safety, job displacement, energy costs, copyright, civil and human rights, mental health, and other public concerns.

• Coordinate with internal teams (Communications, Legal, Safety, Product, Research, and others) to ensure stakeholder engagement is accurate and useful.

• Track relationship health, engagement outcomes, commitments, risks, and follow-ups to maintain accountability and continuity.

Requirements

• Established network and credibility with civil society, civil rights, research, and community stakeholder organizations (including underrepresented communities).

• Deep experience in technology policy, public policy, public affairs, civil society engagement, advocacy, campaigns, or a related field.

• Strong understanding of federal, state, and local policy institutions, processes, and debates shaping U.S. AI governance.

• Demonstrated ability to design and execute stakeholder engagement strategies tied to concrete policy/partnership/public trust objectives.

• Excellent communication, presentation, briefing, and interpersonal skills.

• Strong project management skills for managing timelines, shared resources, follow-ups, and cross-functional workstreams.

• Sound judgment and high integrity for sensitive or high-salience issues.

• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with policy, communications, legal, safety, product, research, and technical teams.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance for new employees.

• Opportunity to translate external feedback into actionable internal insights and help build durable public trust through partnership.