State Relations Officer
1200 Concord Ave,Concord, CA
State Government Affairs Officer
Join us as a State Government Affairs Officer to play a highly influential role in protecting our clients and growing our business.
Make your mark in Global Legal, Compliance and Regulatory
Our Global Legal, Compliance and Regulatory (GLCR) team provides first class advice to colleagues and functions across the organization – ensuring AIG navigates an ever-changing landscape that spans state, federal, and international lines. The team has a multi-dimensional impact, from helping avoid legal exposure to collaborating with other functions to develop cutting-edge new products.
How you will create an impact:
- Manages strategic interests in assigned states through contract lobbyists, direct advocacy, testimony, use of trade groups and coalitions, and relationships with key state policymakers. Lobbies state legislators and regulators.
- Tracks legislation and regulation.
- Works with member state legislative teams on legislative and regulatory issues affecting the Insurance and Financial industry.
- Prepares advocacy materials for member companies, including issue-briefs, talking points, one-pagers, comment letters, and PowerPoint presentations in coordination with other operational staff.
- Develops and presents state testimony and attends relevant hearings.
- Represents AIG and the insurance financial services industry at intergovernmental organization meetings.
- Manages intergovernmental relationship and issues.
- Develops consensus/positions/strategy among member companies on legislative issues.
- Works with member company representatives to formulate industry-wide state strategic plans, including industry positioning and advocacy, ally and coalition development, and grassroots activities.
- Travel Requirements: ~30%, domestic.
What you'll need to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years relevant experience in insurance and/or government affairs.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to self-manage while working remotely with little oversight.
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to remain flexible in a decision-making process.
- Ability to develop persuasive policy content.
- Ability to build consensus among people with diverging views.
- Strong understanding of state regulatory process and agencies.
Ability to understand legislative and regulatory language, how it affects the industry, and how it could/should be edited to support company and industry goals. - Firm understanding of the working relationship and policy issues within the Insurance.
- Ability to assemble and synthesize relevant facts and expert opinion to support policy arguments.
- Ability to prioritize importance of policy issues to the industry.
- Position to be based in Sacramento, CA area. Candidates based in Western U.S. Capital cities will be considered.
For positions based in California, the base salary range is $115,000 - 170,000. In addition, the position is eligible for …
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