Congressional Lead

LinkedIn; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn seeks an experienced Congressional Lead for U.S. Public Policy and Economic Graph to manage engagements with federal government stakeholders and advance policy priorities.

The role requires 10+ years in tech policy, strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to influence policy decisions in a fast-paced environment. Hybrid work from Washington, DC, with a focus on collaboration across Legal, Product, and Government Affairs teams.

Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinking and communication skills for policy advocacy.
• Experience in federal government relations and policy.
• Understanding of technology policies and AI, data privacy, and security.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to influence federal policy.
• Support regulation and proposals in tech and workforce policy space.
• Cultivate relationships with policymakers, regulators, and staff.
• Engage with policymakers to highlight LinkedIn’s impact on economy.
• Monitor and analyze federal legislation and policy trends.
• Represent LinkedIn in meetings, hearings, and events with officials.
• Collaborate with Legal, Product, Communications and other teams.
• Create policy briefs, testimony, and engagement plans.
• Coordinate with global and regional teams for policy goals.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Written and Oral Communication

Stakeholder Management

Relationship Building & Networking

Political Acumen

Job description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust andoptimizedfor culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business.The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, asdeterminedby the business needs of the team.

This role will be based inWashington,DC.

Our vision is to create economicopportunityfor every member of the global workforce. The Global Public Policy team,comprisedof regional policy leadsand data analytics expertsworking in partnership with our researchers and economists,advancesthis mission by partnering with governments, multilateral organizations, non-profits, and policy-making stakeholders around the world.

LinkedIn isseekingan experienced and strategic leader to join the U.S. Public Policy Federal team to manage engagements with federal government stakeholders. This role is essential in advancing LinkedIn’s policy priorities and promoting our mission to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. The ideal candidate will advocate on our legislative and regulatory goals, build andmaintainrelationships with policymakers and serve as a trusted advisor on public policy issues affecting the organization.

The opportunity to work on a collaborative team that contributes to shaping policy decisions with leading policymakers and government leaders is a rare and rewarding experience. Byutilizingvaluable labor market insights and data, this team helps inform important discussions on key issues such as the future of work,the impact of AI on the workforce,economic opportunity, andbroadertechnologyissues. This role offers a uniquechance toinfluence public policy in meaningful ways, making it a significant opportunity to make a positive impact in the field of policy and the workforce.

As Congressional Lead for U.S. Public Policy and Economic Graph, you willbe responsible forthe following duties, in addition to working with a global cross-functional team of leading experts in the future of work and tech policy space.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute strategies to influence federal legislative and regulatory policies that align with LinkedIn's businessobjectivesand values.
• Support U.S. Head of Public Policy & Economic Graph on regulation, legislation and proposals in the tech and workforce policy space.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with key policymakers, regulators, congressional staff, and industry associations.
• Engage proactively with policymakers and influencers to highlight LinkedIn’s impact on the economy and its vision of creating the world’s first economic graph.
• Activelymonitorand analyze federal legislation, regulations, and public policy trendsimpactingLinkedIn and the broader tech sector.
• Represent LinkedIn in meetings, hearings, and events with government officials, trade groups, and other stakeholders.
• Work with trade associations, industrypartnersand external stakeholders to promote and build support for LinkedIn.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including Legal, Product, Communications, the Economic Graph Research Institute, and other business lines, to ensure alignment on public policy priorities, share insights, and enhance the Public Policy team’s thought-leadership efforts.
• Develop policy briefs, advocacy materials, testimony, engagement plans to effectively communicate LinkedIn’s positions on key issues and provide updates about policy developments.
• Work closely with LinkedIn’s global and regional teams to ensure consistency, coordination, and effectiveness in achieving our U.S. public policy and government affairs goals.
• Create,submitand support internal archival and resource processes for capturing data,notesand briefs.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience with tech policy or workforce systems.
• Experience working in the technology sector or related sector.
• Experience working inCongressor a federal government agency or organization.
• Understanding ofthe federal policy-making and regulatory process.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong industry knowledge of technology policy issues, including artificial intelligence, data privacy and security, internet policy, competition, workforce development, economicopportunityandfuture ofwork issues.
• Proven experience in federal government relations,advocacyor public policy, preferably in the tech or social media sectors. Ideally, having previously worked in at least two of the following: the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, the White House, or a federal agency with relevantjurisdiction.
• Strong knowledge of federal legislative and regulatory processes, with existing relationships on Capitol Hill and within federal agencies.
• Experience working in the technology industry with an understanding of the core tech policies.
• Demonstratedexpertisein effectively communicating and advocating policy priorities to internal stakeholders and external partners, drivingalignmentand fostering meaningful collaboration.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with a talent for turning complex issues into ones that are easily understood by a broader audience.
• Self-motivated, execution-orientedand strategic; ability to execute ata high levelof quality in a fast-paced, complex environment.
• Results-driven and detail-oriented.
• Excellent sense of humor, flexible by nature, comfortable with ambiguity.

Suggested Skills:

• Strategic Thinking
• Written and Oral Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Relationship Building & Networking
• Political Acumen

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $181,000 to $295,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits .

Additional Information

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