Director of Grassroots Operations, Texas

Reason Foundation; Texas; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Wellness programs (Peloton, Talkspace)

Job summary

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) seeks a Director of Grassroots Operations to lead statewide grassroots efforts and optimize field capabilities. This senior role drives talent development, campaign execution, and data-driven targeting across events, canvassing, and advocacy.

You will oversee the full employee lifecycle, from hiring to development, while partnering across policy, strategy, and coalition teams. A strong leadership track record and CRM experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising large, multi-layered teams and developing talent.
• Proven ability to design and execute grassroots campaigns and events.
• Strong understanding of electoral/public policy landscapes and local dynamics.
• Comfort with data systems, reporting tools, and performance tracking.
• Experience with CRM/voter management systems (e.g., i360) and field analytics.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% and hold a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute statewide grassroots strategies to advance policy goals.
• Lead and coach a multi-layered grassroots team across events and outreach.
• Develop a pipeline for hiring and onboarding grassroots staff.
• Own the data strategy for grassroots execution and targeting.
• Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and partners to align efforts.
• Manage full field employee lifecycle including onboarding and offboarding.
• Oversee adoption of internal knowledge systems and tools.

Skills

People leadership

Grassroots campaigns

Data-driven decision making

Tools

i360

Job description

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is the premier grassroots organization focused on advocating solutions to the country’s greatest challenges. We recognize that tens of millions of Americans are frustrated with the extreme partisanship in government that keeps common-sense reforms from being passed, and instead seek to stand with policy leaders who are committed to finding a better way.

Americans for Prosperity is part of the Stand Together philanthropic community.

The Director of Grassroots Operations (DOGO) is a senior leader on the state leadership team responsible for building, scaling, and optimizing AFP’s grassroots field capability and plays a critical part in developing talent, executing grassroots strategy, and driving community impact.

You are a people leader and oversee the full grassroots talent lifecycle—from recruiting and onboarding to coaching, performance management, and long-term development—while ensuring your team delivers high-impact results across events, volunteer activation, and policy engagement.

This role will be working in the field and be based in Texas.

How You Will Contribute:

• Design and execute statewide grassroots strategies to advance aligned public policy and deliver measurable outcomes across key priority initiatives
• Lead, coach, and supervise a multi-layered grassroots team and ensure field activities (events, canvassing, outreach) are legally compliant and operationally sound
• Help your team develop their individual abilities and strengths that can make a meaningful impact for the organization
• Develop a portfolio of field tactics to drive volunteer engagement, advocacy, and community impact
• Own the data strategy for grassroots execution, including voter/advocate universe creation and targeting while also ensuring data integrity
• Partner with internal teams (Electoral Strategy, Policy, Strategy & Operations, Education & Training), vendors, and coalition partners to align grassroots efforts with broader organizational goals and national efforts
• Partner with leadership to deliver measurable outcomes across key priority initiatives
• Collaborate with data and implementation teams to support targeting, reporting, and field execution
• Own the full field employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, development, and offboarding and build and maintain a strong hiring pipeline across grassroots roles within your state
• Drive adoption and proficiency of internal knowledge systems (expense management, CRM, grassroots tools)

What You Will Bring:

• A deep belief in people-empowering, bottom-up, public policy solutions that limit the coercive nature of government and empower individuals to pursue their American Dream
• Leadership skills! We need someone with proven experience supervising large, multi-layered teams and the humility to embrace our growth-focused culture.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute grassroots campaigns, large public policy events, and community engagement strategies.
• A deep understanding of the local, state, and national electoral and public policy landscape, the legislative process, and grassroots communities
• Comfort working with data systems, reporting tools, and performance tracking
• Experience working with CRM’s and/or voter management systems like i360
• Comfort and confidence working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment independent of direct supervision or direction. We need a go-getter who can figure out how to overcome new and unique challenges!
• The ability to travel at least 25% of the time and a valid driver’s license.
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,400 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.

Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management (PBM), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.

65000 - 90000 USD a year

For this role, the anticipated base salary range is $65,000-$90,000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employee’s overall contribution to the organization.

Our Principles-Based Management (PBM) compensation philosophy is grounded in an individualized approach that rewards the long-term value each person creates for the organization. Compensation decisions are informed by a variety of factors, including relevant experience, capabilities, demonstrated skills, role responsibilities, and expected contribution. Consistent with this approach, base salary may vary within or outside of the anticipated range based on these considerations.