Regional Government Relations Lead — Remote

VGW; Texas; Remote; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

VGW is seeking a Regional Lead to translate lobbying strategy into state campaigns across the United States, reporting to the VP of Government Relations. This remote role manages external lobbyists and develops relationships with state officials, delivering field intelligence to central leadership.

Ideal candidates bring 7-12+ years in state government or lobbying, proven vendor management, and a track record in fast-moving tech or gaming policy environments. Remote work is supported.

Qualifications

• 7-12+ years of experience in state government, state-level lobbying, legislative affairs, or political campaigns.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors, consultants or contract lobbyists against defined deliverables and performance standards.
• Working knowledge of gaming regulation, sweepstakes law, consumer protection, or adjacent policy areas or ability to rapidly build expertise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary accountability manager for all external lobbyists within the assigned regional portfolio: set performance expectations, respond to their queries in a timely manner, review deliverables, conduct weekly check-ins, and provide written performance assessments.
• Translate the company's corporate policy positions and lobbying strategy into state-specific advocacy messaging - tailoring arguments, framing, and messenger selection to local political dynamics.
• Develop and maintain productive, credible relationships with state legislators, committee staff, state attorneys general offices, and state gaming and consumer protection regulators.
• Participate in cross-regional strategy sessions to ensure consistency of messaging, share field intelligence, and coordinate on multi-state legislative campaigns.
• Represent the company at hearings, fundraisers, conferences, and stakeholder engagements within the portfolio.
• Monitor and track all active and emerging legislation across assigned states that affects social gaming, sweepstakes operations, consumer protection, age verification, advertising and related policy areas.

Skills

State government experience

Vendor management

Regulatory knowledge

Political credibility

Multi-state lobbying

Legislative tracking

Job description

VGW is seeking a Regional Lead to translate lobbying strategy into state campaigns across the United States, reporting to the VP of Government Relations. This remote role manages external lobbyists and develops relationships with state officials, delivering field intelligence to central leadership.

Ideal candidates bring 7-12+ years in state government or lobbying, proven vendor management, and a track record in fast-moving tech or gaming policy environments. Remote work is supported.