Sr. Director, Trade Policy

National Milk Producers Federation; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Retirement plan (11% max)

Generous PTO

Holiday office closure

Free parking or Metro benefits

Health, vision, dental insurance

Disability insurance

On-site gym

Job summary

The National Milk Producers Federation seeks a Sr. Director of Trade Policy to advance U.S. dairy trade priorities in coordination with industry partners.

The role focuses on market access across Latin America, develops strategies, monitors global policy developments, and resolves barriers to exports. The position involves producing high-quality written materials, briefings, speeches, and presentations, and representing NMPF’s trade policy positions to external audiences.

Qualifications

• Approximately 7 years of experience in food/agricultural trade policy or related field.
• Strong understanding of the agricultural trade policy landscape.
• Preference for event organization experience.
• Bachelor's degree in international relations, economics, public policy or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the execution of NMPF's partnership with USDEC on dairy trade policy.
• Cultivate relationships with stakeholders across Latin America to advance trade policy goals.
• Develop strategies to address trade policy objectives.
• Monitor dairy trade policy and global affairs impacting dairy trade policy.
• Address non-tariff trade barriers impacting US dairy exports.
• Present trade policy efforts to external audiences.
• Create briefing documents, papers, reports, talking points, and presentations.
• Organize events and meetings to advance export growth.
• Collaborate with internal teams for coordinated trade policy advocacy.
• Support members' needs and trade policy goals.

Skills

Spanish fluency

Interpersonal skills

Written and oral presentation

Policy analysis

Independent and collaborative work

Multi-project management

Microsoft Office

Trade databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in international relations, economics, public policy or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Trade databases

Job description

The Sr. Director, Trade Policy advances U.S. dairy trade policy priorities in coordination with NMPF's industry partners, with particular focus on market access across Latin America. This role develops and recommends strategies to address trade policyobjectives,monitorsglobal developments affecting dairy trade, and works to resolve regulatory and other barriers that threaten U.S. dairy exports. The Sr. Director cultivates relationships with government officials, foreign counterparts, and industry stakeholders whose support is essential to achieving these goals.A significant portionof the work involves producinghigh-qualitywritten materials, including briefing documents, policy papers, talking points, and presentations, as well asrepresentingNMPF's trade policy positions before external audiences. The role also organizes events and meetings that support export growth and collaborates closely with internal teams to ensure a coordinated approach to advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the successful execution of NMPF's partnership with the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) on dairy trade policy.
• Cultivate relationships with other relevant stakeholders key to advancing NMPF and key partners' trade policy goals, particularly industry partnerships across Latin America.
• Develop strategies to recommend for addressing various trade policy objectives.
• Monitor dairy trade policy and global affairs impacting dairy trade policy.
• Address non-tariff trade barriers impacting or threatening to negatively impact US dairy exports.
• Present NMPF & key partners' trade policy efforts to various external audiences.
• Research, create, and edit briefing documents, papers, reports, talking points, presentations, slides, speeches, and other materials to advance policy goals.
• Organize events and meetings to advance U.S. dairy export growth
• Collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure a coordinated and effective approach to trade policy advocacy.
• Perform other tasks as needed to contribute to the support of NMPF & key partners' trade policy goals and members' needs.

Education & Experience

• Approximately 7 years of experience infood/agriculturaltrade policy or related field.
• Strong understanding of the agricultural trade policy landscape.
• Preference for event organization experience.
• Bachelor'sdegreein international relations, economics, publicpolicyora relatedfield preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Fluency (oral and written at a professional level) in Spanish.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent writing and oral presentation skills
• Ability to analyze complex issues and develop effective strategies to address them.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Versatility to manage multiple projects at the same time, ensuring eachmeetor exceeds quality standards
• ProficientinMicrosoftOffice(Excel,PowerPoint,Word)
• Proficient in use of trade databases

Travel

• Travel for industry-related events required (5 to 10%).

Salary Range

• $100,000-$130,000

Benefits

• 7.5 hour work day
• Hybrid position, 2 remote days per week
• Retirement contribution with an 11% maximum contribution
• Generous paid time off package
• Office closure between Christmas and the New Year
• Free Parking or Metro Benefits
• Exceptional health, vision and dental
• Short-term, long-term, life and disability insurance
• On-site gym

We regret it is not possible to communicate with candidates except those who most closely match our current business needs. Thank you.

The National Milk Producers Federation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, or any other characteristic protected by the law.