Congressional Lead

Congressional Lead

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to influence federal legislative and regulatory policies that align with LinkedIn’s business objectives and 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.
• Actively monitor and analyze federal legislation, regulations, and public policy trends impacting LinkedIn and the broader tech sector.
• Represent LinkedIn in meetings, hearings, and events with government officials, trade groups, and other stakeholders.
• Work with trade associations, industry partners and 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, submit and support internal archival and resource processes for capturing data, notes and briefs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong industry knowledge of technology policy issues, including artificial intelligence, data privacy and security, internet policy, competition, workforce development, economic opportunity and future of work issues.
• Proven experience in federal government relations, advocacy or 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 relevant jurisdiction.
• 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.
• Demonstrated expertise in effectively communicating and advocating policy priorities to internal stakeholders and external partners, driving alignment and 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-oriented and strategic; ability to execute at a high level of quality in a fast-paced, complex environment.
• Results-driven and detail-oriented.
• Excellent sense of humor, flexible by nature, comfortable with ambiguity.