# Senior Leadership Role, Government Relations

**Company**: Adobe
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $155,100 - $371,950 annually
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

This senior leadership role in the Government Relations team involves designing and implementing global plans for external engagement, third-party coalition building, and narrative development. The goal is to promote Adobe's policy agenda at the federal, state, and international levels.

**Responsibilities**

- Design and implement a global strategy for engaging third-party organizations including trade associations, NGOs, think tanks, academic institutions, and advocacy coalitions

- Build, maintain, and activate a portfolio of external allies to advance public policy priorities across federal, state, local, and international jurisdictions

- Identify and cultivate new coalition partners and external validators in priority issue areas including technology policy, AI governance, data privacy, competition, and digital infrastructure

- Lead the development and execution of public affairs narratives and messaging frameworks that support policy campaigns

- Oversee original research initiatives to inform engagement strategy and policy positioning

- Translate complex technical and policy issues into compelling, accessible content for multiple external audiences

- Develop and distribute thought leadership content, white papers, briefing materials, and public-facing reports on key policy issues

- Partner with Communications to build strong messaging around business and governmental policy initiatives

- Work to get public policies referenced in bills, legislation, and regulations

- Build and lead coordinated public engagement initiatives that combine grassroots advocacy, earned media, coalition activation, and direct policymaker engagement

- Manage rapid-response efforts during legislative or regulatory developments

- Track developments globally and assess implications for coalition strategy and narrative positioning

- Serve as an advisor to policy teams, providing guidance on engagement and coalition strategy

- Partner with legal, communications, and government affairs leadership to ensure all engagement activities follow lobbying disclosure requirements and company policies

**Requirements**

- 15+ years of experience in government affairs, public policy, political consulting, or a related field

- Demonstrated track record of designing and delivering successful third-party engagement strategies and public affairs campaigns

- Deep experience managing relationships with advocacy organizations, think tanks, and other external partners

- Proven expertise in public opinion research, polling methodology, and translating research findings into action

- Experience working with or within Congress, the Executive Branch, state legislatures, or government bodies

- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

## Skills

### Required
- government affairs
- public policy
- political consulting
- communications
- coalition building
- narrative development
- public opinion research
- polling methodology

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