# Senior Public Policy and Government Affairs Manager

**Company**: Samsara
**Location**: Washington, D.C.
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $109,480-$184,000 USD
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Samsara's Public Policy and Government Affairs team is looking for a Senior Public Policy & Government Affairs Manager to expand their work on Capitol Hill and beyond. The successful candidate will help develop and drive new opportunities to support Samsara's Public Sector business.

Responsibilities:

- Represent Samsara directly before Congress, building and maintaining relationships with members, committee staff, and select federal agency officials.

- Identify and generate new funding or programmatic opportunities at the local, state, and federal level.

- Build and maintain a living, prioritized opportunities list, bringing clear recommendations on where to focus.

- Partner closely with Public Sector Sales on an ongoing basis, providing critical intelligence into legislative and funding developments.

- Stay ahead of developments across Congress, agencies, and target states, and use that intelligence to help shape Samsara's broader policy strategy and priorities.

- Manage outside consultants, critically evaluating their proposals and recommendations.

- Draft and help advance legislative language, funding tasks, letters, testimony, and other materials in support of Samsara's government affairs priorities.

- Collaborate with Legal, Marketing, and Product to ensure government affairs work reflects an accurate and compelling picture of Samsara's technology and roadmap.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree required.

- 8+ years of relevant experience in public policy, government affairs, or government.

- In-house government affairs experience at a company, ideally working in direct coordination with a sales, GTM, or revenue organization.

- Deep understanding of the federal appropriations and budget process.

- A track record of proactively generating opportunities.

- Established relationships with congressional offices, committee staff, and/or federal agency officials.

- Demonstrated judgment in evaluating policy or funding opportunities.

- Experience working with outside consultants.

- Skilled at persuasively and diplomatically advocating complex policy positions.

- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

- Experience managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.

Nice to Have:

- Experience with DOT, surface transportation, infrastructure, or public safety funding programs.

- Ability to translate government-to-business and business-to-government issues fluently.

- Familiarity with the physical operations, transportation, or public sector technology landscape.

Compensation:

- Annual Base Salary: $109,480-$184,000 USD

- Eligible for an initial RSU grant and ongoing refresh opportunities.

Benefits:

- Flexible, employee-led remote model.

- Professional development stipend.

- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.

## Skills

### Required
- public policy
- government affairs
- federal appropriations
- budget process
- legislative language
- policy analysis

### Nice to have
- DOT
- surface transportation
- infrastructure
- public safety funding
- technology procurement

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