# Manager, Legislative Counsel

**Company**: Lyft
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lyft/jobs/8852982002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_fa05c34c-299

## Description

Lyft is seeking a Legislative Counsel to join its Public Policy team in Washington, D.C. The successful candidate will shape the policy framework for the evolving ridesharing industry.

## Responsibilities:

- Provide legal expertise to Lyft's Public Policy team on legislative issues.

- Track, analyze, and evaluate proposed legislation across various topic areas, identifying risks and opportunities.

- Draft legislative language, amendments, and recommendations reflecting Lyft's users' and business interests.

- Identify legislative trends and develop responsive strategies across subject matters and jurisdictions.

- Collaborate cross-functionally to assess legislative impacts and inform decision-making.

- Partner with Lyft's regional Public Policy team members on market-specific legislative efforts.

- Develop leading expertise on a specific issue area, in coordination with their manager.

- Coordinate with Lyft's compliance, legal, and operations teams as new regulatory frameworks are implemented.

## Experience:

- Law degree required.

- 5+ years of experience with legislative drafting for a local, state, and/or federal legislative body, or at a trade association or company.

- Exceptional ability to critically analyze policy and legal issues.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment.

- Self-starter; intrinsically motivated.

- Experience with insurance, transportation, technology, AI, privacy, or labor and employment law a plus.

## Benefits:

- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available.

- Mental health benefits.

- Family building benefits.

- Child care and pet benefits.

- 401(k) plan with company match.

- Discretionary paid time off for salaried team members and 15 days paid time off for hourly team members.

- 18 weeks of paid parental leave.

- Subsidized commuter benefits.

- Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership.

## Skills

### Required
- legislative drafting
- policy analysis
- legal expertise
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- insurance
- transportation
- technology
- AI
- privacy
- labor and employment law

---

Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lyft/jobs/8852982002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)