Government Affairs Manager

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The US Government Affairs team is looking for a Government Affairs Manager to work in a fast-paced environment to assist members of the US Government Affairs team located in Washington, DC and to provide related programmatic support, government affairs outreach, and project management. The candidate will engage in, and should be familiar with, policy issues related to AI, sustainability, cybersecurity, and trade, among others. The position will work closely with the CVP, Chief of Staff, policy team, and others within USGA and requires a focus on collaboration, data management, writing, and internal policies and procedures. This role will take the lead in coordinating and facilitating some of the USGA team’s most important work, including engagement with the administration and federal agencies, and partnering closely with others in similar roles. This role will report directly to the Chief of Staff.

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Political Science, Business Administration, Technology, Law, Liberal Arts, Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years work experience as a project manager or similar role
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other Microsoft tools such as Teams and SharePoint

Preferred qualifications:

• Program management experience preferred.
• Skills in organization with the ability to partner across disciplines.
• Self-motivated and able to work in an efficient, informed, and accurate manner.
• Confidence and ability to quickly identify, analyze and develop creative and smart solutions to difficult problems and challenges.
• Regularly think outside the given parameters to see if there is a more effective way to accomplish the task than what is currently in use.
• Desire to work independently in a demanding and fast-paced environment without sacrificing high attention to detail.
• You will be handling confidential information, so an ability to maintain confidences and generate trust

Government Affairs IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,300 - $171,500 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $111,300 - $187,100 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 15, 2025.

#CELA

• Promote Microsoft as a local and worldwide leader in technological innovation, services and solutions that help people and organizations achieve more.
• Work closely across teams within CELA to coordinate USGA work streams and programs and identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Develop project plans, status reports, and other project management artifacts that help communicate the status and value of the team’s work to a broad set of internal stakeholders.
• Monitor and help ensure the team’s progress against key performance indicators; identifying, escalating, and mitigating risks before they become issues and using AI and other tools to inform and strategize solutions.
• Help develop collateral to assist team members in their policy and business development pursuits.
• Ensure compliance of political activities with external laws and regulations and Microsoft Standards of Business Conduct.
• Coordinate communications between members of the USGA team and external clients.
• Maintain an understanding of the Rhythm of Business to be proactive and contribute to planning discussions and anticipate business needs and challenges.
• Research and learn new concepts and government affairs issues.
• Serve as a resource to the policy team for organizational and corporate policies and procedures.
• Manage policy team-related internal Teams content and internal/external briefings.
• Support the policy team on special projects such as preparation work prior to Exec visits.
• Manage projects and coordinate events.
• Represent the company publicly in a variety of settings.