Senior City Policy and Regulatory Affairs Manager
Job Summary
Job Description
The Policy and Regulatory Affairs team at Zoox is responsible for advancing the company's public policy and regulatory goals. This role will build on Zoox's positive political reputation and guide local operations from testing to commercial deployment in Miami. The position involves representing Zoox with cities, counties, transportation agencies, public safety agencies, and other municipal entities. While the initial focus is on Miami, there's an opportunity to work with other southeastern cities. Responsibilities include building and owning the strategy for political and community engagement, developing relationships with local officials, tracking policy developments, representing Zoox at events, managing consultants, and supporting the policy team with briefings and research. Collaboration with Legal, Communications, and Safety teams is crucial.
Must have:
- 8+ years of public policy experience
- Successfully managed complex policy projects
- Extensive Miami/South Florida political network
- Excellent leadership and project management skills
- Strong analytical and advocacy skills
- Exceptional communication skills
Good to have:
- Existing relationships with Florida officials
- Experience managing consultants
- Policy knowledge in AVs/transportation
- Spanish proficiency
- Advanced Degree
Perks:
- Paid time off
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon RSUs
- Health insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
2 skills required
Job Details
The Policy and Regulatory Affairs team at Zoox is a cross-functional organization responsible for advancing Zoox's public policy and regulatory goals and creating a proactive safety culture across the company. At Zoox, we love cities and are eager to partner with them to solve collective transportation challenges with our fully autonomous ride hail service.
Safety is foundational to our mission and we believe in transparency and collaboration when it comes to working with governments.
With our expansion to Miami, this exciting new role will build on our positive political reputation and help guide our local operations from testing to commercial deployment. They will represent Zoox in South Florida with cities, counties, transportation agencies, public safety agencies, other municipal entities, and business and community organizations. While the initial focus will be on Miami, there is opportunity to work with other southeastern cities as we expand, including our recent announcement of Atlanta.
This position will be based in the Miami area. Occasional travel to Zoox HQ in Foster City, CA and to other cities where we operate will also be required.
In this role, you will:
- Build and own the strategy for political and community engagement in the greater Miami area
- Develop and maintain relationships with local officials, their staff, regulators, and other key external stakeholders
- Track current and emerging political activity and policy developments
- Represent Zoox at community and political events
- Manage locally-based political consultants
- Support the larger policy team by developing briefings, researching legislation, and managing complex, cross-functional projects
- Work closely with other teams at Zoox, including Legal, Communications, and Safety teams, to ensure up-to-date knowledge of company plans and reporting policy/political developments with analysis
- As needed, support state-level policy and regulatory affairs activities in Tallahassee
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of public policy experience within government and/or relevant nonprofits, public interest groups, businesses, campaigns or industry associations
- Track record of successfully building, implementing, and evaluating complex public policy and government affairs projects
- Extensive political and community understanding and network in the Miami and South Florida area
- Excellent leadership, project management, and organizational skills
- Experience analyzing and advocating complex policy positions before a wide variety of audiences
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Bonus Qualifications:
- Existing relationships with state and federal level officials and agencies in Florida
- Experience managing consultants and/or small teams
- Policy knowledge related to AVs, transportation, shared/micro-mobility, or new technology development and/or bringing a new product to market
- Proficiency/Fluency in Spanish
- Advanced Degree (J.D., MBA, MPP, MPA, etc.)
There are three major components to compensation for this position: base pay, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The pay range for this position is $144,000 to $182,000. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The pay range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
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