Regional Lead - Government & Industry Affairs

About the role

The Regional Lead - Government & Industry Affairs role is part of VGW's Government & Industry Affairs team in the United States. VGW is an interactive entertainment company that delivers free-to-play online social games. This role requires translating the company's lobbying strategy into state-specific campaigns, managing external contract lobbyists, and developing relationships with state government officials.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary accountability manager for all external lobbyists within the assigned regional portfolio: set performance expectations, respond to their queries in a timely manner, review deliverables, conduct weekly check-ins, and provide written performance assessments.
• Translate the company's corporate policy positions and lobbying strategy into state-specific advocacy messaging - tailoring arguments, framing, and messenger selection to local political dynamics.
• Develop and maintain productive, credible relationships with state legislators, committee staff, state attorneys general offices, and state gaming and consumer protection regulators.
• Participate in cross-regional strategy sessions to ensure consistency of messaging, share field intelligence, and coordinate on multi-state legislative campaigns.
• Represent the company at hearings, fundraisers, conferences, and stakeholder engagements within the portfolio.
• Monitor and track all active and emerging legislation across assigned states that affects social gaming, sweepstakes operations, consumer protection, age verification, advertising and related policy areas.

Requirements

This role is suited to a seasoned state-level government affairs professional with 7-12+ years of experience in state government, state-level lobbying, legislative affairs, or political campaigns, with direct exposure to multiple state legislatures or regulatory agencies in B2C organizations. Working knowledge of gaming regulation, sweepstakes law, consumer protection, or adjacent policy areas is required, or a credible track record of rapidly building substantive expertise in new regulatory sectors. Strong political credibility and established relationships with key government officials in the assigned regional portfolio are essential. Experience in a multi-state lobbying role in organisations in fast-moving industries such as technology, fintech, RMG and/or gaming is preferred. Proficiency with legislative tracking tools is also required.

Qualifications

Experience in a multi-state lobbying role in organisations in fast-moving industries such as technology, fintech, RMG and/or gaming is preferred. Proficiency with legislative tracking tools is also required.

Skills

Strong political credibility and established relationships with key government officials in the assigned regional portfolio.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, perks and benefits.

Pay

USD $160,000 - $210,000 per year.

Schedule

Remote work is possible.