Regional Legislative & Policy Advocate
About the role
The Regional Legislative & Policy Advocate establishes and maintains Delta Dental's influence and advocacy with state legislatures and regulators, builds relationships with key stakeholders such as dental associations, industry groups, and state and local business associations, develops a deep understanding of the legislative landscape by identifying, monitoring, and analyzing legislative proposals within a region of states, and uses those insights to recommend and carry out advocacy to mitigate or support legislation as needed to execute Delta Dental's strategic goals. The role serves as a go-to thought leader in the region, oversees and assigns tasks to lobbyists in assigned states, and coordinates advocacy efforts.
Requirements
This position requires the selected candidate to reside in one of the following states: Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, or Georgia.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and track health insurance legislative activity on a wide range of topics, checking for applicability to dental and opportunities or requirements for advocacy in the company’s interest.
- Create and execute a plan to increase Delta Dental’s presence with key stakeholders through in-person legislative and regulatory visits, fundraiser attendance, dental association sponsored events, and events with local chambers of commerce.
- Translate the enterprise-wide government affairs strategy into a targeted strategy for assigned region and lead its execution, including creating state-by-state plans to advance enterprise interests and support regional sales objectives.
- Coordinate advocacy, research and other similar efforts with support of in-state lobbyist as necessary; including development of the scope of (advocacy) research, assistance in drafting lobbying plans at the local