Director, State Association Alliance

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Job Description:

The Director maintains and strengthens ABA’s alliance with state bankers associations by supporting leadership in managing relationships with 52 state partners. Key aspects of this position include management of the Washington Visit Program and extensive meeting/event planning and execution, ensuring each association is actively engaged across key areas, including political advocacy, policy, volunteer leadership, education, training, and member services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a liaison to state association peer groups, including Communication Directors and Education Directors.

• Track state-by-state engagement and collaborate with other key stakeholders within the States Association Alliance group and across the organization to develop strategies to build and grow relationships in specific areas.

• Conduct outreach to state associations to build relationships with leadership and determine opportunities to grow and tailor engagement.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for state association partners, collaborating to schedule, plan, and execute their fly-in programming in alignment with ABA/state association priorities.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key agency contacts at FDIC, Federal Reserve, OCC, Treasury, and other banking regulators to ensure effective engagement during visits.

• Schedule and manage logistics for approximately 30 policy briefings and 200 agency meetings annually, ensuring seamless execution and high-quality participant experience.

• Coordinate with ABA policy subject matter experts to prepare briefing materials and other resources that support productive meetings and policy discussions.

• Monitor program performance and gather feedback to continuously improve the Washington Visit experience and strengthen ABA’s engagement with state associations.

• Plan and execute the annual Alliance Advocacy Workshop and, in collaboration with Advocacy & Innovation team colleagues, the annual State Issues Summit.

• Work with SVP and Alliance Leadership to plan and coordinate additional Alliance engagements, including State Executives Workshop and Alliance meetings in conjunction with the Conference for Community Bankers, Washington Summit, Summer Leadership Meeting, and Annual Convention.

• Manage all Alliance communications, including weekly Zoom meetings and newsletters, event marketing, and the Higher Logic group for state executives and state association communications professionals.

• Manage and support key Alliance initiatives, including surveys and ad hoc working groups, etc.

• Represent the alliance team in interdepartmental meetings to promote the value and impact of ABA’s strong relationships with state associations.

• Support Emerging Leader initiatives, including council meetings, forums, awards program, and programming at ABA conferences.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in…