Head of Government Relations

Washington, United States | Posted on 03/05/2023

Questr.us is a search firm founded in 2008, and headquartered in Washington, DC. It focuses on the identification, recruitment, and placement of individuals possessing elite skills in advanced technologies.

Name: Fortune 500 Financial Services Firm

Title: Head of Government Relations

Location: Washington, DC or New York, NY

Company: The world leader in delivering risk and insurance services and solutions to clients from all industries. It provides global risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing, and insurance program management services for businesses, public entities, associations, professional services organizations, and private clients. The company is organized by client, industry, and risk categories to facilitate the global delivery of highly specialized products and services covering a wide spectrum of risks.

Summary: The Head of Government Affairs will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of the company’s federal and state government affairs agenda, including overall responsibility for advancing all aspects of that agenda.

Reporting Relationship: Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Primary Responsibilities:

• Monitor, track and analyze federal and state legislation and regulatory policy developments that impact the company, its subsidiaries, its operations and employees.
• In close collaboration with executive management, formulate company positions on a broad range of issues, including but not limited to the long‑range plans for the federal regulation of the insurance industry.
• Advise senior management across the company on that broad range of legislative, regulatory and public policy issues.
• Develop a strategy for influencing the legislation and regulations that impact the company.
• Establish and/or maintain and strengthen relationships with the legislative and executive branches, including key members of Congress, members of the administration, governors, state legislators and appropriate senior staff.
• Lead the advocacy efforts of the government relations team, including the management of outside consultants and lobbyists.
• Draft company responses and collaborate with the American Insurance Association, the American Council of Life Insurers and other trade groups in drafting industry responses to legislation and rule making.
• Contribute to strategic planning and annual budgeting through advanced understanding of likely legislative and regulatory outcomes.
• Build and lead the government relations team. Ensure that each team member has a development plan. Coach and develop a successor and manage talent.
• Work closely with the company’s community relations and communications personnel.
• Promote and manage the company’s PAC.
• Represent the company in public forums on topics of interest to the company.
• Serve as liaison to relevant public interest groups.
• Provide public testimony.

• Advanced knowledge of federal and state government affairs and public policy.
• A minimum of 10 years of government relations experience, including three years in a senior‑level management capacity.
• Proven member‑level legislative relationships; as well as good relationships with senior staff of the Joint Economic Committee, the House Financial Services Committee, the Senate Banking Committee and other relevant committees.
• Reputation for bipartisanship.
• Strong advocacy skills.
• Proven creative and analytical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Some experience in government at senior staff level preferred but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, business or another relevant field required.
• JD preferred but not required. Master’s in public policy or related field preferred.

• Targeted base salary is $425,000
• Base may fluctuate somewhat based on experience and skillset