Your Job
The Legal Policy Program Manager will play a critical role in assisting the Legal Policy team to develop and drive key legal, regulatory, and judicial policy and reform initiatives that advance Koch, Inc.'s strategic priorities. You will also work across multiple businesses and capabilities, including litigation, government affairs, regulatory, EHS, and communications. This position will provide support for specific priority workstreams, helping to ensure effective coordination of capabilities, tactics, deliverables, and resources. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, legal strategy execution, stakeholder relationship management, support for coalition building, and strategic communications.
Our Team
The Global Policy & Strategic Legal Initiatives team advances business priority initiatives relative to legal, policy, judicial, and regulatory topics materially impacting Koch, including the overall landscape in which these businesses operate, face litigation and regulatory challenges, and work to allow individuals and businesses to succeed long term and create value for society. Key strategies integrate legal, regulatory, legislative, and communications capabilities, with team members serving as leaders, connectors, and integrators.
What You Will Do
Priority Initiative Support – serve as project manager for or support (depending on specific initiative) the teams with priority initiatives in public policy, legal reform, and judicial areas.
- Assist the team to identify and track tactics and deliverables.
- Assist with developing interim milestones and measures based on these tactics and deliverables and track progress against them.
- Support the appropriate internal (cross business and cross capability) and external resources to ensure alignment with strategic goals and project objectives.
Relationship Management Support – support the legal policy team’s work to build and manage relationships with third party stakeholders, including trade associations, policy groups, community groups, businesses, and others. This work will include:
- Develop and manage tools.
- Assist with the development of best practices and training.
- Interface with other internal capabilities (litigation, EH&S, government affairs) to knowledge share.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Law, Business or a related field.
- Substantial experience working to support teams in legal affairs, public policy, or related fields.
- Proven experience in project management and execution.
- Strong relationship building skills with the ability to liaise with diverse stakeholders and partners.
- Ability to work collaboratively and share knowledge proactively in a highly matrixed organization and across capabilities.
- Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking skills and judgment.
What Will Put You Ahead
- 10+ years experience in legal affairs, public policy, or related fields.
- Knowledge of state-level legal systems and processes.
- Experience working with legislative bodies and advocacy groups.
- Familiarity with legal reform challenges and initiatives.
- Familiarity with regulatory and other legal policy issues of interest to business and manufacturing.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
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Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.