Program Manager Global Policy Activities (E6139)

Job Summary - Will comsoder Candidates located in India, Singapore and Austria The Program Manager, Government Activities has a dual role as a program manager and legislative representative. As a program manager, this individual coordinates and manages multiple aspects of the government relations programs.

The Program Manager focuses upon the management of IEEE-USA's Government Fellowship Program and the Washington Internship Program. The Program Manager ensures that IEEE-USA has an adequate pool of qualified candidates for Fellowships and Internships through program outreach and marketing. The individual will develop the annual IEEE-USA Public Policy Priorities List, and administers the IEEE-USA Legislative Initiative Fund. The Program Manager will manage subscription information sources used by the government relations staff. The individual will coordinate Congressional lobby disclosure filings, and works closely with IEEE tax and compliance staff to provide lobbying-related data for IEEE tax filings and grant certifications. They will coordinate the preparation and approval of amicus curiae briefs that address intellectual property law issues before U.S. courts. The individual will organize public policy symposia, workshops, briefings and related events on intellectual property law-related topics. The individual will serve as a non-voting member of the IEEE-USA Government Relations Council and coordinates activities with committees and councils and the IEEE-USA Professional Activities Network (e.g., PACE).

As legislative representative, this individual researches, conceptualizes, strategizes, and mobilizes available resources to develop IEEE-USA positions on key U.S. policy issues that fulfill the government relations objectives of the IEEE-USA. This position makes recommendations regarding those policy positions, and designs and uses effective advocacy and public information campaigns that may involve direct communications, grassroots advocacy, and use of national, state and local media. This position either leads or is a member of advocacy teams that plan and execute campaigns to support specific public policy issues.

This position informs the public policy process by providing to public decision-makers timely and accurate technical information that increases their understanding of technology policy issues. This individual regularly interacts with Members of Congress and their staff members, Executive branch officials, state legislators, state and local officials, and other public officials, as needed, to support IEEE-USA's government relations priorities. This role works to have policy recommendations fulfilled via legislation and/or regulation. This position works specifically in the policy area of intellectual property protection and on assigned issues related to IEEE business interests, including standards and open access.

Secondarily, this role educates IEEE members on intellectual property protection and the associated policy-making processes. This role involves members in public policy initiatives, including Congressional visits, Capitol Hill fly-ins, training sessions, and preparation of grassroots action alerts and creation of educational materials.

This role supports and administers the operations of specific IEEE-USA government relations committees, including: Intellectual Property Committee Government Fellows Committee WISE Task Force

Key Responsibilities

• Life-cycle project management skills that includes setting strategy as well as designing and executing campaigns that inform the process, using media, grassroots advocacy, and direct communications with Congressional and Executive Branch policy decision-makers through the legislative and regulatory processes. Develops and manages program budgets. Develops plans, goals and metrics that will determine program success. Ensures audit-ready records of lobbying hours and expenditures are maintained for quarterly Congressional disclosure and annual IRS reporting.
• Research and analysis to further the IEEE-USA’s government relations strategic objectives; research includes monitoring legislative and regulatory activity as part of analyzing policy issues, and working closely with subject matter experts in the development of public policy recommendations.
• Issue advocacy. Serves as IEEE-USA’s representative to and coordinates its participation in policy and legislative coalitions organized around intellectual property law issues, as well as on multi-society advisory committees that support Congressional caucuses in intellectual property policy areas (e.g., Robotics Caucus). He/she interacts with national, state and local media. It will be up to him/her to ensure that the appropriate staff and volunteer leaders are kept in the loop as information and relationships develop.
• Relationship creation and management. Creates and maintains effective working relationships with the media, IEEE-USA volunteers, members, staff, Congressional representatives and their staffs, Executive branch decision-makers and their staffs. Serves as the operational manager for volunteer committees.
• Team leadership. Supervises the supporting efforts of IEEE-USA administrative staff on a project-by-project or committee-by-committee basis. He/she coordinates multiple aspects of the government relations programmatic agenda.
• Editorial/publishing. Researching, compiling, writing and editing policy-related content for newsletters and the IEEE-USA website and other communications outlets.

Travel Information

• 25% Domestic and International Position will help manage in-person meetings of the Global Policy Committee.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferably in political science, government, public administration, or other discipline relevant to this position and the IEEE Req
• Master's or other advanced degree an MBA, JD or Ph.D. in equivalent fields and/or technology-related knowledge, education or training Pref

Work Experience

• 4-7 years relevant government relations experience in positions of increasing responsibility and scope or a minimum of five years of relevant IEEE staff / volunteer experience that demonstrates knowledge of IEEE organizational structures, business processes, and strategic goals, life-cycle program management, intellectual property / standards / open access research, issue advocacy, and relationship management. Req
• Experience must demonstrate program management skills, keen attention to detail, mastery of communications and interpersonal skills, and the ability to multi-task. Req

Licenses and Certifications

• Non Clinical\PMP - Project Management Professional Pref

Skills and Requirements

• He or she must be a technologically savvy knowledge worker who seeks out technology solutions to business challenges. Specific technology knowledge and experience needed to produce the desired outcomes include the following: Microsoft Office Suite products (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel), MS Project, Lotus Notes, and Oracle Financials.
• Spoken skills. This individual must be an excellent communicator with the personal presence, demeanor and etiquette to quickly establish rapport and build relationships with the media, public policy decision-makers and their staff members, subject matter experts, and staff. He/she must be fluent in business English and be able to communicate easily with those for whom English is a second language.
• Presentation skills/size of audiences. He/she must possess polished presentation skills and be capable of extemporaneous speaking on intellectual property law issues, one-on-one presentations, and planned platform presentations to audiences of up to 20 people. Typical audiences will be comprised of media, volunteers, government decision-makers and their staff members, vendors, and fellow staff.
• Writing skills. He/she will write on a regular basis reports, correspondence, speeches, position statements, media talking points, and testimony that will be given before legislative and regulatory decision-making bodies. Newsletter-style and web-related writing are also essential.
• Foreign language skills. Business fluency in a foreign language, especially Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish, or Hindi will be helpful, but is not required.
• Effective interpersonal skills are needed to achieve the desired outcomes of this position and to perform its essential functions successfully.
• In order to execute the IEEE-USA’s government relations agenda, he/she will have regular interaction with Members of Congress and their staff members, Executive Branch officials, state and local government officials, public agency officials, and the media.
• Internal contacts include frequent interaction with the IEEE-USA President, the Vice President for Government Relations, and members of the board of directors, committee chairs, grassroots advocates, and other IEEE volunteers.
• He/she will regularly provide public speaking engagements and tutorial/workshop presentations before internal and external audiences, as well as interact routinely with national, state and local media.
• His/her interpersonal skills must include effective team leadership and team participation skills, as he/she will work closely with other government relations staff, volunteers, and non-IEEE partners.
• The primary challenge for this position is discernment of how best to research, conceptualize, strategize and mobilize available resources to develop the issue of intellectual property law, form recommendations, and implement those policy recommendations in law and regulation. He/she will be expected to design and execute a strategic plan that includes effective advocacy of the issue as well as an effective public information campaign that involves direct communications, grassroots advocacy, and use of the national, state and local media. A secondary challenge for this position is to explain complex matters and their policy implications to non-technical audiences, whether the audience is one individual or a group.
• Specific resources for resolving problems are limited to standard instructions and established procedures; relevant IEEE-USA policies are few. Incumbent will be expected to draw upon the advice and assistance of government relations staff and volunteers, and to apply his/her personal knowledge, experience, creativity, and innovation to the problem-solving process.
• This individual works independently and as a member of the government relations team. This individual sets and manages his/her work priorities under the overarching guidance of the Managing Director / Director of Government Relations.

Other Requirements:

As defined in IEEE Policies, individuals currently serving on an IEEE board or committee are not eligible to apply.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is not budgeted for employer-sponsored immigration support, this includes all persons in F (both CPT and OPT), J, H, L, or O status.

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