[Remote] Government Relations Regional Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VGW is an interactive entertainment company that offers free-to-play online social games. The Regional Lead translates the company’s lobbying strategy into state-specific campaigns, manages external lobbyists, builds relationships with government officials, and reports field intelligence to central leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary accountability manager for all external lobbyists within the assigned regional portfolio: set performance expectations, respond to their queries in a timely manner, review deliverables, conduct weekly check-ins, and provide written performance assessments
• Translate the company's corporate policy positions and lobbying strategy into state-specific advocacy messaging - tailoring arguments, framing, and messenger selection to local political dynamics
• Develop and maintain productive, credible relationships with state legislators, committee staff, state attorneys general offices, and state gaming and consumer protection regulators
• Participate in cross-regional strategy sessions to ensure consistency of messaging, share field intelligence, and coordinate on multi-state legislative campaigns
• Represent the company at hearings, fundraisers, conferences, and stakeholder engagements within the portfolio
• Monitor and track all active and emerging legislation across assigned states that affects social gaming, sweepstakes operations, consumer protection, age verification, advertising and related policy areas

Skills

• 7-12+ years of experience in state government, state-level lobbying, legislative affairs, or political campaigns, with direct exposure to multiple state legislatures or regulatory agencies in B2C organisations
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors, consultants or contract lobbyists against defined deliverables and performance standards
• Working knowledge of gaming regulation, sweepstakes law, consumer protection, or adjacent policy areas - or a credible track record of rapidly building substantive expertise in new regulatory sectors
• Strong political credibility and established relationships with key government officials in the assigned regional portfolio
• Experience in a multi-state lobbying role in organisations in fast-moving industries such as technology, fintech, RMG and/or gaming
• Proficiency with legislative tracking tools

Benefits

• Remote position
• Flexibility to support a healthy balance between personal life and career
• Opportunities for learning and career advancement

Company Overview

• VGW is an interactive entertainment company, harnessing technology and creativity to deliver world-class, free-to-play online social games. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, AUS, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.vgw.co/.