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.