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Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Government Relations Manager/Public Affairs Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support the development and implementation of engagement plans that result in favorable policy and infrastructure project outcomes primarily in Santa Barbara County and in parts of Ventura County, to help safely deliver reliable, clean and affordable electricity. As a Government Relations Manager/Public Affairs Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future? Core responsibilities include growing and maintaining relationships as well as building consensus with key stakeholders, including government officials/associations, community leaders, and business associations/coalitions. The Advisor works closely with internal teams to understand policy priorities and key infrastructure projects. They collaborate on educating stakeholders, gathering feedback from customers, explaining complex internal processes, mitigating reputation/brand risks, developing advocacy messages and government relations approaches to drive favorable outcomes. The Advisor provides support in an assigned role for the Organizational Unit (OU) and company emergency response. After hours, night and weekend duty rotation may be required. The Advisor also develops and tracks performance metrics.
Incident Management Team Expected Participation: Employees are expected to support emergency response and/or business continuity efforts, including readiness to serve on an Incident Management Team (IMT) when needed. Employees will participate in an on-call rotation (approximately every four to six weeks), to support IMT activations during emergency events. IMT assignments may differ from an individual’s regular responsibilities.
As a Government Relations Manager/Public Affairs Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
Responsibilities
- Engages with a broader set of officials and maintains existing relationships; leads smaller strategic relationship building projects focusing on select SCE initiatives.
- Proposes and shapes the content and topics of discussion, ensuring relevance to business activities; engages directly with government officials at gatherings.
- Prepares and proofreads correspondence, forms and other documents, and coordinates the communication of information from the Government Affairs office to internal stakeholders interested in topics related to strategic initiatives, agency actions, and legislative proposals.
- Manages sections or specific aspects of the reports; reviews data for accuracy ensuring all report criteria are met, and verifies that the reports adhere to the guidelines set by LDA and FEC.
- Drafts and delivers reports for the corporate office as well as briefing notes for senior management to outline issues that may impact the company's operations and project developments.
- Develops multiple pieces of policy content ensuring coherence and consistency; engages with internal and external stakeholders to refine content.
- Implements and acts on opportunities to streamline administrative processes associated with managing the office.
- Supports outreach to industry lobbying coalitions on priority issues.
- Incident Management Team (IMT) Participation: When needed, incumbents in this job are required to serve as members of the Incident Management Team (IMT) to support emergency response and business continuity efforts. This essential function includes on-call availability on a rotating basis (approximately every four to six weeks), the ability to work extended hours up to 12-hour shifts during IMT activations, flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as operationally necessary during emergency events, readiness to report in person to the Irwindale location on short notice, completion and maintenance of required IMT training and qualifications, and the performance of assigned IMT duties that may differ from regular responsibilities. These requirements are considered essential functions of the role.
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Seven or more years of experience working in public affairs, government relations, or community relations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Political Science, Business, or related field.
- Experience in helping to manage candidate, ballot measure and/or issue advocacy campaigns.
- Experience managing infrastructure and public involvement activities.
- Experience working closely with local governments.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and planning skills.
- Effective decision making, results delivery, and team building.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Experience working in the energy industry.
- Ability to analyze, summarize and recommend ideas and concepts to senior management in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
- Strong ethics, people skills, and the ability to optimally manage stress and engage in continuous learning.
- Strong organizational skills with an elevated level of initiative and ability to effectively interface and collaborate with partners to help drive solutions and ensure stakeholder buy-in.
- Ability to handle and support multiple projects concurrently.
- Familiarity with social media tools for monitoring and engaging with stakeholders.
Additional Information
- This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
- Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- This position will require reporting to SCE's Service Center in Goleta, CA. Reporting to another SCE facility in Ventura County may be considered based on the successful candidate's home location.
- Position will require up to 30% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
- This position is eligible for a location-based incentive. Incentive is offered if commitment is made to work on-site and to remain in specified work location for an agreed-upon timeframe.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.
Nearest Major Market: Santa Barbara
Nearest Secondary Market: Santa Maria
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Government Relations Manager/Public Affairs Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll support the development and implementation of engagement plans that result in favorable policy and infrastructure project outcomes primarily in Santa Barbara County and in parts of Ventura County, to help safely deliver reliable, clean and affordable electricity. As a Government Relations Manager/Public Affairs Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future? Core responsibilities include growing and maintaining relationships as well as building consensus with key stakeholders, including government officials/associations, community leaders, and business associations/coalitions. The Advisor works closely with internal teams to understand policy priorities and key infrastructure projects. They collaborate on educating stakeholders, gathering feedback from customers, explaining complex internal processes, mitigating reputation/brand risks, developing advocacy messages and government relations approaches to drive favorable outcomes. The Advisor provides support in an assigned role for the Organizational Unit (OU) and company emergency response. After hours, night and weekend duty rotation may be required. The Advisor also develops and tracks performance metrics.
Incident Management Team Expected Participation: Employees are expected to support emergency response and/or business continuity efforts, including readiness to serve on an Incident Management Team (IMT) when needed. Employees will participate in an on-call rotation (approximately every four to six weeks), to support IMT activations during emergency events. IMT assignments may differ from an individual’s regular responsibilities.
As a Government Relations Manager/Public Affairs Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
Responsibilities
- Engages with a broader set of officials and maintains existing relationships; leads smaller strategic relationship building projects focusing on select SCE initiatives.
- Proposes and shapes the content and topics of discussion, ensuring relevance to business activities; engages directly with government officials at gatherings.
- Prepares and proofreads correspondence, forms and other documents, and coordinates the communication of information from the Government Affairs office to internal stakeholders interested in topics related to strategic initiatives, agency actions, and legislative proposals.
- Manages sections or specific aspects of the reports; reviews data for accuracy ensuring all report criteria are met, and verifies that the reports adhere to the guidelines set by LDA and FEC.
- Drafts and delivers reports for the corporate office as well as briefing notes for senior management to outline issues that may impact the company's operations and project developments.
- Develops multiple pieces of policy content ensuring coherence and consistency; engages with internal and external stakeholders to refine content.
- Implements and acts on opportunities to streamline administrative processes associated with managing the office.
- Supports outreach to industry lobbying coalitions on priority issues.
- Incident Management Team (IMT) Participation: When needed, incumbents in this job are required to serve as members of the Incident Management Team (IMT) to support emergency response and business continuity efforts. This essential function includes on-call availability on a rotating basis (approximately every four to six weeks), the ability to work extended hours up to 12-hour shifts during IMT activations, flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as operationally necessary during emergency events, readiness to report in person to the Irwindale location on short notice, completion and maintenance of required IMT training and qualifications, and the performance of assigned IMT duties that may differ from regular responsibilities. These requirements are considered essential functions of the role.
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Seven or more years of experience working in public affairs, government relations, or community relations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices.
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Political Science, Business, or related field.
- Experience in helping to manage candidate, ballot measure and/or issue advocacy campaigns.
- Experience managing infrastructure and public involvement activities.
- Experience working closely with local governments.
- Strong strategic, analytical, and planning skills.
- Effective decision making, results delivery, and team building.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Experience working in the energy industry.
- Ability to analyze, summarize and recommend ideas and concepts to senior management in a clear, concise, and persuasive manner.
- Strong ethics, people skills, and the ability to optimally manage stress and engage in continuous learning.
- Strong organizational skills with an elevated level of initiative and ability to effectively interface and collaborate with partners to help drive solutions and ensure stakeholder buy-in.
- Ability to handle and support multiple projects concurrently.
- Familiarity with social media tools for monitoring and engaging with stakeholders.
Additional Information
- This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
- Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- This position will require reporting to SCE's Service Center in Goleta, CA. Reporting to another SCE facility in Ventura County may be considered based on the successful candidate's home location.
- Position will require up to 30% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
- This position is eligible for a location-based incentive. Incentive is offered if commitment is made to work on-site and to remain in specified work location for an agreed-upon timeframe.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.
Nearest Major Market: Santa Barbara
Nearest Secondary Market: Santa Maria
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in director of government affairs jobs.
- 7 or more years of experience in government relations, public policy, or legislative affairs
- Established relationships with federal, state, or local government officials and agencies
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute advocacy strategies aligned with business objectives
- Experience managing outside lobbyists, trade association memberships, and coalitions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive briefings and regulatory comment letters
- Bachelor's degree in political science, public policy, law, or a related field
Tips for Your Director of Government Affairs Job Search
Tailor your resume to policy outcomes
Hiring managers for this role want to see bills influenced, regulations shaped, or coalitions built, not just meetings attended. Lead each bullet with the policy result you drove and the stakeholders you moved to get there.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists director of government affairs openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Map your relationships to the job description
Government affairs directors are hired for access as much as expertise. If the posting targets a specific agency, legislature, or regulatory body, name the relationships you have there explicitly. Generic 'stakeholder management' language won't stand out.
Prioritize sector-aligned certifications strategically
A Government Affairs Institute credential or American League of Lobbyists certification signals seriousness in an unregulated field. If you're pivoting from a related sector like law or policy research, pair credentials with a one-page bio that explains the transition.
Prepare for a multi-stage interview with C-suite
Expect at least one interview with the CEO or board, not just HR and your direct manager. Prepare a brief on your philosophy for managing political risk and a concrete example of a time you protected or advanced a company's regulatory position under pressure.
Negotiate scope before negotiating anything else
Before accepting an offer, clarify whether you'll have authority to hire lobbyists, set PAC strategy, or represent the company at trade associations. Directors who discover these decisions sit above them often find the role far narrower than expected.
Director of Government Affairs Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most director of government affairss?
The companies hiring the most director of government affairss right now include Apple, Google, and Walmart, with the largest share of openings in District of Columbia, New York, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, energy companies, and large technology firms tend to post the most openings at this level.
How many director of government affairs jobs are remote?
About 80% of director of government affairs openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the role's reliance on in-person relationship-building with legislators and agency officials keeps fully remote positions less common than in many other director-level functions. Policy monitoring, drafting, and internal stakeholder work are the sub-areas most likely to be performed remotely.
How do you become a director of government affairs?
Most directors of government affairs start in legislative staff roles, regulatory agencies, law firms, or policy-focused nonprofits before moving to the corporate side. From there, the path typically runs through manager and senior manager roles where you build a portfolio of advocacy wins, agency relationships, and coalition management experience. A law degree or advanced degree in public policy strengthens candidacy but is not universally required.
Can you get a director of government affairs job without direct lobbying experience?
Yes, candidates from regulatory agencies, congressional staff offices, or public interest law can compete for director roles without formal registered-lobbyist history. What matters most is demonstrable knowledge of the legislative or regulatory process relevant to the employer's industry, relationships with the officials who oversee that sector, and experience shaping an organization's policy position in writing or in testimony.
What does the director of government affairs interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to four rounds. An initial screen with HR or a talent partner focuses on background and culture fit. A second round with the hiring manager goes deep on specific advocacy campaigns you've led. A final round often includes a presentation or written exercise, such as a mock regulatory comment letter or a policy brief, followed by a conversation with the CEO, general counsel, or a board member.
Where can I find and apply to director of government affairs jobs?
You can find and apply to director of government affairs jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the listings for roles that match your sector expertise and seniority level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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