Regional Political Director, The States Project

Position: Regional Political Director

Location: National. 100% Remote, with 30% of expected travel for in-state meetings and events.

Deadline to Apply: Nov 16, 2026 at 5pm ET

Who We Are

The States Project (TSP) focuses on improving Americans’ lives by winning state legislative power and working with lawmakers to achieve goals for the common good.

Our electoral work focuses on winning governing majorities in the states by making state legislative campaigns more effective and better funded. Our policy work provides nonpartisan tools and resources that connect a diverse community of state lawmakers committed to improving lives for the people they serve. We do it because we believe that state legislatures are the strongest force for change in this country.

We encourage you to find out more about the American Promise at Work.

Position Details

This is a full-time, exempt at-will position. The team currently operates remotely, with occasional in-person events and team retreats, etc. Additional travel to assigned states will be required. Additional evening and weekend hours are occasionally required to fulfill the duties of this position.

The Opportunity

The Regional Political Director (RPD) will lead TSP’s political and governance strategy and relationship management in an assigned set of states with a goal of achieving TSP’s powerbuilding outcomes. They will have the opportunity to work directly with legislative leaders, caucuses, candidates, lawmakers, and other key partners. They will be the point of contact for TSP’s work in assigned states, responsible for both political and governance relationships. This position reports directly to the Senior Director of Political Strategy. The ideal candidate will possess superior political judgment, have experience working directly with lawmakers and knowledge of state legislative caucuses and campaigns.

The successful candidate will build strategic relationships, collect and analyze political data and information, and develop a deep understanding of the changing political and governance dynamics in assigned states. Specifically, they will write spending plans based on our evidence based Spending Guidelines, provide key strategic guidance around campaign best practices, provide oversight of campaign effectiveness and impact of TSP dollars and overall budgets, and track whether campaigns and caucuses are hitting specific metrics.

Successful candidates will be able to clearly identify TSP's impact in communicating about the political strategy and stakes in their assigned states across TSP's internal and external stakeholders. They will understand how TSP’s electoral and governance goals relate and build upon each other to achieve power-building outcomes. RPDs will help identify the most effective, diverse lawmakers in their assigned states, and provide tools and resources to help them advance the American Promise.

What You Will Do:

Principal activities will include but not be limited to:

• Build strategic and deep relationships with key stakeholders to further TSP electoral and governance goals

• Build, manage, and oversee the relationships with caucus staff, candidates, campaign staff, and other in-state political organizations in assigned states.

• Increase TSP political knowledge about each state, staying fully up to date on the latest developments in order to help TSP make the most strategic decisions possible

• Ensure that state lawmakers know about and can leverage TSP governance resources and supports

• Help to identify, build, and maintain relationships with key lawmakers

• Build relationships to ensure access to all metrics and data necessary to analyze state legislative campaigns in the chamber

• Help lawmakers and caucuses govern effectively and align around bold, strategic agendas to achieve the American Promise

• Identify and conduct outreach to lawmakers to participate in various programming opportunities and grow TSP's network, as well as manage follow up and ongoing engagement as needed

• Have a deep understanding and analysis of the global state legislative campaign spending landscape in each assigned state and a full understanding of spending gaps in each state

• Draft plans for how TSP will do its spending in each assigned state based on our Spending Guidelines and knowledge of the global spending landscape and incentivize campaign best practices with our spending

• Make investment decisions on which districts will be critical to invest in to achieve our goals

• Influence the overall spending program with our in state strategic spending partner to ensure they are running the most effective possible program in alignment with our Spending Guidelines
  

• Provide timely, relevant updates and information about candidates, caucuses, other in-state partners, and the landscape in each state to other teams and TSP supporters

• Share best practices, identify innovations, and support operations across the Political team

• Passion for and alignment with TSP’s mission, vision, and theory of change

• Self-starter with a drive to make things happen; proven track record of excellence in political or campaign roles and high standards for success

• At least three cycles of experience on political campaigns with responsibility for multi-million dollar paid programming and budget management

• Deep understanding of political campaigns and best practices

• Strong understanding of the interplay between politics and governance outcomes, and how key lawmakers can leverage and build power to improve lives

• Proven ability to develop and build political relationships with key stakeholders including candidates, caucus staff, and/or lawmakers

• Excellent interpersonal skills with a highly collaborative approach

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Capable of independently managing time and tasks associated with a fast-paced organization

• Ability to create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence

• Candidates with experience beyond managing an individual campaign are strongly preferred, particularly those who have overseen a portfolio budget and made strategic decisions about where to invest across multiple races.

What You Can Expect During the Recruitment and Hiring Process:

All applicants will submit a resume and cover letter. Selected applicants will be moved forward to a phone screen. The next steps will include interviews with leadership.