Vice President, Advocacy

Aristotle

Vice President of Advocacy leading government affairs engagements at Aristotle. Building and executing advocacy strategies leveraging federal lobbying, grassroots influence, and coalition building.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $175,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a senior member of Aristotle's Advocacy team, working with existing leadership and account teams to shape federal and state advocacy strategies.
Help build and manage a government affairs capability that integrates lobbying strategy, policy intelligence, coalitions, grassroots and grasstops activation, digital engagement, and client advisory services.
Advise clients on translating policy objectives into advocacy programs, messages, stakeholder plans, and measurable campaigns.
Leverage relationships across the administration, federal agencies, congressional offices, committees, trade associations, coalitions, and the broader policy community to inform strategy and create access.
Lead or support federal lobbying efforts, including Hill and agency outreach strategy, client preparation, lobbying day planning, coalition engagement, and policymaker meetings.
Monitor legislative, regulatory, and political developments and turn them into timely recommendations, advocacy content, position statements, and outreach plans.
Oversee client-facing advocacy materials and events, including briefs, presentations, talking points, leave-behinds, action alerts, fly-ins, lobby days, coalition meetings, and stakeholder briefings.
Coordinate with product, data, creative, digital, and client service teams while mentoring staff and helping establish a scalable service model.
Identify ways to deepen client relationships by connecting client needs with Aristotle's advocacy, data, digital, technology, and strategic communications capabilities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Communications, Public Affairs, Public Policy, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 12 years of experience in advocacy, public affairs, government relations, lobbying, policy, campaigns, or a related field.
Proven experience building and executing federal and state advocacy programs for corporations, associations, coalitions, PACs, or public affairs clients.
Direct federal lobbying experience, including congressional engagement, agency engagement, lobbying strategy, client preparation, and familiarity with lobbying compliance expectations.
Existing relationships with administration officials, agency staff, congressional offices, committee staff, trade associations, coalition leaders, or other influential federal policy stakeholders.
Experience helping build or manage a government affairs office, advocacy service model, client program, coalition, or policy-focused team.
Strong understanding of the federal legislative and regulatory process and the ability to connect policy developments to client strategy and execution.
Excellent executive presence, writing, and communication skills, with the ability to brief clients, senior leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders clearly and persuasively.
Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience guiding staff, working across teams, and establishing repeatable processes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

competitive compensation
medical benefits
paid vacation
401k plan
stock options
Casual dress code
non-corporate atmosphere

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Hard Skills & Tools

advocacy programslobbying strategypolicy intelligencegrassroots activationdigital engagementclient advisory serviceslegislative monitoringregulatory compliancestakeholder engagementgovernment affairs

Soft Skills

executive presencewriting skillscommunication skillsleadership skillsmentoring skillsstrategic thinkingrelationship buildingteam collaborationclient managementpersuasive briefing

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Political ScienceBachelor's degree in CommunicationsBachelor's degree in Public AffairsBachelor's degree in Public Policy