FICO

Director of Government Relations

FICO

full-time

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Location: District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $119,000 - $187,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Build beneficial relationships and engage in advocacy outreach with members of Congress, congressional staff, executive branch and independent federal agency officials, as well as a broad range of DC stakeholders.
  • Manage the day - to - day operations of the Fair Isaac Corporation Political Action Committee (FICO PAC), including budget, enrollment and disbursement activities, compliance, development of stakeholder engagement programming/communications, PAC Board meetings , and fundraiser event participation.
  • Monitor and analyze impacts of proposed legislation and regulation on FICO and its customers.
  • Develop talking points, summaries, testimony, and official comments, when applicable.
  • Coordinate appropriate responses to inquiries from government officials
  • Collaborate, support, and elevate internal business initiatives that are relevant to and/or include the participation of Washington stakeholders.
  • Manage outside consultants including the development of advocacy strategies, the setting and execution of consultant deliverables as well as weekly meetings.
  • Identify opportunities and provide support for the participation of senior executives and company subject matter experts in Washington stakeholder meetings and/or events.
  • Work with the Vice President of Government Relations in developing and maintaining timely and effective policy updates, communications, and relationships with internal business partners.
  • Assist the Vice President and GR team with preparation of annual federal government affairs strategy and budget.

Requirements

  • 5 - 7 years of Federal advocacy experience.
  • Member of a corporate or trade association government relations team preferred.
  • Experience with political action committee work at the corporate or trade association level is strongly preferred.
  • Meet requirements to register as a lobbyist at the federal level.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of policy issues impacting the financial services industry including: credit reporting and credit scoring, housing/mortgage, financial inclusion (including use of alternative data to expand credit access), fair lending, student lending, matters related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, use of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, and privacy.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to deliver effective presentations.
  • A team player who thrives in a high - energy, multi - tasking and collaborative environment.
  • Must have excellent relationship - building skills, be diligent and proactive in problem solving, show excellent judgment, exhibit a high - level of integrity of trust and trust, employ effective strategic and tactical thinking, interact optimally with all levels of the organization from senior executives to staff level, and have the ability to work both collaboratively and independently in a small team environment.
  • You are based in the Washington, D.C. area and are comfortable working in a remote/home office location.