[Hiring] State Partnerships Manager @Recidiviz

Role Description

Recidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a State Partnerships Manager to join our team! We’re a small, fast-moving group that partners closely with state correctional departments to safely and equitably reduce prison populations. You’re someone with a blend of the abilities you might see from exceptional account managers, product managers, and political strategists. You’re able to captivate an audience while telling a story, to use data effectively, and to run good meetings and get things done. Most of all, you are someone who brings rigor to their work and levity to their relationships. You don't need to have direct experience with criminal justice reform but care deeply about doing work that matters.

The State Partnerships Manager is responsible for building strong relationships, deploying relationship capital, maximizing impact, and creating value for their partner states. Your job is to partner closely with the leadership teams of state prison agencies. These leaders are responsible for thousands of staff, tens of thousands of people in prison, and billions of dollars. By clearly articulating the specific needs in your partner state, you'll define and communicate how exactly Recidiviz will guide your partner states to safely increase liberty for the populations they influence.

This role requires regular travel to Arkansas (average 3-5 business days per month) for in-person meetings with Arkansas state officials and travel within Arkansas to prisons and parole offices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in account management, product management, political strategy/lobbying, business development, policy, or similar role.
• Be a proactive problem solver.
• Have an understanding of how to make progress in challenging environments.
• Bring experience working in or with state governments.
• Be a process leader.
• Open-minded, humble, and curious.
• Be comfortable with, and excited by, technology.

Requirements

• Willing and able to travel frequently to Arkansas.
• Have a connection to the criminal justice system and/or passion for doing work that matters.
• Based somewhere with convenient or direct flight access to Little Rock, AR.

Benefits

• Effective, extremely thoughtful colleagues, working together on a mission that matters.
• 90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
• Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO and 13 paid holidays.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period.
• Complimentary One Medical membership (depending on location).
• Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits.
• Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness.
• Free mental health support via Talkspace.
• Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you choose.
• An annual company offsite each spring and other ad-hoc gatherings.
• All the exhilarating challenges and stretch opportunities of a tech startup, combined with the mission-driven heart of a nonprofit.