[Hiring] Senior Manager, Government Affairs & Political Strategy @Crux

Role Description

Crux is hiring a Senior Manager, Government Affairs & Strategy to build the operational foundation of our government affairs and public policy function. This role sits at the intersection of policy, politics, and execution. You'll design and run the systems, programs, and convenings that turn advocacy strategy into sustained, measurable impact — from a monthly policy salon series to coalition coordination to the production of high-quality policy communications.

You'll serve as the connective tissue between government affairs and the rest of the organization, and bring enough energy policy depth and political fluency to own workstreams independently, represent Crux in rooms that matter, and contribute to forward-looking strategy.

What You'll Own

• Government affairs operations (primary mandate): Build the specialized operations layer that powers everything else: event operations and convening playbooks, advocacy campaign management, coalition coordination workflows, engagement tracking, communications production calendaring, and reporting cadences. Serve as the coordination point between government affairs and our Growth, Commercial, Legal, and leadership teams on policy-related workstreams — managing handoffs on rapid-response communications, commercial talking points, client briefings, and press.
• Advocacy and political engagement support: Work alongside the Head of Government Affairs on day-to-day advocacy — Hill relationships, lobbying coordination, coalition management, and translating policy developments into intel for leadership and commercial teams. Support bipartisan relationship-building ahead of upcoming election cycles. Assist on compliance.
• Strategic planning: Contribute to forward-looking policy and political strategy and ensure strategic plans translate into operational reality: timelines, milestones, accountability.
• Convening and stakeholder programs: Partner with the Events team to design and execute policy roundtables and investor–policymaker convenings that reinforce Crux's role as a trusted convener. Be credible enough on substance to sit at the table.
• Policy communications production: In collaboration with our Market Intelligence and Growth teams, build the infrastructure for consistent, high-quality policy output — memos, rapid-response posts and talking points, social media content, slides for commercial use, and other relevant policy content.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years spanning federal energy policy, government operations, or political strategy — with direct exposure to executive-level operations in a federal agency, on the Hill, or in a senior political role.
• Demonstrated operational excellence — you've built systems, run complex programs, and managed high-level logistics in a policy or political environment.
• Solid understanding of federal energy policy: tax incentives, regulatory implementation, agency–Congress dynamics.
• Comfortable operating across party lines.
• Strong writer — can draft policy briefs, talking points, and op-eds under time pressure.
• DC-based or willing to relocate.
• Demonstrated experience with (or curiosity to learn) AI tools and strong judgment for how and when to leverage them in a policy context — e.g., rapid-response content creation or internal team enablement.

Preferred Experience

• Senior staff experience in a federal agency (DOE, Treasury, EPA) or cabinet-level office — especially roles that combined operational management with policy and political exposure.
• Graduate-level education in public policy, international affairs, or political economy.
• Familiarity with the transferable tax credit market, project finance, or broader clean energy capital markets.
• Has built a function or program from scratch in a fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Healthcare: 100% of employee premiums covered across a range of Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and CA) plans; 70% subsidy for dependents (as a group).
• Dental and vision: 100% of employee premiums covered; 50% for dependents (each).
• Holidays: 10 company holidays per year.
• Paid time off: 20 days per year.
• 401(k): Account supported; no employer match at this time (typical of an early-stage startup).
• Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents, 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Compensation: Base salary: $140,000–$160,000, depending on experience, with flexibility where warranted; Company-wide bonus: $10,000–$40,000, depending on revenue outcomes; Stock options in a rapidly growing company.

Our Values

• Care for each other.
• Build and improve rapidly.
• Focus unremittingly on customers.
• Demonstrate ownership.
• Convene a team that reflects the breadth of experiences in the country.