Manager – Government Affairs & Policy Stakeholder Management

What will you do?

A day in the life of a Manager, Government Affairs & Policy Stakeholder Management at VF looks a little like this.

The Manager of Policy Stakeholder Partnerships plays a crucial role in building and maintaining positive relationships with key external stakeholders to achieve VF’s policy goals and objectives. This role involves developing and implementing stakeholder engagement strategies, fostering communication, and considering stakeholder input informs VF policy positions and key external stakeholder strategies.

Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

Policy Stakeholders:

• Identify, engage, cultivate and nurture strong, positive relationships with policy stakeholder groups that support VF’s business objectives and policy positions, including multilateral institutions, intragovernmental and quasi-government organizations, trade associations, and others.

Engagement Strategy:

• Lead a regular, collaborative stakeholder analysis and policy mapping to pinpoint key stakeholders’ positions, interests, and the potential to align on advocacy opportunities.

• Proficiently understand key external stakeholder goals and strategies, determining if stakeholder objectives and platforms align with or are opposed to VF’s business goals and policy positions.

• Develop and implement engagement and partnership strategies relating to key policy topics.

• Participate in external task forces, working groups, committees, advisory groups, and other forums to represent the organization's interests and perspectives along with VF’s policy positions.

• Represent VF at key events.

Relationship Management:

• Act as external point-of-contact for VF with identified stakeholders.

• Oversee, in collaboration with VF’s subject matter experts and the VF corporate communications team, the development of identified stakeholder engagement strategies and managing ongoing relationships with critical stakeholder groups and associations.

• Coordinate outreach and representation with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and information exchange.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and facilitator, bringing together various perspectives and guiding discussions toward actionable outcomes that support VF’s priorities.

Communication and Coordination:

• Develop and maintain collateral, one pagers, resource and reference material including policy statements/guides, talking points, presentations, advocacy materials.

• Drive internal alignment through a collaborative engagement with internal teams, departments, and project managers to support stakeholder engagement needs for various initiatives.

Monitoring & Reporting:

• Develop and implement methods for measuring effectiveness of engagement.

• Monitor, track, and report on stakeholder engagement activities and their impact on VF.

• Analyze stakeholder feedback to identify key findings, recommend solutions, and inform future strategies.

• Maintain accurate records of stakeholder engagement activities in our centralized database or system.

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 5+ years of experience and professional achievements.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, communications, public relations, policy analysis, or a related field 5+ years.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to build rapport and influence diverse audiences.

• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and is flexible to react to changing priorities, with the ability to prioritize and deliver in a deadline-oriented environment.

• Proven experience building and maintaining positive and productive relationships with stakeholders.

• Experience working in a consumer product company is a plus.

• Location requirement: hybrid role, 3 days in office.

Special Physical and/or Mental Requirements: 

• Up to 25% travel by air and overnight (domestic and international), as required.

Now WE have a question for YOU.

Are you in?

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Hiring Range:

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com  and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.  If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]. VF will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.