Community Engagement Manager, Southeast

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Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

About The Role

Cruise is hiring an experienced community engagement professional to spearhead work in Texas and other new markets. The Community Engagement Manager, Southeast will build trust and engage with a variety of partners, including community organizations, advocacy groups, industry and business associations. They will define community engagement objectives around education, awareness, and advocacy and work closely with Government Relations, Communications, Marketing and other functions to support these goals. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Head of Community Engagement.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about Cruise’s mission and have experience in regulatory, public policy and/or political work in a relevant business or non-governmental organization, or in a political/government entity at the state or local level within the Southeast/Central region.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement state and local community engagement strategies in assigned markets, with a focus on developing and activating advocates and shaping favorable regulatory and legislative outcomes.
• Supervise local consultants and external resources to carry out policy priorities.
• Represent Cruise in associations, panels, meetings, and events with community partners, in order to help advance the company’s public policy agenda.
• Develop collateral, including presentations and localized one-pagers to help educate and raise awareness among key audiences about Cruise’s operations and public policy priorities.
• Identify strategic local and state partner engagement opportunities and/or partnerships to ensure a strong corporate reputation while also advancing priority policy objectives.

Requirements

• BA/BS required
• 5-7 years of demonstrated experience in government, government affairs, public affairs, transportation or a related industry.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to excel in one-on-one, group, and town hall settings.
• Demonstrated success designing and implementing tailored community advocacy programs and strategies at the state and city levels.
• Experience in building strong and sustained relationships with a diverse range of community partners, including nonprofits, governmental agencies, think tanks and advocacy groups, as well as internal collaborators.
• Expertise in understanding corporate operational priorities and synthesizing internal information for external audiences.
• Ability to maintain the highest personal levels of ethical conduct, confidentiality, and integrity.
• Frequent travel within the US should be expected to support local engagement efforts in the regional markets, along with occasional travel to our global headquarters in San Francisco.

The salary range for this position is $121,600 - 178,600. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

• CruiseFlex, a working policy for US-Based Cruisers, lets you and your manager find the working style that’s best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home, or a combination of home and in-office time. - learn more about CruiseFlex here
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care, and medical leave
• We’re Independent
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
• Monthly wellness stipend
• One Medical membership
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
• We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.
• You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow. We offer a new kind of equity program called Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO), which combines IPO-like liquidity with the stability of remaining private - learn more about RLO here
• We’re Vested
• Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
• Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
• Fertility Benefits
• We’re Integrated
• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
• Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
• GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
• We’re Funded
• 401(k) Cruise matching program
• Subsidized mental health benefits

• We’re Safety Conscious
• We integrate #staysafe, our top priority at Cruise, into our everyday work. Through our Safety Management System, every Cruiser is asked to do their part by reporting any potential issues or hazards they observe and making continuous improvements. You’ll be able to contribute to safety at Cruise, no matter your job function or title.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email [email protected].

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

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