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Manager, Federal Government Relations
Primary Location Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Facility Name Capitol Hill Medical Center
Employee Status: Regular
Worker Location: Onsite
Schedule Full-time
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift Day
Salary $131300 - $169840 / year
Job Number 1447530
Date Posted 09/16/2026
Job Summary:
Partners with internal stakeholders on government relations by advising key stakeholders on developments, researching solutions and leading responses to key issues, and communicating positioning. Establishes and maintains relationships with key external stakeholders to promote and advocate for KP with minimal guidance.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
- Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
- Promotes KPs interests by: establishing and maintaining effective relationships with elected and appointed officials, policymakers, trade associations, and other groups with minimal supervision; communicating with and influencing key external stakeholders on KP as directed; leveraging relations with strategic partners to persuade them to take positions consistent with KP with minimal supervision; and representing KP following minimal guidance.
- Partners with internal stakeholders on government relations by: advising key internal stakeholders and senior leadership on developments in legislation, regulations, legal proposals, public policy, key personnel changes, national/state/local issues with general guidance; independently researching approaches and solutions to key issues; leading planning efforts and response to proposed legislation, regulations, legal proposals, public policy, national/state/local issues with general guidance; and providing recommendations and communicating positioning to internal audiences as directed.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)
- Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
- Attention to Detail
- Business Knowledge
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Cross-Group Collaboration
- Decision Making
- Dependability
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
- Drives Results
- Facilitation Skills
- Health Care Industry
- Influencing Others
- Integrity
- Learning Agility
- Organizational Savvy
- Problem Solving
- Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
- Teamwork
- Topic-Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)
- Business Documentation
- Business Value Communication
- Government Operations
- Information Gathering
- Market Risk Knowledge
- Persuasion
- Reputational Management
- Risk Management
- Written Communication
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in legislative, regulatory, or government relations at the local, state, or federal level, health policy, communications, public affairs, or a directly related field.
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university AND Minimum five (5) years of professional experience (includes internship and unpaid work experience) OR Minimum eight (8) years of experience in legislative, regulatory, or government relations at the local, state, or federal level, health policy, communications, public affairs, or a directly related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's from an accredited college or university.
- Experience with healthcare lobbying or policy
Primary Location: District of Columbia,Washington,Capitol Hill Medical Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Employee Status: Regular
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-PO-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Po/Ho Corp - Gov Relations-Washington DC - 0308
Pay Range: $131300 - $169840 / year
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
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