Manager, State Government Affairs - Southeast
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Job overview
As a senior member of Apple’s State Government Affairs team, the Manager develops policy and strategy and leads Apple’s interactions with state legislators. The role draws on experience in state or local government and policy advocacy. The team develops policy and strategic engagement campaigns affecting Apple’s state and local government business.
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Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number: 200692747-3745
Summary
The Government Affairs team helps develop policy and strategy on a range of issues, and manages Apple’s interactions with legislators. Our team has experience working at a high level in government, as well as experience working as policy advocates. We have a strong passion for crafting policy and strategic engagement campaigns that impact Apple’s state and local government business for many years to come.
Description
As a senior member of our State Government Affairs team, you will develop policy and strategy and lead Apple’s interactions with state legislators. Your experience working at the state or local level in government, as well as working as a policy advocate will be vital to this role.
Minimum Qualifications
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10+ years experience in government, government relations, or other advocacy/engagement roles at the state or local level working in/with executive and legislative offices and with extensive knowledge of the legislative process.
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Experience leading a portfolio of policy issues and coordinating policy-focused events.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience advocating before states on behalf of members, corporations, trade associations, or any other interest groups and leading engagement with key organizations and related nonprofits.
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Knowledge of the policy issues relevant to Apple.
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Understanding of complicated technology issues and the ability to simplify them for non-technical audiences.
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Strong written and oral communication skills, and the ability to concisely summarize sophisticated issues and policies to create advocacy points and strategy.
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Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced work environment.
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Creative problem-solving history, ability to work collaboratively and under short timelines.
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Excellent leadership skills and professional presence.
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Highly motivated, self-starter and able to manage competing priorities.
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Standout colleague and willingness to pitch in when needed.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 351 open Government Affairs jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$150–206K/yr292 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 351 open Government Affairs jobs across the US. 16% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Government Affairs postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years at the median (318 postings).
- Education
- 182 of the 351 open Government Affairs jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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