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Policy and government affairs jobs
Policy and government affairs: a person in this job follows new laws and talks to regulators and governments on a company’s behalf. SpaceX, Stripe, Cohere, Coinbase and Airbnb have the most open roles with “Policy and government affairs” or a close variant in the title right now.
67 open roles · 12 posted in the last 7 days · 22% remote · 38 companies hiring · $186K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages
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| Period | Count |
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| under $75K | 0 |
| $75K to $100K | 2 |
| $100K to $125K | 1 |
| $125K to $150K | 10 |
| $150K to $175K | 5 |
| $175K to $200K | 12 |
| $200K to $250K | 7 |
| $250K to $300K | 5 |
| $300K and more | 1 |
Can be done from home22%15 of 67 jobs
State the pay66%44 of 67 jobs
Are for beginners1%1 of 67 jobs
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Newest policy and government affairs jobs
- Government Affairs AssociateVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$133K - $179K
- Policy Lead, AI InfrastructureStripe · 🇺🇸US-Remote—RemoteLeadAI
- Government Relations Manager, AIStripe · 🇺🇸Washington DC-metro area—AI
- Government Affairs Manager (Super Intelligence)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$115K - $165K
- U.S. Government Affairs, Senior ManagerOKX · 🇺🇸New York, United States; Washington DC$172K - $258KSenior
- EU Government Relations ManagerStripe · 🇧🇪Brussels—
- Public Affairs Campaigns Lead, EMEAStripe · 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇧🇪Dublin, London, Brussels£91K - £137KLead
- Regulatory Policy AnalystAstranis · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$70K - $120K
- Sr. Government Affairs Manager (National Security/ Appropriations)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$155K - $220KSenior
- Government Affairs ManagerSpaceX · 🇺🇸Remote - AZ—Remote
- Global Government Affairs DirectorxAI · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom—Lead
- AI Policy LeadScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC$165K - $206KLead
- Public Policy, Strategic AdvisoryAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC$265K - $295K
- Senior Manager, Public Policy, Pacific NorthwestAirbnb · 🇺🇸United States$168K - $207KSenior
- Corporate Communications & Public Affairs (Europe)Lovable · 🇸🇪Stockholm—Zendesk
- Director, Public PolicyQualtrics · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States$153K - $186KLead
- Federal Government Relations DirectorStripe · 🇺🇸Washington DC metro area—Lead
- Southwest Policy ManagerWaymo · 🇺🇸Austin, TX, USA$177K - $218K
- Sr. Government Affairs ManagerSpaceX · 🇺🇸Anderson, TX · +2 more locations—Senior
- State and Local Government Affairs Manager (Central)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Austin, TX—
- State and Local Government Affairs Manager (West)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA · +1 more location$115K - $165K
- Manager, Government Affairs & Public Policy - JapanCohere · 🇯🇵Tokyo—
- Head of Policy and Public AffairsArbor Energy · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$200K - $220KRemoteLead
- State and Local Global Government Affairs Manager (North/Mid Atlantic)SpaceX · 🇺🇸New York City, NY$115K - $165K
- State and Local Government Affairs Manager (North/Mid Atlantic)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$115K - $165K
- Product Policy Lead, AdsPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$132K - $272KRemoteLeadMachine Learning
- Public Affairs AdvisorDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$192K - $216K
- Policy AnalystCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$99K - $132K
- Manager, Policy & Government RelationsKraken · 🇸🇬Singapore—Remote
- Model Policy Manager, National SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$207K - $335K
- Policy ManagerPlaid · GBR - LON Metro—Remote
- Public Policy Manager, State & Local (CA)Lyft · 🇺🇸Sacramento, CA$132K - $164K
- Technical Revenue Accounting and Policy ManagerOura · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$144K - $169KRemoteNetSuite
- Government Relations - APACBinance · 🇭🇰🇸🇬🇹🇼Hong Kong; Singapore; Taiwan—
- US Policy LeadMorpho · 🇺🇸US$225K - $295KRemoteLead
- Senior Manager, Regulatory Strategy & OperationsAirwallex · 🇳🇱NL - Amsterdam—Senior
- Head of Public Policy - IsraelWolt · 🇮🇱Ramat Gan, Israel—Lead
- Senior State Government Affairs Manager, Texas & SoutheastCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Remote - Texas$143K - $191KRemoteSenior
- Head of Public Policy, ItalyDeliveroo · 🇮🇹Rome, Italy—Lead
- Government Affairs Manager II, Midwest and Central RegionInstacart · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$159K - $202KRemote
- California State Policy ManagerWaymo · 🇺🇸Sacramento, CA, USA (Remote)$177K - $218KRemote
- Policy Manager, Consults and EscalationsAirbnb · 🇸🇬Singapore—LLM
- Sr. Government Affairs Manager (National Security)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$155K - $220KSenior
- Model Policy Manager, Agentic SafetyOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$207K - $335K
- Senior Director, Regulatory Strategy – Global Regulatory LeadBeeline Medicines · 🇺🇸United States$242K - $313KLead
- Adjunct Leadership, Public Policy & Sustainable Development ExpertALU · Hybrid (Rwanda and Mauritius)—
- Global Public Policy Manager, Compute, Infrastructure & Sovereign AICohere · 🇺🇸United States$150K - $240KRemoteAI
- Senior Public Policy and Government Affairs ManagerSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - DC$109K - $184KRemoteSenior
- Sr. Satellite Policy Associate (Starlink Regulatory Affairs)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$190K - $245KSenior
- State and Local Government Affairs ManagerSpotify · 🇺🇸New York, NY—
- Government Affairs Lead - Middle East (UAE or Saudi Arabia based)Cohere · 🇦🇪Dubai—Lead
- Government Affairs Director, XSpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$190K - $270KLead
- Satellite Policy Associate (Starlink Regulatory Affairs)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$160K - $215K
- Satellite Policy Manager (Starlink Mobile)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA · +1 more location$110K - $165K
- Technical Accounting Policy ManagerCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$171K - $201KRemote
- Sr. Satellite Policy Manager (Starlink Mobile)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$125K - $180KSenior
- SVP, Government AffairsTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$255K - $380K
- [EU] Business Continuity Policy ManagerBybit · 🇦🇹Vienna, Austria—
- Communications Manager, Policy & Public AffairsCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$171K - $201KRemote
- Staff Credit Policy Analyst – Condo, Co-op & Project ReviewSoFi · 🇺🇸United States—InternSQLTableau
- Government Affairs Manager (Federal)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$110K - $145K
- Government Affairs Policy AnalystLG Electronics · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$70K - $90K
- Managing Director, Government AffairsGotion · 🇺🇸Fremont, California; Manteno, Illinois$185K - $250KLead
Who is hiring for policy and government affairs roles
Where policy and government affairs roles are
- 🇺🇸United States52
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC20
- 🇺🇸California10
- 🇪🇺Europe7
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area6
- 🇺🇸Texas5
- 🌏Asia-Pacific4
- 🇺🇸New York4
- 🇸🇬Singapore3
- 🇺🇸Austin3
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about policy and government affairs jobs
- What is a policy and government affairs job?
- In a policy and government affairs job, a person follows new laws and talks to regulators and governments on a company’s behalf. 67 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
- How many policy and government affairs jobs are open right now?
- There are 67 open policy and government affairs jobs at 38 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 12 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most policy and government affairs jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (19), Stripe (5), Cohere (3), Airbnb (2) and Waymo (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote policy and government affairs jobs?
- 15 of the 67 open policy and government affairs jobs (22%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do policy and government affairs jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $186K, based on 43 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $140K and $210K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for policy and government affairs jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.




































