Government Relations Associate at PayIt

📋 Description

• Coordinate engagement across a national network of government affairs advisors.
• Manage the flow of intelligence between advisors and internal go-to-market teams.
• Activate advisor relationships strategically based on deal stage and stakeholder mapping.
• Maintain disciplined documentation and CRM accuracy to support visibility and reporting.
• Develop briefing materials, talking points, and stakeholder-specific messaging for go-to-market members and advisors.
• Strategize approaches to meeting requests and executive introductions.

🎯 Requirements

• Prior internship in a legislative office, public affairs firm, or government relations setting.
• Fluency in state/local government structure, legislative process, and procurement dynamics.
• Bachelor’s in Public Policy, Government Affairs, Political Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously.
• High emotional intelligence; comfortable engaging with elected officials, advisors, and executives.
• Bonus: experience with state/local officials, GovTech/SaaS exposure, Salesforce or similar CRM, and conference/stakeholder events.

🎁 Benefits

• Mission matters: impact on government agencies and residents.
• Grow through meaningful, challenging work in a fast-moving GovTech environment.
• People are our most important resource; collaboration is the default and work is enjoyable.
• PayIt forward with our corporate volunteer program.
• Flexible working arrangements and strong benefits.