Director, Government Affairs & Policy Intelligence

The Travel Technology Association (Travel Tech) is the unified voice for the technology-powered travel industry. Our members range from global industry leaders to growth-stage companies and emerging start-up innovators offering or developing technologies that help travelers discover, compare, book, manage, and experience travel — while helping travel service providers reach customers, improve operations, and innovate.

Through policy intelligence, coordinated advocacy, and cross-sector collaboration, Travel Tech helps members navigate an increasingly complex tech policy environment while advancing public policies that support innovation, competition, traveler choice, and responsible growth.

The Director, Government Affairs & Policy Intelligence will play a central role in shaping Travel Tech's advocacy strategy while serving as a trusted advisor to members navigating an increasingly complex public policy environment.

Working closely with the President & CEO and the head of State Policy, this role identifies emerging policy issues, develops advocacy strategies, produces policy intelligence, and strengthens Travel Tech's relationships with policymakers, member companies, industry stakeholders, and coalition partners.

This role requires someone who enjoys understanding how businesses, technologies, and markets work before developing policy recommendations. The strongest candidates combine strategic thinking, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, exceptional writing, and the ability to build consensus among companies with different business models and competing commercial interests.

The position is remote, but the candidate must live in the DC Metro area to attend Capitol Hill meetings and regularly scheduled in-person team meetings and events.

• Help develop and execute Travel Tech's federal government affairs strategy and support the organization's state work.
• Build and maintain relationships with Members of Congress, congressional staff, federal policymakers, regulators, and coalition partners.
• Draft high-quality testimony, regulatory comments, coalition letters, legislative proposals, policy analyses, and executive briefing materials.
• Prepare and lead meetings with congressional staff and member companies, ensuring thoughtful preparation, clear communication, and consistent follow-through.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and recommend advocacy strategies that advance Travel Tech's priorities.

Travel Tech's members rely on the association not simply to report what government is doing, but to explain what it means for their businesses.

• Translate legislative, regulatory, and political developments into practical, actionable intelligence for Enterprise, Growth, and Start-Up members through policy briefs, newsletters, presentations, working groups, and member discussions.
• Develop a deep understanding of how members create value for travelers and travel service providers, and translate that understanding into credible, persuasive public policy narratives.

Travel Tech represents companies with different business models, competitive relationships, and policy priorities.

• Bring exceptional listening skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across the membership.
• Engage members one-on-one to understand each perspective, identify underlying objectives, and help develop positions that advance shared industry interests while respecting legitimate differences.
• Facilitate member working groups, help companies find common ground, and build consensus through trust, preparation, and sound judgment.

• Ensure Travel Tech's advocacy reflects the needs of companies across every stage of growth — from Start-Up innovators to…