Head of State Government Affairs

Role Summary:

The Head of State Government Affairs leads Liberty Mutual's state government affairs strategy and execution across multiple U.S. regions. The role manages regional government affairs officers and external lobbying resources, oversees the state team budget, and serves as a principal advisor to the Chief Government Affairs Officer, senior leaders, and business stakeholders on legislative, regulatory, political, and business developments.

The successful candidate brings deep state government affairs expertise, extensive insurance knowledge, strong strategic judgment, persuasive communication skills, disciplined execution, and the ability to align diverse internal and external stakeholders. The role independently evaluates complex and ambiguous issues and develops and leads advocacy strategies that advance Liberty Mutual's business, legal, and public policy priorities.

This is also a change management role. Beyond running a high-performing team, the successful candidate will modernize how that function works — scaling AI into core processes as standard practice, starting with legislative and regulatory tracking — so the team scans more jurisdictions, spots developments earlier, and advises with sharper insight than traditional approaches allow.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the Function

• Lead the state government affairs function, including regional officers, external lobbying and trade association resources, and the team budget — setting clear goals, deploying resources effectively, and maintaining accountability for outcomes.
• Coach and develop a geographically dispersed team of experienced professionals: set direction, delegate effectively, give direct feedback, create stretch opportunities, and build bench strength in an inclusive environment.
• Partner with the Chief Government Affairs Officer, Government Affairs colleagues, senior leaders, and business stakeholders to identify priority state issues and develop enterprise-aligned strategies, operating plans, resource priorities, and measurable objectives.

Drive Advocacy Strategy and Execution

• Direct state legislative and administrative advocacy — coordinating internal and external resources, establishing priorities and milestones, sequencing work against legislative sessions and regulatory timelines, managing interdependencies across regions and functions, monitoring progress, addressing barriers, and adjusting strategies and tactics as circumstances change.
• Assess the policy, political, legal, and business implications of high-risk or high-value matters and — in partnership with the Head of Regulatory Policy as appropriate — shape policy positions and recommend resource allocation, escalation, stakeholder engagement, and next steps.
• Monitor and synthesize state legislative, regulatory, and political developments and advise the Chief Government Affairs Officer, senior leaders, and business partners on priorities, business implications, risks, opportunities, progress, and recommended decisions or actions.
• Oversee high-quality advocacy and executive materials, including policy analyses, regulatory comments, testimony, briefings, presentations, legislative updates, and responses to government inquiries.
• Build trusted relationships with key legislators, legislative staff, executive-branch officials, regulators, trade associations, coalitions, and other partners to advance priority issues and enterprise policy objectives.
• Contribute to political affairs and related compliance activities in coordination with Legal and Government Affairs partners.

Change Management and Scaling AI

• Lead change management for the function — reassessing workflows, resourcing models, and ways of working to increase speed, reach, and analytical depth, and bringing the…