Regional Lead - Government & Industry Affairs

Regional Lead – Government & Industry Affairs

VGW is looking for two Regional Leads in the United States. This role reports to the VP of Government Relations and focuses on translating the company's lobbying strategy into state‑specific advocacy campaigns.

Salary: USD $160,000 – $210,000 per year.

• Serve as the primary accountability manager for all external lobbyists within the assigned regional portfolio: set performance expectations, respond to their queries in a timely manner, review deliverables, conduct weekly check‑ins, and provide written performance assessments.
• Translate the company's corporate policy positions and lobbying strategy into state‑specific advocacy messaging – tailoring arguments, framing, and messenger selection to local political dynamics.
• Develop and maintain productive, credible relationships with state legislators, committee staff, state attorneys general offices, and state gaming and consumer protection regulators.
• Participate in cross‑regional strategy sessions to ensure consistency of messaging, share field intelligence, and coordinate on multi‑state legislative campaigns.
• Represent the company at hearings, fundraisers, conferences, and stakeholder engagements within the portfolio.
• Monitor and track all active and emerging legislation across assigned states that affects social gaming, sweepstakes operations, consumer protection, age verification, advertising and related policy areas.

• 7–12+ years of experience in state government, state‑level lobbying, legislative affairs, or political campaigns, with direct exposure to multiple state legislatures or regulatory agencies in B2C organizations.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors, consultants or contract lobbyists against defined deliverables and performance standards.
• Working knowledge of gaming regulation, sweepstakes law, consumer protection, or adjacent policy areas – or a credible track record of rapidly building substantive expertise in new regulatory sectors.
• Strong political credibility and established relationships with key government officials in the assigned regional portfolio.
• Experience in a multi‑state lobbying role in organizations in fast‑moving industries such as technology, fintech, RMG and/or gaming.
• Proficiency with legislative tracking tools.