Government Relations Manager

Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn St, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Posted Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM

The Government Relations Manager advances OnPoint Community Credit Union's legislative, regulatory, and public policy priorities at the local, state, and federal levels. The role manages day-to-day advocacy operations, supports outreach to policymakers and civic partners, and strengthens OnPoint's presence across key business, community, and public forums.

The Manager leads legislative tracking and analysis, develops policy communications, coordinates relationship management, prepares meetings and briefings, and supports coalition engagement. This position serves as a trusted extension of the VP, Government Relations, assuming delegated responsibilities during absences or as needed. The position requires a collaborative work style, clear judgment, professionalism, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving political environment while representing OnPoint with credibility and integrity.

• Track, analyze, and summarize legislative and regulatory developments at state and federal levels, providing timely updates to internal stakeholders and navigating different session calendars, processes, and political environments.
• Prepare meeting briefs, talking points, testimony drafts, correspondence, and policy summaries for use by OnPoint and partners.
• Draft materials supporting OnPoint's advocacy priorities, including issues such as financial services, commercial and small business programs, economic development, housing, consumer protection, and fraud prevention.
• Support execution of OnPoint's annual legislative agenda and advocacy work plan.
• Brief and prepare executives and Board members on policy matters, advocacy strategy, and emerging legislative issues.
• Represent OnPoint and engage with executive leadership, legislators, and senior policymakers in professional settings.

• Build and maintain constructive relationships with public sector staff, elected officials, trade associations, chambers of commerce, business coalitions, and nonprofit partners.
• Represent OnPoint at selected hearings, meetings, and forums, exercising judgment about when to involve senior leadership.
• Engage in designated trade association and civic organization activities, including news monitoring and preparing responses to surveys and inquiries.

• Coordinate legislative meetings, agendas, logistics, briefing materials, follow‑up actions, and correspondence.
• Manage employee grassroots and PAC‑related engagement in coordination with the VP, Government Relations, and external partners.
• Support OnPoint's engagement at events, including MAXX, GAC, and other civic forums.
• Design and maintain reporting systems and dashboards to track legislative activity, stakeholder engagement metrics, advocacy outcomes, and action items.
• Research issues with direction from the VP, Government Relations, summarizing complex information into succinct communication aligned to OnPoint's objectives.

• Ensure advocacy positions reflect OnPoint's objectives by integrating feedback from stakeholder teams across the organization.
• Prepare regular internal reports and briefings on legislative activity and emerging issues using data analysis and visualization tools to support strategic decision‑making and demonstrate advocacy ROI.
• Coordinate research and data to support analysis and communication.
• Facilitate opportunities to build employee awareness and participation in grassroots advocacy, trade association and civic engagement activities.
• Possesses an understanding of political and regulatory processes, and the ability to interpret and synthesize related materials across levels of government.
• Demonstrated capacity to represent the organization at executive and legislative leadership levels.
• Clear written and oral communication tailored to professional and executive audiences.
• Works across the political spectrum through a nonpartisan approach grounded in…