State Affairs is the nation’s leading news and policy intelligence platform focused on state governments. We combine nonpartisan coverage of Statehouses across the country alongside state government data and AI-native tools into a singular platform.
We inform and empower decision makers, policy professionals and citizens through our award-winning journalism and data – delivering profound insights to help our customers decode and act on state politics and policy. We’re building a category-defining business that will reshape America as we strengthen visibility into what’s happening and why at the state level.
We are hiring a Product Manager, Enterprise, to join our team located in Washington, DC and San Francisco, California.
Our largest national customers do not just need data; they need a system that creates order out of chaos. You will not just be building features; you will be designing the "operating system" for large-scale government affairs teams. Your focus is on how complex organizations consume information, collaborate across hierarchies, and integrate our intelligence into their broader corporate ecosystems.
As the Product Manager, Enterprise, you will be responsible for the following:
- Signal-to-Noise Strategy: Develop product logic that prioritizes relevance over volume. You must deeply understand how to algorithmically surface business-critical information for users managing nationwide portfolios.
- Organizational Dynamics: Design for the complexity of large teams. You will tackle challenges related to governance, permissions, information sharing, and collaboration flows between leadership and local operators.
- Ecosystem Interoperability: Own the strategy for how our platform "plays well with others." You will focus on making our data portable and seamlessly integrated into the diverse software stacks (CRMs, ERPs, Communication tools) of Fortune 500 companies.
- Holistic Value Delivery: Shift the focus from individual user actions to organizational ROI. You will identify features that help entire departments demonstrate their value to the C-Suite.
- AI Engineering: Write and run evals, prototype with code, understand model architecture tradeoffs, use AI agents to automate your work, and use LLMs with MCPs.
Essential Qualifications for this position include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related field.
- 5+ years of professional work experience in Product Management, specifically within B2B SaaS or Enterprise software.
- Prior professional work experience in an Agile/Scrum environment, collaborating daily with engineering and design counterparts to ship software iteratively.
- Prior professional work experience balancing the conflicting needs of different user personas (e.g., The Executive Buyer vs. The Daily User) within a single client account.
- Prior professional work experience conducting user interviews and validation with high-value clients.
- Ability to map out complex workflows and identify bottlenecks in large organizations.
- Ability to define success metrics (KPIs), analyze user engagement data, and use quantitative insights to defend prioritization decisions.
- Knowledge of how to build extensible solutions and APIs rather than one-off custom features.
Preferred Qualifications for this position include:
- Prior professional experience working corporate government affairs
- Prior professional work experience in a start-up organization
This is an onsite work opportunity and our teams operate from the State Affairs office in Washington, DC and San Francisco, California. State Affairs offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package to employees.
The annual salary range for this role as it is posted is $180,000 to $210,000 for candidates working from the State Affairs office in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA. The final job level and annual salary will be determined based on the education, qualification, knowledge, skills, ability, and experience of the final candidate(s), and calibrated against relevant market data and internal team equity. Benefits listed in this posting may vary depending on the nature of your employment with State Affairs.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
State Affairs is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. State Affairs does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic in accordance with federal, state, and local law.
State Affairs is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as they go through our job application and interview process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected]
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