The DNC Director of State Operations will coordinate with multiple departments including Operations, Political, Organizing, Technology and Accounting to create and maintain human resources (HR), budgetary, and operational processes and ensure the DNC is an essential contributor to state infrastructure for upcoming election cycles. The Director of State Operations will build, promote and oversee agile DNC operations-related campaign training and audit and create streamlined operations systems. This position reports to the Chief Operating Officer.

Responsibilities:

Work with the Political, HR, Technology, Accounting, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and other DNC departments to establish and help implement processes to be used throughout the Coordinated Campaign such as recruiting, hiring and onboarding staff, cybersecurity, technology assets needs and distribution, budget, procuring vendors, executing contracts
Manage and grow Operations staff to fit the needs of the DNC and Coordinated Campaign
Plan and drive the project management of initiatives from start to finish, working across teams in a collaborative manner
Create and update DNC trainings and laterally work with the Political and Organizing Team to identify and fill training gaps that are critical to our election objectives;
Work with the HR Department and Director of DEI to develop diverse pipelines to source talented operations staff for the coordinated campaign and work with the DEI team to develop and execute DEI training and programming for the Coordinated Campaign
Develop and oversee the process for opening and managing field offices and work with the HR Department to ensure and maintain readiness for the DNC to operate in states
Coach allies and states on how to access and make best use of DNC resources and services
Build and formalize efficient and effective operations systems with an eye to use in future coordinated campaigns
Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission

Qualifications:

A minimum of 2 cycles of general campaign experience and at least 1 cycle of campaign operations experience with previous statewide operations experience strongly preferred
A minimum of 7 years work experience
Experience working on a number of electoral campaign cycles and/or have issue/advocacy campaign experience;
Experience with campaign operations; experience with designing and/or enforcing operational processes on campaigns;
Experience training and a demonstrated track record of producing dynamic curriculum and materials;
Proven track record building and managing coalitions among diverse stakeholders, reaching consensus and action;
Proven ability to write for multiple audiences and translate complex information clearly;
Experience and proficiency with budgets and comfort with numbers
Exceptional organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills;
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and strong attention to detail; and
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities

A successful candidate will be:

Passionate and committed to the DNC mission;
Energetic, enthusiastic, positive, and handles stress with a sense of humor and grace;
Understand campaigns and have good political judgment;
Collaborative and committed to empowering their peers and partners;
Willing to take initiative, solutions-oriented, and capable of juggling multiple priorities that may change quickly;
Creative, innovative, and forward thinking;
Tactful, poised, and diplomatic in interpersonal-relationships; and,
Capable of navigating and resolving conflict and disagreement.

This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

The DNC requires all employees to be "up to date" on COVID-19 vaccination status as prescribed by the CDC as a condition of employment, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law. If you seek a reasonable accommodation in relation to the DNC’s COVID-19 policy, you should speak to the HR team prior to reporting to an office location.

Benefits:

The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:

More than 30 days of paid time off, including Federal holidays, vacation, and personal days;
Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents;
90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee;
Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase;
Up to a 4% employer match DNC 401(k) plan;
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available to DNC employees and their dependents at no cost to staff;
Pre-tax Flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents.