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The role

As a Senior Manager, Public Policy, you'll be a key leader on our Policy and Government Affairs team, responsible for helping to shape and execute SoFi's policy strategy, proactively identifying and analyzing relevant legislative developments, and advocating for our priorities with U.S. policymakers. Your strong collaboration with business, product, legal, and risk teams will ensure our strategies align with the evolving policy landscape. Building strong external and internal relationships and effectively representing SoFi's policy positions will be critical to our success. This role reports to the Director, Policy and Government Affairs.

What you'll do

• Policy Strategy & Priority Setting: Collaborate with business unit, product, legal, regulatory affairs, and risk teams to identify public policy risks and opportunities. Support the development of public policy priorities that align to SoFi’s strategic priorities, supported by Return on Investment (ROI) analysis. Primary early focus will be on digital assets and student lending.
• Legislative Engagement & Advocacy: Advance SoFi’s policy objectives via direct engagement with government officials and staff.
• Policy Advisory & Education: Provide strategic advice and education to internal teams on emerging policy and legislative developments affecting SoFi. This role is central to building our public policy operations as well as advocating for our objectives across digital assets, student lending, and other policy areas.
• Public Policy Monitoring: Continuously monitor ongoing public policy matters that could impact efforts across the financial technology sector to ensure SoFi remains ahead of market developments.
• Compliance Collaboration: Work closely with legal, regulatory affairs, and compliance teams on the effective implementation of policy compliance requirements across SoFi.
• Coalition Building: Represent SoFi in relevant policy and business coalitions to amplify advocacy efforts, ensuring representation across relevant industry groups.
• Thought Leadership: Promote SoFi’s thought leadership through various industry and government forums. Secure speaking roles at high-profile policy focused conferences and events.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience in public policy, regulatory affairs, or government affairs. Ideally, this includes time at a government, congressional office, or regulatory agency and within a fintech, payments, or financial services company's government affairs or public policy team.
• Deep working knowledge of fintech and/or financial services, especially in rapidly scaling environments.
• Strong grasp of financial services policy, including digital assets, student lending, and home mortgages, coupled with proven expertise in political and government affairs tactics and strategies.
• Adept at identifying complex policy issues and translating them into actionable advice within a clear, analytical framework.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with and advise senior management.
• Exceptional communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to build and foster strong relationships as a natural connector.
• Advanced degree (Law, Public Policy, Political Science, or related field) preferred.
• Self-starting and self-motivated.

Compensation and Benefits

The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.

To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

SoFi is committed to embracing diversity. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com.

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Internal Employees

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