• Develop and execute advocacy strategies, to support company goals. • Advise business leadership on legislative, regulatory, and political developments that influence relevant jurisdictions or policy areas. • Builds and manages effective relationships with government officials, policymakers, regulatory agencies, trade associations, and other external stakeholders. • Demonstrating familiarity with state legislative and regulatory processes and politics. • Negotiates legislative, regulatory and public policy positions in adversarial situations and represents the company before specific State legislatures and high level regulators. • Navigates and resolves routine issues and risks within the political environment; identifies and escalates those outside of scope as appropriate. • Supports the growth and retention of large State procurements for assigned region/states as they pertain to Medicaid and the Public Sector. • Addresses critical matters related to the legislative and regulatory environment, including rate and product issues related to commercial insurance, Medicaid, State budget and appropriations matters. • Manages external consultants, contractors, and/or vendors supporting policy and government affairs objectives, overseeing daily work product and performance management.