Senior Political Director, Reproductive Rights

Core responsibilities:

• Lead political strategy, implementation, and impact of SiX Repro's Policy Team, including legislative strategy for the Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council (RFLC)
• Develop and execute proactive and defensive legislative strategies tailored to varied state contexts, informed by substantive expertise in post-Dobbs abortion policy
• Provide senior-level political judgment and direction in fast-moving, high-stakes moments, making strategic calls about when to advance, pause, or disengage
• Oversee implementation of core program activities including technical assistance, legislator briefings, convenings, and rapid-response interventions

This role creates positive change by empowering state legislators to advance reproductive health, rights, and justice across all 50 states, building progressive governing power to secure an equitable, resilient, healthy, and prosperous future for every person in the United States.

Required skills and experience:

• Proven experience working inside and alongside state lawmakers, with fluency both 'inside and outside the dome' including working in chambers and with legislative caucuses and committees
• Demonstrated experience managing complex coalitions and partnerships in reproductive health, rights, and justice or adjacent progressive policy space
• Experience managing and developing senior staff, with a track record of setting direction, providing feedback, and holding teams accountable in complex political environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to articulate political strategy, legislative context, and program impact for fundraising and external engagement

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary: $145,000
• Comprehensive benefits including generous healthcare options for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Retirement match
• Flexible schedule
• Substantial leave including August and December breaks and holiday schedules

The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) is a 501(c)(3) policy, strategy, and resource center for progressive state legislators that empowers, emboldens, and equips them to build and wield progressive governing power by providing tools to shape impactful public policy and building their capacity to lead with their constituents.