LET’S BREAK DOWN THAT DAY-IN-THE-LIFE A BIT MORE.

Policy Stakeholders:

• Identify, engage, cultivate and nurture strong, positive relationships with policy stakeholder groups that support VF’s business objectives and policy positions, including multilateral institutions, intragovernmental and quasi-government organizations, trade associations, and others.

Engagement Strategy:

• Lead a regular, collaborative stakeholder analysis and policy mapping to pinpoint key stakeholders’ positions, interests, and the potential to align on advocacy opportunities.
• Proficiently understand key external stakeholder goals and strategies, determining if stakeholder objectives and platforms align with or are opposed to VF’s business goals and policy positions.
• Develop and implement engagement and partnership strategies relating to key policy topics.
• Participate in external task forces, working groups, committees, advisory groups, and other forums to represent the organization’s interests and perspectives along with VF’s policy positions.
• Represent VF at key events.

Relationship Management:

• Act as external point-of-contact for VF with identified stakeholders.
• Oversee, in collaboration with VF’s subject matter experts and the VF corporate communications team, the development of identified stakeholder engagement strategies and managing ongoing relationships with critical stakeholder groups and associations.
• Coordinate outreach and representation with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and information exchange.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and facilitator, bringing together various perspectives and guiding discussions toward actionable outcomes that support VF’s priorities.

Communication and Coordination:

• Develop and maintain collateral, one pagers, resource and reference material including policy statements/guides, talking points, presentations, advocacy materials.
• Drive internal alignment through a collaborative engagement with internal teams, departments, and project managers to support stakeholder engagement needs for various initiatives.

Monitoring & Reporting:

• Develop and implement methods for measuring effectiveness of engagement.
• Monitor, track, and report on stakeholder engagement activities and their impact on VF.
• Analyze stakeholder feedback to identify key findings, recommend solutions, and inform future strategies.
• Maintain accurate records of stakeholder engagement activities in our centralized database or system.

SPECIAL PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Up to 25% travel by air and overnight (domestic and international), as required.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

A day in the life of a Manager, Government Affairs & Policy Stakeholder Management at VF looks a little like this.
The Manager of Policy Stakeholder Partnerships plays a crucial role in building and maintaining positive relationships with key external stakeholders to achieve VF’s policy goals and objectives. This role involves developing and implementing stakeholder engagement strategies, fostering communication, and considering stakeholder input informs VF policy positions and key external stakeholder strategies.