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Organization Overview

America Votes works year-round to build a more representative democracy, strengthen every American's right to vote, and win elections in key states.

America Votes leads a robust, growing coalition of more than 400 progressive organizations across the country, building coordinated plans and executing shared strategies to win elections. America Votes provides a range of services to partners, including strategic planning, advocacy and electoral campaign coordination, data tools and targeting services, and on-the-ground leadership in states.

For more than 20 years, America Votes has been the common link between many of the most influential and impactful issue and membership organizations in the country, serving as the coordination hub of the progressive community. America Votes' work has brought together a wide range of causes and built a unified coalition that has transformed how the progressive community works. Together, America Votes and its partners have engaged communities across the country to act on critical issues - from fighting for working families, to defending reproductive freedom, to protecting the environment, and more - and mobilized millions of voters.

Racial Equity Statement

As a leader of collaborative efforts to mobilize voters, protect voting rights, and win elections, America Votes is committed to advancing racial equity within our organization and across our coalition. We acknowledge the systematic racism that permeates all facets of our society, including the right to vote. America Votes is also engaging with an understanding of the ways gender, sexuality and other forms of oppression intersect with race and how those relationships impact inequities our staff, our partners, and the communities that we engage in our work face.

America Votes strives to model our commitment to racial equity through our internal and external operations, programs, and partnerships. We acknowledge the inequitable structures that continue to exist and are moving forward with a sustained commitment in time, resources and people to challenge structural racism and work towards creating a reflective organization and democracy.

Position Description

America Votes is looking for a passionate and well-organized State Support Director to join our Data Support team for the 2026 cycle and beyond.

The State Support Director will be responsible for managing two State Support Analysts in directly supporting the data and reporting needs of non-core America Votes states, as well as supporting the growth of our in-state Data Directors. They will report to the Data Support Director and work closely with them to align their work with organizational priorities.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about using data to inform decision making, winning elections, and building relationships. They will also have strong project organization and management skills, a deep desire for serving the coalition, and a belief in investing in and building talent.

Position Responsibilities

• Manage the States Support Analysts: Directly manage the states support analysts, offering coaching, workload management, and professional development opportunities and trainings
• Oversee state support: Build and maintain a process that supports the data needs across multiple states and races that is transparent, sustainable, and flexible - leading on creating and implementing a multi-state support model. This includes maintaining communication with key stakeholders (state directors and networks & partnerships team) to ensure all data needs are being met in a timely and accurate manner- and work to get and maintain buy-in on these processes.
• Support State Data Directors: Create, implement, and maintain processes and resources to support SDDs in their work, have 1:1s with SDDs to support in rolling out new processes, own the weekly SDD call and newsletter, and create plans for upskilling SDDs based on priorities from above, including supporting campaign-focused analysis and resource creation
• Other responsibilities as needed by partners and stakeholders, including but not limited to filling in support gaps and working with national partners who are running program across multiple states.

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Person and Project Management experience: Strong leadership and prioritization abilities, experience managing under pressure and under time crunches (e.g. election season), experience advocating for the needs of those they manage and assessing capacity. Experience managing a project or product to completion along multiple levels, track capacity across many tracks and verticals, and experience creating systems to check in and ensure buy in
• Strong communication and collaboration across multiple stakeholders: ability to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders and partners and clearly communicate capacity with enthusiasm and passion for the work
• Campaign Analytics and VAN Experience: experience working as a data analyst on a political campaign in some capacity doing cycle work, including strong SQL and advanced sheets capability. Experience as a VAN admin in some capacity.
• A commitment to progressive values (REI and diversity)

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced analyst experience: Experience as a strong analyst - using more advanced languages/techniques
• Agile experience/knowledge of scrum/standup techniques: Ability to implement Agile principles in their planning/project prioritization/team management
• Electoral data management experience: Experience managing data staff in an electoral/progressive capacity
• Coalition experience: experience working in a coalition or coalition-like setting, with multiple stakeholders from different backgrounds

Location

This position is remote.

Compensation

The salary for this position will be $95.000. America Votes offers a competitive benefits package covering 100% of employee medical, dental, & vision insurance premiums, life insurance, long term disability coverage, monthly cell phone reimbursement, personal professional development funds, parental leave, and 401 (K) after four months of continuous service with the organization. America Votes provides a generous paid time off policy with paid vacation, unlimited sick and safe leave, paid personal days, at least 10 Federal paid holidays including Juneteenth, as well as paid organizational time off from at least December 23 to January 1.

To Apply

Please submit a copy of your resume, a cover letter and three references to the application form.

If you experience any technical difficulties with our application form, please email [email protected]. Please note that only applications received through the application form will be considered; please do not email us your application materials.

America Votes is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. America Votes does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under local, state or federal law. People of color, LGBTQ candidates, individuals with disabilities, and neurodivergent individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.