Rohit for Atlanta: Deputy Campaign Manager

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Deputy Campaign Manager will serve as the operational and strategic leader of the campaign—directing all day-to-day operations, staffing the candidate, managing a multi-tiered team, tracking core staff, and ensuring all moving parts align with the overall campaign plan and values. This is a senior leadership position that requires deep familiarity with Atlanta’s political landscape, experience coordinating across departments, and comfort juggling intense timelines with clarity and confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Candidate Management & Scheduling

• Serve as the candidate’s primary point of contact responsible for the day-to-day activities and scheduling

• Develop and maintain a weekly and monthly schedule aligned with field, fundraising, and media priorities (earned and paid)

• Create the schedule for staffing call time, major meetings, and key campaign events

• Ensure the candidate is prepared, briefed, and aligned with message for every engagement

Strategic Campaign Oversight

• Lead execution of the campaign plan, including fundraising, field, communications, and mail programs

• Oversee a Field Director responsible for executing a robust direct voter contact program and constituency outreach program

• Manage the execution of a 200,000-piece direct mail program (several flights) with external vendors

• Track, coordinate and oversee weekly and monthly goals with staff, consultants and vendors

Team Leadership & Staff Management

• Foster a values-aligned, disciplined, high-performing team culture

• Manage and facilitate weekly staff meetings and individual check-ins to assess the needs of the campaign and coach staff

• Manage staff and consultants in carrying out work plans in support of advancing the goals included in the campaign plan

Fundraising Oversight

• Work with the Finance Director to meet a $600k fundraising goal

• Staff and prep the candidate for fundraising calls, meetings, and events

• Support donor cultivation plan and ensure timely follow-up from candidate and team

• Work with Campaign Advisor and Campaign Lead to monitor and track progress against weekly and monthly fundraising benchmarks

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain high-level relationships with labor unions, elected officials, movement leaders, institutional allies, and donors

• Work with the Field Director to manage the campaign’s engagement across several key committees:

• Students and Youth

• Community & Faith Committee

• Small Business Committee

• Kitchen Cabinet (Senior Advisors & Surrogates)

• Faith-based communities

• Facilitate internal and external alignment between these constituency groups and the campaign’s core strategy