Description
Status: Exempt (Temporary 2026 Cycle)
Reports to: VP of Campaigns
Location: Washington, D.C.
Union Position: No
Salary: $112,000-$120,000, commensurate with experience
Job Summary: The National Political Director is tasked with executing ECU’s federal and non-federal political, PAC and partnerships strategy. In this role, the Director will oversee staff at a variety of career and experience levels within the department. They will join a collaborative work environment and partner with ECU’s VP of Campaigns to ensure the organization continues increasing its political impact. This role is a temporary position through the 2026 election cycle (November 2026), with the potential to extend depending on organizational needs and budget.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Direct and track our political work with House, Senate and non-federal candidates and ballot initiatives, including endorsements, contributions, candidate services, events, and other efforts.
- Manage and mentor three political staff members day-to-day, ensuring they are set up to succeed in their roles.
- Coordinate regularly with campaign teams to manage updates, facilitate information flow, coordinate requests and ensure alignment across teams.Represent ECU publicly at meetings, candidate events, and occasionally in the press or on panels or other events.
- Engage as a senior level contributor to the political team to help set department short and long-term goals and priorities.
- Lead and manage weekly political strategy meetings, ensuring clear accountability, timelines, and executions across all priority campaigns and initiatives are met.
- Oversee and maintain comprehensive federal and non-federal budget tracking systems to align with organizational priorities.
- Operationalize the organization’s federal and non-federal process, ensuring timely execution, cross-team coordination, and alignment with ECU’s strategic priorities for the cycle.
- Provide critical election updates on a weekly basis.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications: The National Political Director must be a self-starter with at least three campaign cycles of experience, including two cycles in high-level campaign leadership positions. The ideal candidate will have an extensive background in political strategy and advocacy at the national or state level. A proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with key political stakeholders, as well as leading high-impact campaigns, is essential. Strong political acumen and the ability to navigate complex political landscapes are crucial for success in this role. The candidate should also possess strong leadership abilities, with experience managing teams and collaborating across departments to drive organizational goals. The Director must be aligned with our commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and empowered. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to apply, as diversity strengthens our team and drives innovation.
Employee Benefits: End Citizens United offers a competitive benefits package, including health insurance (there are many health plans available that are fully employer paid, and Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, STD, & LTD plans are fully employer paid), reimbursement for your cell phone bill up to $100 a month, and an IRA with up to 3% of salary matched.
Job Location: This is a remote position, but the National Political Director must be located in the DMV area and have the ability to attend meetings and events in Washington, D.C., on a daily basis. Regular work-related travel is required, including but not limited to, bi-monthly in-person All Staff gatherings in Washington D.C.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter through our website. No calls please.
End Citizen United’s Mission: End Citizens United is the leading electoral organization dedicated to fixing our democracy, getting big money out of politics and protecting the right to vote. We are a grassroots movement made up of millions of supporters across the country dedicated to fighting corruption from Washington to Wall Street to State Capitals. Over the past 10 years, the organization has grown from a start-up to an established force that is driving change across the country. We have raised over $230 million to fight back against the powerful special interests and have over 1.4 million individual donors. This grassroots power has changed the face of the pro-democracy movement and helped respond to the ever-increasing corruption, attacks on democracy, and voter suppression that we see in our country. Over the past five cycles, we have helped elect over 700 candidates up and down the ballot. These leaders have kept reform efforts at the top of the agenda and pushed forward on impactful policies. Over the coming years, we will continue combatting big money in politics, voter suppression, and corruption, both federally and at the state level, through organizing, electoral work, research and messaging, and legislative advocacy.
End Citizens United is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multicultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply. ECU’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or disability, or any other legally protected basis. ECU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in the hiring process and on the job, as required by applicable law.
Note: At the end of this application we include several optional questions about your identity. These questions are completely optional and will not be used to make specific hiring decisions, but rather to help us make sure we're building a diverse pool of candidates in the initial stages of the process. Your responses are kept separate from the rest of your application and are not shared outside of our human resources team.
