Vice President, Government Affairs (Marketing)

Job Classification:

Marketing & Communications - Communications

At PGIM, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join PGIM, you'll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world's leading financial services institutions.

The Vice President, PGIM Government Affairs is responsible for planning, representing, and executing key components of PGIM's government relations strategies and will represent the PGIM's interests on priority asset management public policy issues at the independent regulators, Capitol Hill and within the executive branch. The incumbent will also be an integral member of the team in representing PGIM's interests with key third parties such as industry associations, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, etc. This position reports to PGIM's Vice President and Head of Government Affairs. The position is based in Washington, DC and is an individual contributor role. This role will serve as the representative of PGIM interests in Washington.

What you'll do:

• Leverage experience and relationships to advocate constructively and effectively on behalf of PGIM'S public policy agenda.
• Maintain an established bi-partisan network of key external policymakers/influencers in Congress, Agencies, industry, associations, and third-party entities to amplify the company's advocacy efforts.
• Collaborate with internal partners to drive a federal policy issue portfolio enabling effective and clear advocacy strategies across stakeholders.
• Communicate in a timely, effective, and professional manner with internal colleagues and executives regarding legislative/regulatory/policy issue developments that may impact our businesses, corporate functions and/or customers to ensure an opportunity to influence outcomes Coordinate all efforts effectively with Prudential External Affairs and PGIM executives in a high performing, collaborative team environment.
• Strategically manage outside lobbyists, trade association resources and political action committee contributions to achieve the PGIM's legislative and regulatory goals.

What you'll need:

• A minimum of seven years of relevant government affairs and/or government experience.
• Expert familiarity with the financial services regulatory processes, Capitol Hill, and policymakers (and their staffs) on both sides of the aisle.
• Demonstrated substantive policy experience in key asset management policy areas, including but not limited to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation, systemic risk, housing finance and fixed income markets.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish rapport and credibility with key individuals and to build, maintain and leverage a broad network of contacts.
• Have executive presence and an ability to effectively interact with business and corporate partners, senior executives, and leading public policy leaders with candor and under minimal supervision.
• Must have a keen sense of meeting and interpersonal dynamics and ability to “read the room” and react/adjust according to audience.
• Must be a strategic thinker/planner and creative problem solver with demonstrated ability to conceive and execute plans/proposals.
• Superior leadership skills, with the ability to drive initiatives across internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated strong persuasion and negotiating skills.
• Superior analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong commitment to teamwork with proven ability to work collaboratively across team, departmental and industry “boundaries”.
• Proven ability to drive an agenda to achieve successful policy outcomes that support business and corporate goals.
• Strong organizational skills. Able to manage multiple long and short- term projects with overlapping deadlines.
• Highly self-motivated work ethic, must demonstrate sound judgement, trustworthiness, initiative, and an ability to manage multiple issues with a sense of urgency.
• Bachelor's degree.
   

It would be a plus if you had:

• A track record of effective advocacy experience in an in-house corporate or trade association environment.
• SEC, Treasury, private credit and/or housing finance regulatory experience
• Law degree.

What we offer you:

Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $200,000.00 to $270,500.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.