Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!
The Legislative & Federal Affairs Director is responsible for translating our position and business objectives into government affairs strategies and actions. This role will serve as a recognized leader internally and externally within the federal affairs arena. Directing and carrying out initiatives to advance our strategic objectives on federal issues is a key to success!
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Helps lead and execute a legislative strategy for Williams advocacy priorities, on Capitol Hill, and within key states
- Establishes and cultivates relationships with federal government leaders, policymakers, and regulatory agencies, meeting with them on a regular basis to represent our position on issues, influence relevant policies and regulations, and enhance our reputation
- Engages federal officials, peers, and influencers to educate them about our industry and our business while cultivating strategic partnerships for the company
- Provides updates to management on legislative developments; assists with developing and translating our position; outlines mitigation or management responses
- Leads company in trade association position development on federal policy issues
- Coordinates and collaborates with colleagues across the federal, state, local, and public outreach team to achieve meaningful, measurable business impacts
- Balances various projects/assignments simultaneously
- Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree; minimum eight (8) years’ experience in federal affairs
- Preferred: Master’s or legal degree; minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in federal affairs
Other Requirements:
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Understanding of energy and environmental policy
- Willingness and ability to collaborate across teams
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills
- Prior work on natural gas infrastructure projects
- Previous experience working on trade associate committees and interdisciplinary teams
- Previous experience presenting policy positions in industry, legislative, and regulatory settings
- Preferred: Extensive work on sophisticated infrastructure projects; leadership experience in trade association work and experience leading a team
Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
- Competitive compensation
- Annual incentive program
- Hybrid work model - one to two work from home days each week for most office-based roles
- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
- Wellness Program with annual rewards
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Robust employee learning and development
- High internal mobility (we promote from within)
- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
- Domestic partner benefits
- Educational reimbursement
- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
- Employee resource groups
- Employee assistance programs
- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.
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What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel.
We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future.
Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
