Office of Strategy & Innovation Project Manager

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Position Summary: 

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) seeks experienced project managers to join the Office of Strategy and Innovation (OSI). The OSI is led by seasoned campaign practitioners, managing a team dedicated to crafting strategies for winning and maintaining Democratic majorities through comprehensive planning, coalition building, strategic research, and infrastructure innovation. Project Managers will play a pivotal role in collecting and leveraging data to inform strategic decision-making, ensuring the DNC’s approaches are guided by empirical insights and targeted analysis to foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Responsibilities: 

• Innovation + Experimentation: Test new ideas and technologies and organizational approaches, evaluating their impact and scalability. Apply best practices and tested model voter contact and coalition community programs to plan content, as applicable.
• Model Programs: Create replicable, researched voter contact programs for the coalitions program, to produce tested camera-ready art, scripts and content for Coordinated Campaigns.
• Organizing Design: Develop year-round organizing frameworks to build sustained voter engagement in concert with other DNC Departments.
• Best Practices: Document and disseminate information regarding successful tactics and methodologies within the party and among the progressive ecosystem.
• Critical Path Management: Develop and maintain the strategic roadmap for the DNC’s strategic plan and the Coordinated Campaign program.
• Strategic Planning: Coordinate strategic planning for elections including ongoing special elections; the 2026 mid-terms and longer-term efforts, including 2028 and 10-year strategic plan scenarios.
• Plan Development: Write detailed, actionable plans for national and state coordinated campaigns utilizing the DNC modeled requirements.
• Progress Monitoring and Dashboard Development: Track and assess DNC program and state coordinated campaign performance to provide regular reports and insights.
• Campaign Tools: Identify, curate and lift up tools for cutting-edge campaign management and outreach practice.
• State Party Strategy: Collaborate on a 57-state strategy, facilitating tailored approaches to unique local contexts.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Organize materials for meetings with the national campaign committees, consultants, coalition leaders, labor/other allies, and partners.
• Developing Educational + Pitch Documents: Work with OSI leaders to craft presentations.
• Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in campaign strategy, planning and on-the-ground execution of field and voter contact programs.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and project management skills.
• Exceptional writing, research, and organizational skills.
• Ability to balance strategic vision and practical implementation.
• Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable strategies.
• Creative problem-solving and strategic thinking skills.
• Technical expertise with voter files, polling, and spreadsheets.
• Multi-tasking in fast paced environments.

Travel: The Office of Strategy & Innovation Project Manager position will require travel, which could be up to 15% of the time.

Salary: The starting salary for the Office of Strategy & Innovation Project Manager position is $120,000, on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends.  This position is in the bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local-500.

Due to federal campaign finance rules, only U.S. citizens or U.S. green card holders are eligible for this role. See 52 U.S.C. 30