Regional Director for State Campaigns & Programs
Job Description Job TitleRegional DirectorReports ToExecutive Vice President for State Campaigns & Programs (EVP States)Salary$133,232 - $191,521Direct ReportsFourLocationRemotePosition StatusFull-time, ExemptPosting DateJuly 23, 2026
Regional Director for State Campaigns & Programs
About the Role
Reporting to the Executive Vice President for State Campaigns & Programs ("EVP States"), the Regional Director serves as the senior leader responsible for providing strategic leadership, supervision, and partnership to All Voting Is Local's State Directors across the organization's state programs.
The Regional Director develops senior leaders, ensures alignment across states, strengthens cross-functional collaboration, and represents the organization in national and regional strategic spaces. The role serves as a key thought partner to the EVP States, helping translate organizational priorities into coordinated state strategies while ensuring state teams have the leadership, support, and resources needed to execute effectively.
This position works across both All Voting and AVL Action.
Core Role Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & State Program Oversight
Lead and supervise State Directors
- Directly supervise and coach a team of State Directors, providing strategic guidance, executive-level support, and accountability.
- Serve as a thought partner to State Directors as they navigate complex political environments, coalition dynamics, campaign strategy, organizational growth, and team leadership of the Democracy Defense Managers (DDMs) and Campaign Managers (CMs) who report to them.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, shared learning, and continuous leadership development across all state programs.
Strengthen state program excellence
- Ensure consistency in leadership practices, planning, execution, and evaluation across state programs while allowing flexibility for state-specific strategies.
- Help State Directors identify emerging opportunities, risks, and strategic pivots throughout election and legislative cycles.
- Support directors in making high-impact decisions involving campaign priorities, coalition strategy, staffing, and resource allocation.
Organizational Strategy and Cross Functional Leadership
Drive alignment across departments
- Partner closely with Communications, Policy & Analytics, Development, Operations, and the Senior Leadership Team to ensure state work advances organizational priorities.
- Translate national organizational priorities into coordinated state-level implementation.
- Identify opportunities for cross-state collaboration and shared strategies.
Advance organizational priorities
- Help establish department priorities, annual goals, and operational plans.
- Identify organizational gaps and recommend improvements to systems, processes, and collaboration.
- Lead department-wide initiatives that strengthen consistency and effectiveness across all state programs.
Coalition Leadership & External Representation
Represent All Voting Is Local nationally
- Serve as a senior organizational representative in national and regional democracy coalitions, partner convenings, funder meetings, and strategic tables.
- Build and maintain relationships with key coalition partners, movement organizations, and allied stakeholders.
- Represent the States & Campaigns department in cross-organizational initiatives and collaborative campaigns.
Strengthen movement partnerships
- Help identify opportunities for deeper collaboration across the democracy ecosystem.
- Coordinate multi-state partnerships and support strategic alignment with national allies.
- Serve as a trusted external ambassador for the organization.
Campaign Strategy & State Support
- Partner with State Directors to develop sophisticated campaign strategies that combine legislative advocacy, communications, and coalition building.
- Help evaluate campaign effectiveness and identify opportunities to scale success