Senior Director Government Relations
1 survey report in the CompShop directory benchmarks Senior Director Government Relations pay from Empsight. Open any report below for scope, methodology, and pricing.
Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises staff and promotes and advances the interests of the organization at the Federal, State or international levels, in a consolidated structure, to shape emerging issues and to enable it to operate in its various markets without undue legislation, regulation, or taxation restriction. Responsible for organizing and staffing the combined government relations department with skilled professionals. May engage consultants, lobbyists and other specialists as required to attain the overall government relations objectives. Depending on the organization’s structure positions may be based at Headquarters or in Washington D.C. Typically a degree in a discipline such as government or communications and government relations / lobbying experience in a large complex organization.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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- Compensation for Senior Director Government Relations varies by industry, region, company size, and revenue. Most surveys above publish cuts on those dimensions. Industry-specific surveys (healthcare, tech, financial services, etc.) typically report meaningfully different ranges than cross-industry surveys for the same role.
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