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Director of Grassroots Operations, Texas

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Hiring Remotely in Texas, USA
65K-90K Annually
Senior level
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Hiring Remotely in Texas, USA
65K-90K Annually
Senior level
Leads Texas grassroots operations, strategy, and field execution for public policy initiatives. Oversees recruiting, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and development for a multi-layered team. Develops volunteer engagement and advocacy tactics, manages voter and advocate targeting, ensures data integrity and legal compliance, and coordinates with policy, electoral, training, vendors, and coalition partners. The role also drives measurable outcomes, tool adoption, reporting, and statewide community impact.
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Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is the premier grassroots organization focused on advocating solutions to the country’s greatest challenges. We recognize that tens of millions of Americans are frustrated with the extreme partisanship in government that keeps common-sense reforms from being passed, and instead seek to stand with policy leaders who are committed to finding a better way. 
 
Americans for Prosperity is part of the Stand Together philanthropic community. 

The Director of Grassroots Operations (DOGO) is a senior leader on the state leadership team responsible for building, scaling, and optimizing AFP’s grassroots field capability and plays a critical part in developing talent, executing grassroots strategy, and driving community impact. 

You are a people leader and oversee the full grassroots talent lifecycle—from recruiting and onboarding to coaching, performance management, and long-term development—while ensuring your team delivers high-impact results across events, volunteer activation, and policy engagement. 

This role will be working in the field and be based in Texas. 

How You Will Contribute:

    • Design and execute statewide grassroots strategies to advance aligned public policy and deliver measurable outcomes across key priority initiatives 

    • Lead, coach, and supervise a multi-layered grassroots team and ensure field activities (events, canvassing, outreach) are legally compliant and operationally sound 

    • Help your team develop their individual abilities and strengths that can make a meaningful impact for the organization   

    • Develop a portfolio of field tactics to drive volunteer engagement, advocacy, and community impact 

    • Own the data strategy for grassroots execution, including voter/advocate universe creation and targeting while also ensuring data integrity  

    • Partner with internal teams (Electoral Strategy, Policy, Strategy & Operations, Education & Training), vendors, and coalition partners to align grassroots efforts with broader organizational goals and national efforts 

    • Partner with leadership to deliver measurable outcomes across key priority initiatives 

    • Collaborate with data and implementation teams to support targeting, reporting, and field execution 

    • Own the full field employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, development, and offboarding and build and maintain a strong hiring pipeline across grassroots roles within your state 

    • Drive adoption and proficiency of internal knowledge systems (expense management, CRM, grassroots tools) 

What You Will Bring:

    • A deep belief in people-empowering, bottom-up, public policy solutions that limit the coercive nature of government and empower individuals to pursue their American Dream 

    • Leadership skills! We need someone with proven experience supervising large, multi-layered teams and the humility to embrace our growth-focused culture. 

    • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute grassroots campaigns, large public policy events, and community engagement strategies.  

    • A deep understanding of the local, state, and national electoral and public policy landscape, the legislative process, and grassroots communities   

    • Comfort working with data systems, reporting tools, and performance tracking  

    • Experience working with CRM’s and/or voter management systems like i360  

    • Comfort and confidence working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment independent of direct supervision or direction. We need a go-getter who can figure out how to overcome new and unique challenges!  

    • The ability to travel at least 25% of the time and a valid driver’s license.  

    • Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect. 

What We Offer:

    • Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace. 

    • A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,400 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges. 

    • Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents. 

    • Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive. 

Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   
 
We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success.  That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.

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