Office of Strategy & Innovation Project Manager

About Democratic National Committee

We’re hiring! Are you fired up to elect Democrats up and down the ticket?

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. 30121; 11 C.F.R. 110.20(i).

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

Benefits:

• The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:
• Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave
• Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
• Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
• Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan
• Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents