KAP 2026-2027 American Governance Program Manager Foundation for American Innovation

• Program Ownership: You will work closely with every member of the American Governance team to oversee project development and implementation facilitate new relationships and strengthen existing ones and provide general shot-spotting for the teams goals.
• Team Coordination: You will track the teams progress on multiple projects of varying durations and intensity and ensure clarity and accountability from team members. It will be your responsibility to ensure that the team members carry out their responsibilities and that everything happens when it should.
• Cross-Team Coordination: You will be the teams main representative to FAIs other departments working with Growth to raise money for your team Operations to facilitate team budgeting and administrative compliance and External Relations to promote your teams work and plan events.
• Stakeholder Engagement: You will support external relationships with policymakers donors and coalition partners by managing meeting prep follow-ups and CRM hygiene.
• Grant and Impact Tracking: You will help ensure that grant deliverables are met on time and assist in measuring and communicating the impact of your teams work.

You will be a good fit if you are:

• Proactive: You see what should happen next and you execute. You dont wait to be told what to do. You can prioritize projects in line with broader goals scope them tightly and keep them on schedule. You are comfortable pushing back when proposed work is poorly defined or of low value.
• Collaborative: You know how to situate yourself within a team and are comfortable acting as a conduit between internal and external stakeholders. You are a clear and responsive communicator with strong writing skills. You have a proven record of making others more effective.
• Focused on the Details:You notice opportunities and errors before anyone else and have a constant eye for how things can be improved. You understand the minutiae of your teams policy priorities relationships and deliverables.
• Situationally Aware:You have a working knowledge of Washington DC and the policy-making process. You are aware of the main factions and schools of thought in major policy debates. You dont need to be an expert in your teams policy issues but you are eager to learn more and start carefully following the discussion across both DC and the tech industry.
• Excited about FAIs Mission: You are enthusiastic about FAIs mission of aligning technology with human ends to forge a more perfect union between innovation and the American republic and especially about the American Governance teams role in that mission.