Senior Policy Manager

• Employment Type: Full-Time; Non-Exempt
• Program Area: Policy
• Reports To: Chief of Staff
• Full-Time Salary Band: $82,000 - $100,000
• Location: Flex/Remote and In-Person in either Seattle, Vancouver, or Yakima Office

Preferred Application Deadline: November 6, 2026

ABOUT ONEAMERICA

OneAmerica (OA) organizes immigrant and refugee leaders and our allies in Washington State to build power in our communities and run campaigns that ensure immigrants are not only protected and can survive, but that immigrants can thrive and are equal, valued, and loved.

Established in 2001 by U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, we have since grown to become a locally and nationally recognized leader in advancing immigrant, civil, and human rights. Our family of organizations consists of OneAmerica (501(c)3), OneAmerica Votes (OA) (501(c)4), OneAmerica Votes Justice Fund (State PAC) , OneAmerica Votes Justice for All Fund (Federal PAC).

OA envisions a peaceful world where every person’s human rights and dignity are respected, where communities appreciate differences and stand together for justice and equality, and where each person contributes to the common good. All of our work is grounded in our Theory of Change and guided by the conviction that people directly impacted should lead our movement for justice because they are best equipped to create real solutions that build lasting power.

You'll be stepping into an organization in a strong position: 25 years of relationship-building and political credibility, stable and growing funding, and deeply committed leadership and staff. Immigrants are under attack nationally, and WA is where we push back, win, and actively model for the rest of the country what it looks like to fully include immigrants as part of the fabric of our communities.

This is a chance to be at the center of that fight: to lead a resistance movement inside an organization committed to long-term power building and real wins for immigrants in WA. For the right person, there is no more exciting or meaningful place to work.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Immigrants and refugees are facing significant political and policy threats. We are also at a moment where there are opportunities to advance meaningful protections and build a more inclusive future. Washington State is a critical place to defend our communities, win policy victories, and demonstrate what it means to fully include immigrants in the fabric of our democracy.

The Senior Policy Manager will play a central role in shaping and advancing OneAmerica’s policy agenda. This position combines deep policy analysis, strategic judgment, legislative advocacy, and relationship-building to advance policies that improve the lives of immigrant and refugee communities and strengthen a multiracial working-class.

Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the Senior Policy Manager will lead a portfolio of proactive and defensive policy priorities, with a primary focus on Washington State legislative and administrative advocacy and additional responsibility for monitoring federal developments and supporting targeted municipal campaigns.

This is a role for someone who can move fluidly between analyzing complex policy, identifying emerging opportunities and threats, developing and implementing strategic responses, and coordinating the people and partnerships needed to act. The Senior Policy Manager will have significant ownership over assigned policy portfolios, campaigns, coalitions, and projects, working closely with organizing, communications, organizational leadership, community partners, and contract lobbyists.

The Senior Policy Manager will also supervise a Policy Analyst, ensuring that policy analysis, legislative intelligence, lobbying, and community priorities translate into coordinated and effective advocacy.

WHAT YOU’LL LEAD

Policy Analysis, Development & Strategy

You will help shape OneAmerica’s policy agenda for our core campaign areas of immigrant defense and inclusion, childcare and education, and democracy reform by identifying opportunities to advance our mission, anticipating emerging threats, and developing clear, actionable recommendations.

Monitor and analyze legislation, administrative actions, agency policies, budgets, regulations, and emerging policy developments.

Track priority legislation and identify opportunities, threats, unintended consequences, and emerging attacks affecting immigrant and refugee communities.

Develop clear organizational analysis and strategic recommendations regarding policy positions, amendments, interventions, and potential responses.

Develop proactive policy proposals that materially improve conditions for immigrant and refugee communities and advance a broader multiracial working-class agenda.

Translate complex policy and legislative developments into accessible analysis for staff, members, partners, and organizational leadership.

State Legislative & Administrative Advocacy

You will lead and coordinate OneAmerica’s Washington State policy and legislative advocacy, helping move priorities from policy development through implementation.

Conduct deep policy analysis and participate in policy development from concept through implementation.

Engage state agencies on implementation, administrative policy, emerging questions, and opportunities for advocacy.

Along with the Chief of Staff, coordinate the work of OneAmerica’s contract lobbyists, ensuring lobbying priorities and activities align with organizational strategy, policy analysis, and community priorities.

Integrate legislative intelligence and political assessments from contract lobbyists with OneAmerica’s policy analysis, organizing priorities, and community perspective to inform legislative strategy and organizational decision-making.

Serve as the primary internal point of coordination for contract lobbyists, Policy staff, and relevant OA teams on legislative inquiries, partner requests, testimony, and other advocacy opportunities.

Set clear priorities and expectations for lobbyist engagement, monitor progress on priority legislation, and identify opportunities to adjust strategy in response to changing political conditions.

Help shape in-building legislative strategy for priority bills, including amendments, targets, negotiations, testimony, coalition strategy, and escalation.

Identify defensive threats early and recommend organizational responses.

Federal & Local Policy

You will help OneAmerica respond strategically to policy developments beyond the state level while identifying opportunities to advance change locally.

Monitor significant federal policy, regulatory, administrative, and legislative developments affecting immigrant and refugee communities.

Maintain relationships with relevant national advocacy organizations and federal policy partners.

Assess implications of federal developments for Washington communities.

Coordinate organizational engagement when federal action is warranted.

Support municipal policy advocacy on a strategic basis.

Provide policy support for local childcare campaigns and initiatives.

Help develop and support local campaigns that improve conditions for immigrants and refugees.

Provide policy analysis and technical assistance to organizing staff and community partners working on local advocacy.

Identify opportunities where local policy can serve as a model or pathway toward broader statewide change.

Community-Informed Policy Development

You will ensure that the experiences, expertise, and priorities of immigrant and refugee communities meaningfully shape OneAmerica’s policy agenda.

Translate complex policy questions into accessible language and concepts that enable meaningful participation by a diverse membership of immigrants and refugees.

Develop opportunities for members and community partners to provide input into policy priorities, proposals, and organizational positions.

Listen for how proposed policies would