Director of Government Affairs
PrizePicks is looking for a Director of Government Affairs to help lead advocacy efforts with legislators and key stakeholders around issues related to daily fantasy sports, gaming, and sports and entertainment. This is a high-impact role for a thoughtful, driven professional who is passionate about great consumer products and public policies that support consumer choice. It reports into the VP of Public Affairs.
As the face of PrizePicks, the Director of Government Affairs will ensure state legislators, regulators, governors, and attorneys general in their jurisdictions understand and are champions for the company's customers and business. The role involves developing legislative and regulatory strategy and engagement in assigned jurisdictions, managing external firms and lobbyists, and collaborating closely with comms, legal, product, and marketing teams to tell the PrizePicks story and support the user community.
- As the face of PrizePicks, ensure state legislators, regulators, governors, and attorneys general in your jurisdictions understand and are champions for our customers and business.
- Convert allies into champions, undecideds into friends, and find ways to work with those who don’t see eye to eye while engaging with 3rd party stakeholders, peers, and competitors across the broader gaming ecosystem.
- Lead legislative and regulatory strategy development and engagement in your jurisdictions.
- Keep internal company stakeholders informed on progress toward company goals.
- Work closely with comms, legal, product, and marketing teams to tell the PrizePicks story and support our user community.
- Manage a roster of external firms and lobbyists, ensuring every resource is used for maximum impact and efficiency.
- Attend frequent stakeholder meetings, political organization conferences, and industry and relationship building events.
- 5+ years of experience in policy, government, and/or campaign roles (required).
- Strong grasp of politics, media and comms, the legislative process and familiarity with tech, consumer apps, and gaming issues (required).
- Ability to distill complex competitive and policy dynamics into short, high impact, politically attuned messaging for both internal and external audiences (required).
- Exceptional interpersonal skills for quickly forging connections and building relationships, both internal and external (required).
- Aptitude for finding creative ways to secure wins in rapidly changing environments across multiple jurisdictions (required).
- Conviction that there’s always a way through and the persistence to keep adapting until you find the right solution (required).
- Ability to pass key personnel submissions and background checks as part of gaming licenses (required).
- Competitive mindset and a passion for making sure consumers have access to innovative new options (required).
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Annual bonus.
- Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!).
- Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits.
- Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked.
- Company-wide in-person events and team outings.
- Lifestyle enhancement program.
- Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options).
- Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development.
PrizePicks is a daily fantasy sports operator headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its app lets players predict whether athletes will beat or fall short of projected statistics, and it has added prediction-market contracts regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In January 2026 the lottery and gaming group Allwyn completed the purchase of a 62.3% majority stake, with PrizePicks continuing as a standalone brand.