Government Affairs Manager Job at Harbinger Motors, Garden Grove, CA

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  • Harbinger Motors
  • Garden Grove, CA

Job Description

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbingers best-in-class team of EV battery and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form Revolutionary Foundation.

The Role

As the Government Affairs Manager you will be the primary architect of Harbingers relationship with local state and federal government entities. You will navigate the complex landscape of electric vehicle (EV) sales and incentives vehicle and battery regulations and infrastructure policy to ensure our technology reaches the road faster. This role isnt just about monitoring legislation; its about actively shaping the policies that will define the next generation of advanced American manufacturing battery technology and commercial electrification.

What Youll Do:

  • Policy Advocacy: Develop and execute a comprehensive legislative and regulatory strategy to promote Harbingers interests focusing on vehicle electrification vehicle and manufacturing incentives and energy policy.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain high-level relationships with members of Congress the Department of Transportation (DOT) the Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Defense (DOD) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as state-level agencies like the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
  • Coalition Building: Represent Harbinger in trade associations and industry working groups to amplify our voice on issues including charging infrastructure and vehicle incentive programs.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the Sales and Engineering teams to develop company positions and provide regulatory intelligence that informs product roadmaps and procurement bids.

Who You Are:

  • Experience: 58 years of experience in government relations public policy or legislative affairs preferably within the automotive transportation or clean energy sectors. Knowledge of government procurement highly preferred.
  • Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of the automotive medium-duty vehicle clean energy and/or transportation market and the specific regulatory hurdles facing EV startups.
  • Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex technical specs (chassis architecture battery chemistry ADAS) into compelling policy narratives for non-technical officials.
  • Travel: Willingness to travel for on-site meetings with government officials and industry groups.
  • Network: An existing network of contacts within key regulatory bodies and relevant governmental bodies particularly in California.

Key Benefits & Perks:

  • Comprehensive Health Dental & Vision (HDV) 100% employee covered
  • Early-stage Stock Options
  • Robust Retirement Savings (401k HSA FSA)
  • Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
  • Annual Vacation Bonus
  • Wellness & Fertility Benefits
  • Cell Phone Stipend
  • Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens

California Pay Range

$160000 - $200000 USD

Equal Opportunity

Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal state and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender gender expression gender identity genetic information or characteristics physical or mental disability marital/domestic partner status age military/veteran status medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process please email us at

Candidate Data Privacy

Harbinger may collect use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (Candidate Personal Data). This data includes contact demographic communications educational professional employment social media/website network/device recruiting system usage/interaction security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process including assessing you and your application and conducting employment background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties including individuals on our HR legal and finance teams and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbingers service providers including providers of background checks staffing services and cloud services.

Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data including to or in the United States Canada the United Kingdom and the European Union and in the cloud and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.

Required Experience:

Manager

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Local area

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