# Director of Government Affairs at Kikoff > Remote · United States · Director+ · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Akikoff%3A4452607009 (read 2026-11-06). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Kikoff](https://alderhq.app/companies/kikoff) - Location text: Remote; San Francisco Office - Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · United States (evidence: "Location: Remote; San Francisco Office") - Posted: 2026-10-14 (22 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kikoff/jobs/4452607009 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $150k–$220k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 767): p25 $215k, median $255k, p75 $291k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 2 ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) ## Description (the employer's text) ### Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially. ### Why Kikoff This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact. ### Why Grant Grant, a subsidiary of Kikoff, is revolutionizing financial access through our intelligent earned wage access (EWA) product. We're solving real customer pain points by providing fast, fair access to earned wages when life happens, without the predatory fees common in the industry. ### The Role Kikoff is seeking its first government affairs leader to shape and advance the company's public policy agenda at the federal and state levels for Grant, its earned wage access (EWA) product. You will be Grant's primary voice with legislators, regulators, trade associations, consumer advocates, and other stakeholders, and you will lead strategy to support a clear, workable legal framework for EWA. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone who builds durable relationships, translates policy into business strategy, and is comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving regulatory landscape. The role will involve regular nationwide travel. ### What You'll Do - Develop and execute Grant’s government affairs strategy, with an initial focus on federal and state policy affecting earned wage access and consumer credit-building products. - Represent Grant before legislators, legislative staff, federal and state financial regulators, attorneys general, and other public officials. - Serve as Grant’s representative to relevant trade associations and industry coalitions, taking active roles on committees and working groups and helping shape industry positions. - Build and maintain constructive relationships with consumer advocacy groups, community organizations, think tanks, and other stakeholders, including those who may hold differing views. - Monitor, analyze, and report on legislative and regulatory developments; assess business impact and recommend responses, including testimony, comment letters, and model legislative language, in coordination with Legal and Compliance. - Identify, hire, and manage outside lobbyists and consultants across priority states and at the federal level, including setting objectives, overseeing budgets, and evaluating performance. - Advise executive leadership and the communications team on public relations positioning, messaging, and reputational considerations related to policy issues and regulatory developments. - Partner with Legal, Compliance, Product, and Executive teams to ensure policy strategy aligns with business priorities and product roadmaps. - Oversee compliance with lobbying registration, reporting, and political activity rules, in coordination with Legal. - Represent Grant Kikoff at hearings, conferences, industry events, and stakeholder meetings nationwide. ### What We’re Looking For - 4–10 years of experience in government affairs, public policy, legislative or regulatory affairs, or advocacy, gained in-house, at a trade association, at a public affairs firm, or in government service. - A self-starter with a founder’s mindset and is comfortable establishing and honing processes where little internal infrastructure exists - Demonstrated track record of building and leveraging relationships with policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders at the state and/or federal level. - Experience developing and executing multi-state legislative or regulatory strategies. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). 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