Director, Government Affairs – California

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 in the state of California. 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. This position reports into the VP, State Government Affairs. This is a remote position open to candidates based in California, with a strong preference for those located in the Sacramento area.

What you’ll do:

• Public Representative: As the face of PrizePicks, you’ll make sure state legislators, regulators, governors, and attorneys general in your jurisdictions understand and are champions for our customers and business.
• Coalition & Relationship Building: You will convert allies into champions, undecideds into friends, and find ways to work with those who don’t see eye to eye while you engage with 3rd party stakeholders, peers, and competitors across the broader gaming ecosystem, including but not limited to casino operators, tribal gaming communities, and others.
• Legislative and Regulatory Strategy: You will lead our legislative and regulatory strategy development and engagement in your jurisdictions and keep internal company stakeholders informed on progress toward company goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with comms, legal, product, and marketing teams to tell the PrizePicks story and support our user community.
• Management & Execution: Manage a roster of external firms and lobbyists, ensuring every resource is used for maximum impact and efficiency.
• Travel: Attend frequent stakeholder meetings, political organization conferences, and industry and relationship building events.

What you have:

• Experience & Expertise: 5-7 years of experience in policy, government, and/or campaign roles with a strong grasp of politics, media and comms, the legislative process and familiarity with tech, consumer apps, and gaming issues.
• Strong Communication: The ability to distill complex competitive and policy dynamics into short, high impact, politically attuned messaging for both internal and external audiences.
• Exceptional Interpersonal Skills: The ability to quickly forge connections and build relationships, both internal and external.
• Strategic Thinking at Pace and Scale: An aptitude for finding creative ways to secure wins in rapidly changing environments across multiple jurisdictions.
• Growth Mindset: A conviction that there’s always a way through and the persistence to keep adapting until you find the right solution. Each new challenge is an opportunity not just for professional acceleration but also a chance to grow our internal culture of excellence.
• Integrity: Ability to pass key personnel submissions and background checks as part of gaming licenses.
• Mission-Driven: A competitive mindset and a passion for making sure consumers have access to innovative new options.

Where you’ll live:

• This is a remote position for candidates based out of the state of California. #LI-Remote

Working at PrizePicks:

The typical salary range for this position is $170,000 to $200,000. At PrizePicks, we consider your role, level, and where you'll be working when determining our salary ranges. The compensation info you see on our job postings gives you an idea of the starting pay range for the position. Your actual pay within that range will depend on your specific work location, as well as your skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter will be happy to chat more about the specific pay range for your location and how we arrived at it during the hiring process.

This application period will remain open for 30 days. We’re committed to finding the best candidate, so this date may be adjusted, and any changes will be reflected in this posting.

Date Posted: 11/10/26