Director, State Legislative & Regulatory Affairs

The Director State Legislative & Regulatory Affairs will monitor assess and help shape state and local policy developments affecting Public Storage and the self-storage industry. This role will serve as a strategic advisor to Legal Compliance Operations Revenue Management Marketing Risk and senior leadership on legislative and regulatory issues with particular emphasis on consumer protection pricing advertising and marketing lien laws insurance property operations taxation privacy and other matters affecting a nationwide consumer-facing real estate business.

The successful candidate will bring deep experience monitoring and managing legislative and regulatory activity across multiple states translating complex developments into practical business guidance and leading coordinated efforts among internal stakeholders outside counsel consultants contract lobbyists trade associations and cross-functional teams nationwide. A law degree is not required; Public Storage is seeking a seasoned public policy state government affairs or regulatory affairs leader who can build scalable processes and manage a national portfolio of issues with sound judgment and executive presence.

Key Responsibilities
 

• Monitor analyze and report on state and local legislative and regulatory developments affecting Public Storage including proposed legislation administrative rulemaking attorney general activity agency guidance and emerging policy trends.
   
• Develop and manage a nationwide issue-tracking process that identifies risks and opportunities across multiple states and escalates priority matters to Legal Compliance Operations and senior business leaders.
   
• Lead the coordination of state advocacy strategies including developing policy positions drafting testimony and comment letters recommending legislative language and supporting direct engagement with policymakers and regulators.
   
• Manage and coordinate external resources including contract lobbyists outside counsel consultants trade associations and coalition partners to ensure consistent strategy timely intelligence and effective execution across jurisdictions.
   
• Partner with internal stakeholders to assess the operational financial compliance customer and reputational impact of proposed laws and regulations and recommend practical response strategies.
   
• Translate complex legislative and regulatory developments into clear actionable guidance for executives and business teams.
   
• Support regulatory and legislative strategies related to consumer protection pricing advertising and marketing lien laws insurance and risk property operations tax privacy call center practices and other issues affecting the self-storage industry.
   
• Build and maintain relationships with state legislators regulators agency staff attorneys general offices governors offices trade associations business coalitions and other external stakeholders.
   
• Prepare briefings memoranda issue summaries talking points testimony correspondence and executive-level reports on key legislative and regulatory matters.
   
• Track lobbying political gift ethics and disclosure obligations in partnership with Legal and Compliance to support adherence to applicable federal state and local requirements.
   
• Support integration and compliance planning for business expansion acquisitions entry into new jurisdictions and changes in state operating requirements.
   
• Manage cross-functional workstreams and nationwide teams to ensure alignment accountability and timely execution on priority legislative and regulatory matters.

Qualifications :

• 1012 years of relevant experience in state government affairs legislative affairs regulatory affairs public policy trade association advocacy or a related role.
   
• Demonstrated experience monitoring analyzing and managing legislative and regulatory developments across multiple states.
   
• Proven ability to manage nationwide teams external consultants contract lobbyists and cross-functional stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
   
• Strong understanding of state legislative and regulatory processes including bill tracking committee activity rulemaking public comment processes coalition advocacy and policymaker engagement.
   
• Experience developing advocacy strategies and translating policy developments into business operational and compliance recommendations.
   
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to draft testimony comment letters policy briefs executive summaries and strategic recommendations.
   
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing issues manage deadlines across jurisdictions and create scalable systems for tracking and reporting.
   
• Sound judgment discretion and ability to advise senior leaders on sensitive fast-moving and high-impact public policy matters.
   
• Bachelors degree in political science public policy public administration business communications or a related field required; advanced degree public policy degree or J.D. welcome but not required.
   
• Ability to travel regularly to state capitals industry meetings company locations and external stakeholder engagements as needed.

Preferred Experience
 

• Experience working for or with a national multi-state consumer-facing real estate retail property management financial services logistics or regulated services business.
   
• Experience managing issue portfolios involving consumer protection pricing advertising and marketing contracts lien laws insurance tax privacy or property operations.
   
• Familiarity with legislative tracking and government affairs platforms such as Quorum FiscalNote LexisNexis State Net PolicyNote or similar tools.
   
• Experience working with trade associations coalitions attorneys general offices state regulatory agencies and bipartisan policymaker networks.
   
• Experience building a legislative and regulatory affairs function including processes for issue intake tracking escalation stakeholder engagement and executive reporting.

Key Attributes
 

• Strategic practical and business-oriented approach to public policy and regulatory risk.
   
• Ability to operate independently while keeping internal stakeholders aligned and informed.
   
• Executive presence and credibility with senior leaders policymakers regulators and external partners.
   
• Comfort managing ambiguity competing priorities and fast-moving legislative sessions across multiple jurisdictions.
   
• Collaborative style with the ability to lead through influence across legal operational compliance and business teams.

Additional Information :

Public Storage is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or any other protected status. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

**Sponsorship for Work Authorization is not available for this posting.  Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions or requiring sponsorship now or in the future. We do not provide training plans or support for F-1 OPT STEM OPT extensions or future visa sponsorship.**

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time