<p><strong>Location:</strong> Remote— this role requires frequent travel for in-person meetings with state officials, plus travel to prisons and parole offices (average 3- 5 business days per month). </p> <p><strong>Role Type:</strong> Full-time</p> <p><strong>Compensation</strong>: $117,600 or $137,550 depending on seniority</p> <p><strong>Visa sponsorship:</strong> Not available</p> <p><strong>Hires remotely in:</strong> United States</p> <p>-</p> <p>Recidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a State Partnerships Manager to join our team! We’re a small, fast-moving group that partners closely with state correctional departments to safely and equitably reduce prison populations. That’s where you come in. You’re someone with a blend of the abilities you might see from exceptional account managers, product managers, and political strategists. You’re able to captivate an audience while telling a story, to use data effectively, and to run good meetings and get things done. Most of all you are someone who brings rigor to their work and levity to their relationships. You don't need to have direct experience with criminal justice reform but care deeply about doing work that matters. </p> <h2>About us</h2> <p>Recidiviz is creating safer, healthier communities by improving outcomes for justice-involved people. We build tech that reduces the number of people in prison and helps criminal justice leaders embrace data-driven decision-making. </p> <p>Using modern data infrastructure and thoughtful product design, we’ve been able to safely and permanently reduce incarceration and improve outcomes. We work side-by-side with leaders of the criminal justice system, justice-impacted individuals, and ecosystem partners to build a better path forward. In addition to the revenue we earn from state partners, some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations support our work.</p> <p>People who succeed at Recidiviz lead with kindness and humility, assume good intent, learn from failure, and fix problems when they see them.</p> <h2>About the role</h2> <p>The State Partnerships Manager is responsible for building strong relationships, deploying relationship capital, maximizing impact, and creating value for their partner states. Your job is to partner closely with the leadership teams of state prison agencies. These leaders, your new best friends, are responsible for thousands of staff, tens of thousands of people in prison, and billions of dollars. By clearly articulating the specific needs in your partner state, you'll define and communicate, internally and externally, how exactly Recidiviz will guide your partner states to safely increase liberty for the populations they influence. <strong>This role requires regular travel</strong> (you would be expected to hold in-person meetings with state officials and travel to prisons and parole offices on average 3-5 business days per month).</p> <h2>Core responsibilities </h2> <ul> <li>Understand, deconstruct and document the needs of key correctional actors and justice-involved individuals </li> <li>Build deep relationships with key stakeholders by making them feel heard and supported </li> <li>Adapt and deploy Recidiviz core product offerings, and ad hoc data analysis capabilities to delight state partners</li> <li>Communicate in clear writing what specific steps ought be taken by product managers, user experience designers, data analysts and implementation engineers for Recidiviz to support your state’s objectives </li> <li>Drive partnerships towards success in terms of impact and financial sustainability </li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Self-regulation skills to effectively navigate high-intensity experiences with incarcerated individuals and correctional line staff in prison facilities and other challenging environments</li> </ul> <h2>Minimum Qualifications</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Be a proactive problem solver.</strong> We’re looking for someone quick to try to solve new problems they come across, rather than hoping someone else will get it — whether it’s a missing template for a recurring meeting or spilled cereal in the office.</li> <li><strong>Have an understanding of how to make progress in challenging environments.</strong> You have a successful track record of stakeholder engagement and relationship management. You have a boundless commitment to the combination of creativity and persistence. Former colleagues describe you as the person who makes sure the changes that matter actually get implemented.</li> <li><strong>Bring experience working in or with state governments.</strong> You've worked in or alongside state or local government agencies, and know how to build trust and relationships quickly in a new environment.</li> <li><strong>Be a process leader. </strong>Good ideas are nothing without excellent implementation. You’re excited about building replicable, clear processes internally and externally. You’re a clear communicator and documentation wizard with a successful track record of managing cross-functional teams.</li> <li><strong>Open-minded, humble, and curious.</strong> You are eager to learn and especially capable of active and empathetic listening, particularly with our partners, who are often subject matter experts in their own right.</li> <li><strong>Be comfortable with, and excited by, technology</strong>: You are eager to supportively guide data analysis and technology products. You’re excited t