Southwest Regional Manager

Southwest Regional Manager (Texas)

The Young People's Alliance is a bipartisan, youth-led nonprofit that organizes over 4,000 young people across 90 campuses to advocate for pragmatic solutions to the most pressing challenges facing our generation. We develop and pass innovative policy solutions to address challenges around affordability, economic opportunity, and community, with a particular focus on how technology is reshaping all three, to help young people reclaim the American Dream.

Our team has passed legislation in multiple states, mobilized tens of thousands of students to vote, and is a recognized leader on emerging issues like AI companions, social media design, and the future of work.

We are seeking a part-time Southwest Regional Manager based in Texas, within monthly traveling distance to Austin. The Southwest Regional Manager will help lead legislative advocacy, organizing activations, and other campaigns across the region. This role is designed for the right candidate to grow into a full-time leadership role at YPA and become the face of YPA in the Southwest.

Responsibilities

• Lead Advocacy Initiatives: Lobby elected officials, coordinate major campaigns, and testify on bills at the Texas Capitol (approx. 50% of time).
• Build YPA's Regional Presence: Form strong relationships with partner organizations, current and potential funders, reporters, and other influential stakeholders (approx. 25% of time).
• Mobilize YPA Members: Coordinate with campus chapters to involve students in advocacy, connect them to policy leaders, and plan statewide/regional activations (approx. 25% of time).

Benefits

• Create lasting impact: Play a leading role in building an institution that gives young people real political power, as we scale our impact nationwide and improve youth representation in politics for generations to come.
• Solve our generation's largest problems: Work at the forefront of some of the most pressing and exciting problems, such as AI's impact on the future of work, affordable housing, and designing technology to preserve community and agency.
• Grow into a leader: Lead YPA's regional legislative, movement-building, and organizational visioning initiatives with the chance to fundraise and build a team around yourself.
• Join an ambitious community: Work alongside a youth-led team of accomplished, entrepreneurial, and hardworking individuals.

Location

We have a strong preference for candidates located in Austin, Texas or within regular traveling distance (at least monthly) of the Capitol. Travel will be reimbursed. Exceptional candidates elsewhere in Texas or the Southwest will occasionally be considered on a case-by-case basis.

This role is the right fit for the following person

• Current college student or recent graduate.
• Track record of high agency and self-direction.
• Experience in advocacy, organizing, policy, campus leadership, or political work; OR experience building clubs, startups, or organizations with a strong interest in politics.
• Able to balance this role with coursework and respond to urgent policy developments when they arise.
• Non-stop drive to build young people's political power.

Hours: Approximately 15-20 hours/week. Compensation: $25/hour. Timing: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a flexible start date of September 1, 2026. All new hires are evaluated under a 90-day probationary period.