Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) is looking for an Associate/Assistant Manager of Government Affairs Operations & Strategic Coordination for the Hyundai Motor Group Government Affairs team in Washington, D.C.
This role will support the employees and management of the Washington Office by maintaining institutional knowledge of government affairs and outreach activities, coordinating communications with internal and external stakeholders, and performing a variety of administrative duties, such as scheduling and preparing materials in response to requests from HMG’s Global Policy Office and other internal stakeholders.
This individual will play a key role in organizing meeting records, driving follow-up actions, and ensuring policy-related materials support effective advocacy, decision-making, and internal alignment. This role will also partner closely with legal and compliance teams to provide support for compliance-sensitive initiatives.
Requirements include strong organizational judgment, attention to detail, bilingual Korean/English communication skills, and a practical understanding of corporate operations, decision-making processes, and the business context in which government affairs activities are conducted.
Key Responsibilities:
Administrative:
- Maintain and organize stakeholder engagement records, meeting summaries, contact information, follow-up items, and issue-specific engagement timelines.
- Develop and maintain internal trackers, contact lists, stakeholder maps, briefing logs, meeting readouts, action-item lists, and issue-specific engagement histories for use by the Washington Office, headquarters, affiliates, and relevant internal stakeholders.
- Track, summarize, and manage follow-up actions from meetings, calls, events, briefings, executive visits, and other outreach activities.
- Assist in preparing materials for internal use, including briefing books, issue trackers, contact reports, meeting readouts, policy updates, and periodic reports for headquarters and affiliates.
Communications & Outreach:
- Serve as a coordination point for internal and external communications involving the Washington Office, HMG’s Global Policy Office, affiliates, outside advisors, lobbying firms, trade associations, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Coordinate with outside advisors and lobbying firms in response to requests from HMG’s Global Policy Office, including tracking deliverables, gathering input, organizing materials, managing timelines, and supporting timely communication.
- Assist with the execution of special events, executive visits, policy briefings, technical showcases, and other programs involving the Washington Office.
- Support senior Washington Office staff in preparing for meetings with government officials, industry counterparts, trade associations, think tanks, external policy experts, and other key stakeholders.
- Review, synthesize, and reformat policy, legislative, regulatory, political, and industry information into internal briefing materials, executive summaries, memos, talking points, timelines, stakeholder maps, and PowerPoint presentations.
- Support the development of internal processes for request intake, information management, advisor deliverable tracking, and cross-functional communication among the Washington Office, headquarters, affiliates, and external advisors.
Compliance:
- Support HMG affiliates’ Anti-trust Clean Team activities, including document organization, meeting logistics, action-item tracking, information-flow tracking, and maintenance of appropriate records and access controls.
- Coordinate with legal and compliance teams to ensure Clean Team-related support activities are conducted in accordance with applicable guidelines, protocols, and internal procedures.
- Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and in accordance with company policies.
- Complete other tasks as assigned by senior Washington Office staff.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required. Degree in Public Policy, Economics, Engineering, Public Affairs, or similar preferred.
- Familiarity with government affairs, especially the regulatory environment and regulatory process. Familiarity with automotive policy issues is a plus.
- Strong understanding of corporate organizations, internal decision-making processes, business operations, and the need to align government affairs activities with company priorities.
- Excellent verbal, written and personal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complicated and technical policy points effectively. Ability to rapidly digest, synthesize and summarize technical information. Ability to effectively manage communications across teams.
- Ability to multi-task and work quickly and efficiently.
- Positive, friendly disposition and excellent team player with outstanding interpersonal skills who can collaborate well with others.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to build relationships with federal and state regulators/Administration officials, agencies and other industry government affairs staff.
- Proficiency in creating PowerPoint Presentations.
- Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual proficiency in Korean and English required or strongly preferred, including the ability to communicate effectively with Korea-based headquarters, U.S.-based stakeholders, and cross-functional internal teams.
- Experience coordinating with external advisors, consultants, lobbying firms, law firms, or trade associations.
- Experience working with Korea-based headquarters or multinational corporate teams.
- Familiarity with automotive, mobility, trade, energy, technology, industrial policy, or U.S.-Korea business issues.
- Experience preparing executive briefings, meeting readouts, stakeholder maps, issue trackers, board or senior-management materials, or policy summaries.
- Familiarity with antitrust compliance, Clean Team protocols, or sensitive information management is a plus.
Compensation Range: $53,805 - $105,280 base salary
Physical Requirements:
About Hyundai Motor Group:
Hyundai Motor Group is a global enterprise that has created a value chain based on mobility, steel, and construction, as well as logistics, finance, IT, and service. With about 250,000 employees worldwide, the Group’s mobility brands include Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis. Armed with creative thinking, cooperative communication, and the will to take on any challenges, we strive to create a better future for all. More information about Hyundai Motor Group can be found at: http://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com
