The Director of Grassroots Operations (DOGO) is a senior leader on the state leadership team responsible for building, scaling, and optimizing AFP’s grassroots field capability and plays a critical part in developing talent, executing grassroots strategy, and driving community impact.

You are a people leader and oversee the full grassroots talent lifecycle—from recruiting and onboarding to coaching, performance management, and long-term development—while ensuring your team delivers high-impact results across events, volunteer activation, and policy engagement.

This role will be working in the field and be based in Texas.

• Design and execute statewide grassroots strategies to advance aligned public policy and deliver measurable outcomes across key priority initiatives

• Lead, coach, and supervise a multi-layered grassroots team and ensure field activities (events, canvassing, outreach) are legally compliant and operationally sound

• Help your team develop their individual abilities and strengths that can make a meaningful impact for the organization

• Develop a portfolio of field tactics to drive volunteer engagement, advocacy, and community impact

• Own the data strategy for grassroots execution, including voter/advocate universe creation and targeting while also ensuring data integrity

• Partner with internal teams (Electoral Strategy, Policy, Strategy & Operations, Education & Training), vendors, and coalition partners to align grassroots efforts with broader organizational goals and national efforts

• Partner with leadership to deliver measurable outcomes across key priority initiatives

• Collaborate with data and implementation teams to support targeting, reporting, and field execution

• Own the full field employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, development, and offboarding and build and maintain a strong hiring pipeline across grassroots roles within your state

• Drive adoption and proficiency of internal knowledge systems (expense management, CRM, grassroots tools)

• A deep belief in people-empowering, bottom-up, public policy solutions that limit the coercive nature of government and empower individuals to pursue their American Dream

• Leadership skills! We need someone with proven experience supervising large, multi-layered teams and the humility to embrace our growth-focused culture.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute grassroots campaigns, large public policy events, and community engagement strategies.

• A deep understanding of the local, state, and national electoral and public policy landscape, the legislative process, and grassroots communities

• Comfort working with data systems, reporting tools, and performance tracking

• Experience working with CRM’s and/or voter management systems like i360

• Comfort and confidence working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment independent of direct supervision or direction. We need a go-getter who can figure out how to overcome new and unique challenges!

• The ability to travel at least 25% of the time and a valid driver’s license. 

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.

• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,400 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.

• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents.

• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive.