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About Gusto
At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR—so owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we’re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we’re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. In addition to full-service payroll, Gusto provides health insurance, 401(k) plans, expert HR support, and team management tools. We’re on a mission to create a world where work empowers a better life, and we’re looking for passionate individuals to join us.
About the Role:
As a Government Affairs Lead, you are a senior policy leader with deep expertise in small business healthcare, benefits, and HR policy and are highly proficient in using AI as a core part of your work. You will drive Gusto’s policy agenda with a focus on strengthening the regulatory and legislative environment for small and medium-sized businesses—especially in areas that shape how they hire, pay, retain, and provide benefits for their teams.
You will apply in-depth functional knowledge and AI-enabled analysis to develop solutions to complex policy challenges, particularly those impacting healthcare affordability and access, payroll and HR operations, benefits administration, workplace compliance, and the evolving employer–employee relationship. As Gusto’s product suite expands, you will also work across the organization to anticipate and engage on other policy issues affecting Gusto’s customers, using AI to surface trends, synthesize information quickly, and model potential impacts.
This role requires understanding the interrelationships between policy disciplines—from healthcare and labor regulation to taxation, benefits, and the future of work—and the ability to deliver creative, effective strategies for multifaceted issues. You will position Gusto to anticipate and influence legislative and regulatory proposals, develop and promote best-practice frameworks for policy change management, and ensure Gusto is consistently recognized as a leading voice for small business.
You will represent Gusto before government officials, lead industry coalitions, and serve as a senior advisor to internal leaders navigating complex policy matters. This may include directing the activities of others and requires someone who can see around corners, recognize policy trends, and guide the organization through the full lifecycle of public policy change—from idea to implementation—with AI as a key enabler.
This role requires understanding the interrelationships between different policy disciplines and providing creative and effective solutions to multifaceted issues. You will be responsible for positioning Gusto proactively to respond to and influence proposed regulatory and legislative policy changes, while developing and promoting best practices for policy change management that optimize outcomes for Gusto and our customers.
You will represent Gusto before government officials, lead industry association working groups, and serve as a senior advisor on complex policy matters across the organization. This position may include directing the activities of others and requires someone who can see around corners, recognize policy trends, and understand the full spectrum of public policy change from proposal through implementation.
About the Team:
The Government Affairs team is at the forefront of shaping the policy landscape for small businesses and their employees. We are the bridge between Gusto's innovative products and the complex world of legislation and regulation. We work to ensure that public policy empowers entrepreneurship and creates a more equitable and efficient environment for our customers to thrive.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
Advanced Policy Analysis & Management
Guidance & Mentorship
Experience
Advanced Policy Expertise
AI Proficiency
Leadership & Strategic Thinking
Analytical Excellence
Executive Presence & Communication
Relationship Building & Influence
Management Capability
Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $150,000 - $175,000/year in Denver and $175,000 - $205,000/year for New York/San Francisco. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above. Compensation for this position also includes an equity package and performance bonuses.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
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Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life. Founded in 2011, Gusto provides payroll, benefits and HR to modern companies. We have offices in San Francisco and Denver, but thanks to our 40,000 small business customers and their employees, there's a little piece of us in all 50 states.-Gusto has offices in San Francisco and Denver and its investors include Google Capital, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the founders of Instagram, Stripe, Nest, PayPal, Yelp, Dropbox, and Eventbrite, among others. We are proud to serve over 40,000 customers. To learn more about life at Gusto, visit gusto.com/careers. We're hiring!
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