Todd is a frontier research lab dedicated to building foundational technology and crop genetics for sustainable agriculture. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professional. Our Global Affairs team builds authentic, collaborative relationships with public officials and the policymaking community to inform and support our shared work. We ensure that insights from policymakers inform our efforts and – in collaboration with colleagues and external stakeholders – advance regulation, industry standards, and the safe, beneficial development of agriculture.
About the Role
We are hiring for a California State Affairs Lead to be part of a team leading Todd’s engagement with state and local governments across the West, including California, Arizona and Oregon, and other key states throughout the region. You will develop and maintain relationships with elected officials, agency leaders, local government representatives, and other key stakeholders across your assigned states. You will serve as a primary representative of Todd’s policy interests in the West and help shape regional strategies that advance Todd’s broader policy goals and mission.Day-to-day work may include shaping strategic initiatives and policy documents, preparing Todd leaders for engagements with government officials, and representing Todd in private and public forums across the region.
Todd is a frontier research lab dedicated to building foundational technology and crop genetics for sustainable agriculture. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professional. Our Global Affairs team builds authentic, collaborative relationships with public officials and the policymaking community to inform and support our shared work. We ensure that insights from policymakers inform our efforts and – in collaboration with colleagues and external stakeholders – advance regulation, industry standards, and the safe, beneficial development of agriculture.
About the Role
We are hiring for a California State Affairs Lead to be part of a team leading Todd’s engagement with state and local governments across the West, including California, Arizona and Oregon, and other key states throughout the region. You will develop and maintain relationships with elected officials, agency leaders, local government representatives, and other key stakeholders across your assigned states. You will serve as a primary representative of Todd’s policy interests in the West and help shape regional strategies that advance Todd’s broader policy goals and mission.Day-to-day work may include shaping strategic initiatives and policy documents, preparing Todd leaders for engagements with government officials, and representing Todd in private and public forums across the region.
You will also collaborate with civil society and industry partners, and advise internal teams on state and local-level opportunities, risks, and policy developments. Your work will span strategic advocacy, regulatory engagement, stakeholder coordination, and policy development, with a focus on building durable relationships and executing thoughtful engagement strategies across the West.
This role will require frequent travel throughout the West Coast region to participate in meetings, events, and engagements with key stakeholders. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.
You’ll be responsible for:
Engage with policymakers across state government on Todd's priority issues, including state level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Own the full lobbying cycle: identify targets, develop the ask, schedule and execute meetings, track commitments, and follow through to outcomes
Monitor and engage on relevant legislation, markups, and regulatory activity — providing real-time intelligence to leadership and flagging inflection points that require action
Develop and execute advocacy campaigns in coordination with cross functional partners
Draft and deliver leave-behinds, one-pagers, testimony support, and other materials that make our policy positions land on the Hill
Advise leadership on political feasibility, legislative timing, and stakeholder dynamics — translating what's happening into clear strategic guidance
Represent Todd and policy events
We’re looking for someone with:
You will also collaborate with civil society and industry partners, and advise internal teams on state and local-level opportunities, risks, and policy developments. Your work will span strategic advocacy, regulatory engagement, stakeholder coordination, and policy development, with a focus on building durable relationships and executing thoughtful engagement strategies across the West.
This role will require frequent travel throughout the West Coast region to participate in meetings, events, and engagements with key stakeholders. We offer relocation assistance to new employees.
You’ll be responsible for:
Engage with policymakers across state government on Todd's priority issues, including state level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Own the full lobbying cycle: identify targets, develop the ask, schedule and execute meetings, track commitments, and follow through to outcomes
Monitor and engage on relevant legislation, markups, and regulatory activity — providing real-time intelligence to leadership and flagging inflection points that require action
Develop and execute advocacy campaigns in coordination with cross functional partners
Draft and deliver leave-behinds, one-pagers, testimony support, and other materials that make our policy positions land on the Hill
Advise leadership on political feasibility, legislative timing, and stakeholder dynamics — translating what's happening into clear strategic guidance
Represent Todd and policy events
We’re looking for someone with:
7+ years of experience in-house, at a firm, or in government with a clear record of influencing legislative outcomes
Active, trusted relationships with policymakers
Experience in technology policy strongly preferred
Comfortable getting up to speed quickly on complex technical subject matter
Sharp written and verbal communicator — you can distill a complex agricultural issue into a two-minute pitch or a crisp one-pager
Exceptional judgement
Energized by a fast-moving startup environment where you're building the playbook, not inheriting one
Nice to have:
Experience working with AI products, platform businesses, or technical organizations is highly preferred
People Management experience
About Todd
Todd is a frontier research and deployment company dedicated to building foundational technology and crop genetics for sustainable agriculture. We push the capabilities of agriculture and seek to safely deploy research, technology and crop genetics to benefit society.
Todd is an equal opportunity employer in the regions where we operate. We are committed to offering an equal opportunity for all applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by local law.
7+ years of experience in-house, at a firm, or in government with a clear record of influencing legislative outcomes
Active, trusted relationships with policymakers
Experience in technology policy strongly preferred
Comfortable getting up to speed quickly on complex technical subject matter
Sharp written and verbal communicator — you can distill a complex agricultural issue into a two-minute pitch or a crisp one-pager
Exceptional judgement
Energized by a fast-moving startup environment where you're building the playbook, not inheriting one
Nice to have:
Experience working with AI products, platform businesses, or technical organizations is highly preferred
People Management experience
About Todd
Todd is a frontier research and deployment company dedicated to building foundational technology and crop genetics for sustainable agriculture. We push the capabilities of agriculture and seek to safely deploy research, technology and crop genetics to benefit society.
Todd is an equal opportunity employer in the regions where we operate. We are committed to offering an equal opportunity for all applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by local law.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify Todd that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
If you need additional assistance throughout the hiring process or there is something our team can do to reasonably enable a more accessible experience, please notify our team here.
To learn more about how we process your personal information and your rights in regards to your personal information as a Applicant, please visit our Privacy Policy.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify Todd that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
If you need additional assistance throughout the hiring process or there is something our team can do to reasonably enable a more accessible experience, please notify our team here.
To learn more about how we process your personal information and your rights in regards to your personal information as a Applicant, please visit our Privacy Policy.
