Director, Government Affairs

In January 2024, Livent merged with Allkem Limited to create Arcadium Lithium plc.

While we work to integrate our technology systems, including our recruitment platforms, Arcadium Lithium plc will use Livent’s ADP system to capture all candidate information.

About Arcadium Lithium

We are change-makers, joining forces to drive progress. A world enabled by the critical mineral, Lithium – the elemental source powering modern life and our global transition to clean energy.

For decades, we’ve grown alongside and collaborated with our people, our customers, and communities. Pioneering, collaborating, and evolving together.

From the birth of the first lithium-ion battery to the breakthrough lithium advancements that have followed, we’ve helped lead the change, powering the future of lithium innovation.

Our growth continues to be strategic, expansive, and sustainable. With a wealth of premier lithium resources spread across the world in key locations, we can reliably, safely, and responsibly provide the resources to meet the diverse needs of our customers.

No matter where they are, no matter the challenge, it’s all about delivering on the high expectation for quality, performance, and sustainability.

Our duty goes even further. It includes everyone on the planet using a lithium-powered device or vehicle.

Every battery charged, every device powered, every lithium application utilized underscores our commitment to quality, collaboration, and our shared vision of powering a more sustainable future for everyone.

Arcadium Lithium is more than just a company; it’s a promise and a commitment by our people to act ethically and responsibly, ensuring that our legacy is one of positive impact and lasting change.

Position Summary

As Arcadium Lithium continues to expand its global operations, it is becoming increasingly more important to develop and maintain strong partnerships with local, state, and federal governmental bodies and agencies to help us achieve our strategic goals.

Arcadium Lithium is conducting a national search for a Government Affairs leader who will demonstrate a zeal for and experience with bridging communications and understanding between commercial organizations, appropriate stakeholders at various levels of government, and members of the communities in which they operate.

The ideal candidate will have a savvy yet personable communication style and presence that will help Arcadium Lithium continue to foster collaborative government partnerships and achieve positive outcomes aligned with our priorities. They will demonstrate a solid understanding of the current landscape of the lithium industry and the policies impacting it and will use that understanding to effectively navigate any challenges in current and future markets while continuously building upon positive goodwill where it exists.

The Government Affairs leader will join a dynamic Communications and Public Affairs team that is committed to delivering a high standard of service to the organization and preserving Arcadium Lithium’s brand and standing as a leader in the lithium industry. They will also partner on a variety of initiatives relating to Arcadium Lithium’s commitment to sustainability, so an understanding of and interest in this space is a plus.

Preference will be given to candidates with established networks in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. This role will be based out of Washington, D.C., and Livent will offer relocation assistance to the ideal candidate. This role will report to the Chief Strategy Officer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish Arcadium Lithium’s public affairs management and response strategy for key business objectives.
• Advance legislative and regulatory priorities and identify strategic opportunities for Arcadium Lithium at the local, state, and federal levels.
• Identify and manage relationships with partner organizations to maximize Arcadium Lithium’s legislative and regulatory effectiveness and reach.
• Develop policy position statements that align with Arcadium Lithium’s business strategy and, in collaboration with the Communications team, manage the communication of policies to key government, private sector, and other related internal/external stakeholders.
• Monitor the introduction and progress of federal, state, and local legislation (including related appropriations and budget proposals) with particular emphasis on matters impacting the states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
• Stay abreast of legislation impacting Arcadium Lithium’s business objectives and recommend positions to be taken either in advance of or opposition to such legislation.
• Engage with Congressional, state, and local lawmakers, as well as relevant policymakers, to develop and advance legislation and other policy initiatives, identifying potential sponsors for key legislation where needed.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to highlight and advance Arcadium Lithium’s business objectives, through:
  • Submitting testimony to Congressional committees
  • Meeting with key executive branch policymakers
  • Leading the preparations and submittal strategy for federal grant proposals to secure potential federal funding sources (Department of Energy, Department of Defense, etc.) to further advance Arcadium Lithium’s R&D and other market segment business objectives.
• Serve as Arcadium Lithium’s subject-matter expert on and represent the company at meetings with regulators, agency officials, legislators, environmental associations, and various non-profit organizations.
• Advocate for programs, rules, and regulations that promote Arcadium Lithium’s business objectives and advance the company’s ability to sustainably increase its global lithium production footprint.
• Research and communicate the impact of pending changes to policies and laws to internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverage established relationships to build awareness of and consensus around Arcadium Lithium’s strategic issues with federal, state, and local legislators, staff, and their constituencies.
• Establish and maintain strong, positive working relationships with legislative and state/federal agency officials.
• Maintain a pulse on and provide input to various business initiatives that may have public policy implications and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to manage any related communications to federal, state, or local lawmakers or agencies.
• Recommend political giving recommendations in support of Arcadium Lithium’s business objectives and in accordance with Livent policies and Core Values.
• Represent Arcadium Lithium at various national, state, and local events to promote its public policy positions.
• Establish a network of industry coalition partners and provide leadership in response to legislative and regulatory action or inaction.
• Establish and manage a modest presence in the EU (e.g., Brussels) and Canada to advance Arcadium Lithium’s business objectives in these regions.
• Manage outside consultants.

Travel Requirements

40% (between D.C, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania)

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Government, Government Relations, Public Policy, Lobbying, or Communications required
• Minimum 10 years’ experience managing government affairs for a corporate organization required
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a government affairs consultant capacity a plus
• Prior chemical manufacturing industry experience a plus (lithium industry experience preferred but not required)
• Demonstrated history of influencing policy decisions and legislation through strategic relationship building and skilled advocacy required.

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