At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Snowflake is hiring a Head of Government Affairs to own our global GA function, reporting to the Office of the CEO. You will set strategy, lead a global team, and personally engage senior government, industry, and policy leaders to drive Snowflake's success in regulated and politically sensitive markets. This is a business-growth role at the intersection of technology strategy, public policy, and commerce. You will build programs before budgets are allocated, shape regulatory environments before frameworks are finalized, and develop relationships years before transformational deals close. The ideal candidate brings executive-level government affairs expertise, regulated-market business development experience, people leadership, and fluency in Cloud and AI. Based in Washington D.C. Responsibilities Own Snowflake's global government affairs strategy, setting annual priorities with cross-functional leaders and driving measurable business outcomes. Lead a global team and an external portfolio of retained lobbyists, trade associations, and advisory firms across three geographies. Serve as GA lead on 2–3 major regulated pursuits at any time, providing political context, stakeholder access, and direct engagement alongside Sales; simultaneously lead Regulated Partner Business Devel
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Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. About the Team The People Team at Appian plays a pivotal role in powering company growth by attracting, developing, and supporting world-class talent. As our team expands globally, the Benefits group ensures our employees across North America, EMEA, and APJ receive robust, competitive, and seamless benefit support. Our work empowers the team behind Appian’s AI-Powered Process Automation and Enterprise-Grade Orchestration platforms to perform at their best every day. The Opport
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This role offers high visibility, a high degree of ownership, and the opportunity to leverage innovative automation to modernize benefit workflows for a modern global workforce; Required Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (required); 5+ years of experience in benefits administration with demonstrated ownership of complex, multi-region programs; All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law
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Appian Corporation
AI automation for critical processes. Appian orchestrates AI agents, systems, and people on an enterprise platform, without replacing your systems.
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