Distributed Neighborhood Captains Program Manager

About Contest Every Race (CER)

Contest Every Race is on a mission to make Democrats competitive everywhere, and we do that by building durable political power from the ground up. We are the leading rural down-ballot recruitment and county-level organizing program for the Democratic ecosystem. Our recruitment program runs in 40 states, and our county-level organizing program includes 390 counties across the country. We pride ourselves on providing measurable results. A 2024 experiment demonstrated an increase of over 5,000 votes for Democrats at the top of the ticket thanks to our programs.

About the Program

This role will build and manage Movement Labs' distributed Neighborhood Captains program. The goal of the program is to test whether we can scale the concept of neighborhood captains (similar to traditional precinct captains) in a distributed, yet additive, way, supporting hundreds of county parties across the country to move vote share and ultimately flip several congressional seats.

This is a localized Field Persuasion Program. We will recruit volunteer captains across hundreds of districts, each of whom will own a list of roughly 50 voters. Captains will live in the same community as the voters they're reaching, making contact with them a number of times before the election.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for a digital organizer, someone who is scrappy and digitally creative, comfortable and familiar with digital tools, and who genuinely enjoys finding bespoke, creative ways to daisy-chain systems together to solve problems and get results. This is a digital person at their core, someone who has learned to organize through technology and systems, not a field organizer who has simply picked up Zoom or WhatsApp along the way. This person keeps momentum going and thrives under the pressure of a campaign environment with tough, tight deadlines.

This role directly manages a training manager, who owns training and the front-of-house captain experience. You will personally design and own the program’s digital infrastructure (onboarding flows, communication cadences, and data systems) and ensure there are systems in place to track program health, report on and monitor key metrics, and use data to inform decisions and surface insights to leadership.

You'll need experience managing staff in a campaign environment and a genuine enjoyment of fostering a team culture that is inclusive and celebratory. Familiarity with how county Democratic parties typically work, and with the volunteer experience in those settings, is important.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage the distributed Neighborhood Captains program end-to-end, scaling it across hundreds of county parties nationwide.
• Directly manage a program deputy who owns training and the front-of-house captain and volunteer experience.
• Design and own the program's digital infrastructure: onboarding flows, communication cadences.
• Build and maintain systems to track program health, report on key metrics, and monitor performance across the country.
• Use data to inform decisions and surface insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Partner with your deputy to recruit, train, and support volunteer captains, each of whom will own a list of roughly 50 voters in their own community.
• Foster a team culture that is inclusive, celebratory, and built to withstand the pressure of a campaign environment.
• Find creative solutions to digital issues as they arise to keep the program moving under tight deadlines.

Requirements

• 3–4 years working on political candidate campaigns in digital and/or volunteer management roles.
• Data fluency & technological proficiency: comfortable working with data managers to interpret outreach metrics and using tracking platforms to identify regional trends or underperformance; able to troubleshoot mobile applications for your team in the field.
• Digitally fluent, fast learner: you pick up new software quickly, think in systems, and are genuinely excited about how digital tools can amplify organizing. You're not intimidated by new platforms; you're curious about them.
• Project management: you can hold a lot of moving parts, prioritize well under pressure, and know when to ask for help in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience managing staff in a campaign environment.
• Familiarity with how county Democratic parties typically work and the volunteer experience in those settings.
• Comfortable with, and energized by, the pace and pressure of a campaign environment with tough, tight deadlines.
• Preferred: experience on a congressional campaign running a strong field program.

You'd Be a Great Fit If

• You’re a builder at heart: you have a track record of creating things (programs, systems, processes) and seeing them through. You’re energized by figuring out what doesn’t exist yet and making it real.
• You're creative and opportunistic: you spot the opening, pitch the idea, try the thing. You default to action and learn from what happens.
• You're scrappy and digitally creative, and enjoy dreaming up bespoke ways to daisy-chain tools together to solve problems.
• You have a good attitude and are solution-oriented, even when things are messy.
• You enjoy fostering a team culture that is inclusive and celebratory.
• You care about this work: you believe we can make this country and the Democratic Party better, and you believe it starts with us.

Movement Labs Values

We're looking for someone who genuinely embodies:

• Hustle
• Automation
• Empathy
• Trustworthiness
• Rejoicing

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary of $80,000 (Program Manager, Level 3).
• Work-life stipend of $700/month pre-tax to support employees during our highest-intensity work period, starting August 1 (prorated for partial months).
• Excellent health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) matching.
• Remote-first culture with teammates across the country.
• Possible on-call requirements.
• This is a temporary cycle role, running through December 15, 2026.
• This position is eligible for the collective bargaining unit.

Applications submitted by July 27, 2026 will be given priority. Applications may be reviewed earlier on a rolling basis so it benefits candidates to apply as soon as possible. The application process includes an initial screen, an exercise, 2 interviews, and a reference check. Due to the nature of our work, the process is moving quickly, and we hope candidates will start by August 3, 2026. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States. We are not able to provide sponsorship at this time. 

We’re looking for candidates with a wide range of skills and experience. If you’re excited about the job, even if you don’t match all the characteristics, we encourage you to apply.

Movement Labs is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, people from rural communities and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please contact careers@movementlabs.com.

Applications are reviewed by our hiring team—not automated systems. Our hiring process may include AI-assisted analysis of candidate materials, however, hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.