Policy Analyst

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation that helps government agencies modernize technology and improve digital services. The Policy Analyst will help teams translate complex policy into system behavior, workflows, and user experiences while researching and shaping AI policy in public benefits. The role also involves policy strategy, stakeholder engagement, advocacy, and producing recommendations for implementation and external engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate policy into system behavior, workflows, and user experiences
• Identify regulatory constraints, risks, and ambiguities — including edge cases, eligibility requirements, and business rules — and propose solutions that balance compliance, user experience, and delivery needs
• Create artifacts (e.g., policy briefs, decision frameworks, process flows) to support decision-making and prioritization
• Support testing and validation of policy implementation (e.g., scenario and edge case testing)
• Conduct landscape and comparative policy research to monitor evolving policies and translate them into implications for implementation, technology, and engagement opportunities
• Synthesize research into clear written and verbal communication for a range of different internal and external audiences
• Identify partnership opportunities and maintain relationships with external stakeholders to support partnership, advocacy, and thought leadership efforts
• Contribute to advocacy strategy development and execution

Requirements:

• Required skills

• At least 5 years of experience in policy analysis, or a combination of relevant graduate-level education and experience
• Hands-on experience analyzing, interpreting, or implementing policies and programs in public benefit programs or other highly regulated domains
• Strong ability to build and nurture relationships with both internal teams and external partners
• Self-directed and comfortable working independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical and policy contexts
• Understanding of public programs, ideally at multiple levels of government
• Ability to document research processes, findings, and recommendations clearly, concisely, and in an organized manner
• Experience contributing to public comments, policy proposals, or supporting legislative or regulatory processes as legislative staff, agency rulemaking staff, or in a lobbying, advocacy, or related role
• Skilled at turning research and policy signals into recommendations for technical solutions and opportunities for advocacy and external engagement
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset
• Highly resourceful, reliable, and detail-oriented
• Comfortable with ambiguous, rapidly-evolving environments with many parallel threads

• Other requirements

All roles at Nava require the following:

Legal authorization to work in the United States

Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired

Work authorization that doesn't require visa sponsorship, now or in the future

May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract

• Location

We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states:

Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

*If you are not living in one of the states listed above, unfortunately, you will not be considered for a position at this time

• Desired skills

• Experience working within agile delivery and human-centered design processes (sprint ceremonies, design reviews, user research)
• Experience working on government technology modernization, civic tech, or large-scale systems change.
• Graduate degree in public policy, public administration, or related field