Policy Advisor → Government Affairs Manager

This is a easy transition with a typical 11-month runway and 79% skill overlap. Expect a +39% salary change, with strongest hiring demand in USA, UK, Canada. Employers hiring today include Fortune 500, Big Tech policy teams. Focus your first 60 days on closing the gap in role-specific tooling and vocabulary.

1. 1Audit your Policy Advisor experience for transferable skills that map to Government Affairs Manager.
2. 2Close the top skill gap: role-specific tooling.
3. 3Build 2–3 portfolio artifacts that demonstrate Government Affairs Manager outcomes.
4. 4Reshape your resume and LinkedIn around Government Affairs Manager keywords and outcomes, not job titles.
5. 5Run a targeted outreach loop to Government Affairs Manager hiring managers at Fortune 500, Big Tech policy teams.

• ▸Why are you moving from Policy Advisor to Government Affairs Manager?
• ▸Walk me through a Policy Advisor project where you applied skills relevant to Government Affairs Manager.
• ▸Which parts of a Government Affairs Manager role are new to you, and how are you closing that gap?
• ▸Where do you see yourself as a Government Affairs Manager in 3 years?
• ▸Tell me about a stakeholder disagreement and how you resolved it.

• ▸Lead with a positioning line: "Policy Advisor transitioning to Government Affairs Manager, focused on Compliance and Stakeholder Management."
• ▸Reframe Policy Advisor accomplishments using Government Affairs Manager vocabulary — outcomes, not tasks.
• ▸Surface 79% of overlapping skills at the top; put Policy Advisor-only work later.
• ▸Add a "Selected projects" section featuring 2 artifacts aligned to Government Affairs Manager.
• ▸Quantify impact: dollars, users, uptime, cycle time — whatever a Government Affairs Manager manager cares about.