Government Affairs Analyst

Description and Requirements

The Team You Will Join

In Government & Legal Affairs, you'll be an engaged and trusted partner - empowered to deliver innovative solutions, influence public policy, and achieve results that enable MetLife's growth and protect its global interests. Applying a commercial and contemporary mindset, you'll advocate for what's possible, overcome challenges, and embrace different perspectives. If you also pride yourself on acting with accountability, transparency, and respect, apply to join our Government & Legal Affairs team today.

The Opportunity

The Government Affairs Analyst is responsible for helping support the work of an externally facing function that delivers public policy solutions for MetLife businesses and the overall enterprise. This position is critical or keeping the global team organized and operating seamlessly to help meet objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to engage with a high functioning team across several global markets, learn the nexus between public policy and business, and develop critical skills to enhance a career and leadership path. You will work with a team that supports and liaises with senior executives of the company as well as other notable external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive and administrative support to department leadership, including calendar, travel, expenses, IT coordination, and document management.
• Support internal operations and processes, including planning, tracking deliverables, managing requests, invoice management, and budget monitoring.
• Support development and production of materials for meetings, events, and executive briefings, including high-quality and confidential presentations.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, across internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist with projects and overall office operations, supporting low- to medium-complexity initiatives under senior staff guidance and managing events.

Required Qualifications

• BS/BA degree and 1-3 years of experience
• Demonstrate a strong ownership mindset, working independently to anticipate needs, manage priorities, and deliver high-quality results aligned with company values.
• Exhibit strong organizational and time management skills, effectively handling multiple tasks, competing priorities, and complex follow-ups.
• Leverage technology and design skills to create impactful presentations and adopt emerging tools and innovations.
• Analyze and communicate complex information clearly, with strong research, synthesis, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Build effective relationships and drive continuous improvement, effectively collaborating across teams, engaging senior stakeholders, and identifying opportunities to streamline processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to assess tasks, projects, and requests thoughtfully—connect to broader objectives, ask clarifying questions, consider contingencies, flag conflicts and gaps, suggest improvements to processes.
• Ability to work autonomously; effectively handle and track multiple tasks to completion, prioritize deadlines appropriately and remain flexible.
• Self-motivated to learn more about the business and is proactive in personal development.
• Ability to balance client expectations with MetLife capabilities and understand the impact both administratively and financially.
• A combination of corporate and other experience preferred.

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $62,100 - $80,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife’s U.S. benefits, please [1] click here.

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s [2] #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").

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MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.

This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date. References

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