Ta kasance memba na tawagar shugaban kasa na Barack Obama kafin ya
ya fara aiki a watan Janairun 2009. Bayan barin ofishin gwamnati, Granholm ya ɗauki matsayi a Jami'ar California, Berkeley kuma, tare da mijinta Daniel Mulhern, marubucin "Labarin Gwamna: Yakin neman Ayyuka da Makomar Amurka", wanda aka saki a shekarar 2011. Ta zama mai watsa shiri na "The War Room tare da Jennifer Granholm" akan Current TV. A watan Janairun 2017, an ɗauke ta aiki a matsayin mai ba da gudummawar siyasa na CNN.