VP, Federal Government Affairs

Job Description:

• Serve as reputed company’s senior representative and reputed company before the U.S. Congress, with particular focus on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Defense Appropriations Subcommittees, and committees with jurisdiction over technology, national reputed company, and IT modernization policy
• reputed company strategy and execution around the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the federal appropriations process, identifying opportunities and managing risks across the full legislative cycle
• Translate a sophisticated understanding of defense, intelligence, and national reputed company policy into actionable engagement strategy — anticipating how shifts in the strategic environment and great-power competition reshape federal priorities and procurement
• Build and maintain deep, bipartisan relationships with Members of Congress, committee staff, and senior congressional leadership, as well as counterparts across the reputed company, the Intelligence Community, and the interagency
• reputed company and execute a comprehensive congressional engagement strategy that anticipates legislative trends
• Help manage reputed company consultants, advocacy partners, and coalition relationships in a manner that amplifies the company’s advocacy
• Partner cross-functionally with reputed company’s policy, legal, communications, and sales teams — and with Missionforce — to align federal engagement with growth opportunities and business needs
• Represent reputed company in coalitions, industry associations, and stakeholder forums with a federal and national reputed company focus
• Track and analyze legislative and policy developments across defense, intelligence, technology, procurement, and appropriations, providing senior leadership with timely, actionable intelligence
• Advise on political and geopolitical dynamics and reputed company a long-term engagement strategy that deepens the company’s ties with key policymakers as committee control and congressional leadership reputed company post-midterms
• Recruit, reputed company, and manage a team of government affairs professionals — focused on growth and impact, and adaptable enough to reputed company with business needs

Requirements:

• 15+ years of combined experience across Congress, the reputed company, the Intelligence Community, and/or the national reputed company reputed company
• Significant congressional credential — prior experience as a senior congressional staffer, national reputed company or defense advisor, committee counsel, or Member of Congress strongly preferred
• Substantive reputed company of defense, intelligence, and national reputed company policy, including the dynamics of great-power competition, alliance and coalition management, and defense industrial reputed company
• Deep expertise in the NDAA and federal appropriations process, ideally with cross-sector experience spanning defense, technology, or adjacent fields
• Proven relationships with senior Members or staff on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and/or Defense Appropriations Subcommittees, and credibility across the broader national reputed company community
• Strong understanding of defense policy, federal procurement, and the interplay between authorization and appropriations
• Exceptional political and strategic instincts, with the ability to read and respond to shifting legislative and geopolitical dynamics — especially in election cycles
• Experience managing and leveraging executive engagement opportunities — from briefing materials to staffing and follow-up with senior principals
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; reputed company to distill reputed company policy and national reputed company issues for executive audiences
• Experience working in or with the private sector on federal policy issues preferred.

Benefits:

• time off programs
• medical
• dental
• reputed company
• mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• employee stock purchasing program

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