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The Director of Government Relations will lead Poseidon's engagement with federal legislative and executive branches to secure funding and policy support. This role involves developing congressional strategies, managing agency relationships, and building a high-performing government relations team.
Candidates must have 7+ years of experience in national security or federal government relations with significant Capitol Hill engagement. A bachelor's degree is required, along with deep knowledge of the U.S. federal appropriations and authorization processes.
Poseidon Aerospace is reimagining how the world moves goods. We build and operate full-size autonomous cargo aircraft - capable of carrying two tons of payload over a thousand nautical miles. From remote communities to contested logistics operations, our platforms unlock a new cost curve for air freight, making it faster, cheaper, and accessible anywhere it's needed. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with locations in Washington DC, Oregon, and Maine; we're building something consequential.
We are looking for a Director of Government Relations to own Poseidon's engagement with the federal government across both the legislative and executive branches. You will run our authorizations and appropriations strategy and our executive and interagency strategy, with the objective of converting mission needs into funded programs and enduring support for Poseidon's platforms.
You will personally carry the work on the Hill and across the agencies, and as the function grows, you will build and lead the team behind it. You should be a self-starter who finds the path to an outcome and walks it.
Congressional and legislative strategy
Define and lead Poseidon's congressional strategy across the NDAA, defense, and homeland security appropriations, and oversight.
Identify, draft, and advocate for authorization and report language that supports Poseidon's platforms and the industrial base behind them.
Drive annual appropriations and authorization campaigns to support program starts, plus-ups, and multi-year funding profiles that have direct and material impact on revenue.
Build and maintain deep, trust-based relationships with Members and staff on HASC, SASC, HAC-D, SAC-D, and related subcommittees.
Monitor, analyze, and engage the annual congressional policymaking process, with particular focus on appropriations and defense and homeland security policy.
Executive branch and interagency strategy
Engage the executive branch and interagency at senior levels to shape requirements, resourcing, and policy in Poseidon's favor.
Draft Poseidon's congressional and executive-branch requests, and determine when, where, and how Poseidon can drive favorable outcomes.
Serve as the primary relationship owner across relevant executive agencies and offices, translating their priorities into Poseidon's program strategy and vice versa.
Build constructive working relationships with regulators to streamline the approvals Poseidon needs to operate and test.
Function-building and cross-functional leadership
Design, implement, and drive GR strategy across multiple business lines and spanning multiple fiscal years, aligned to corporate strategy.
Work with growth and business-line leadership to identify business and policy opportunities and advise on the legislative and resourcing strategies to capture them.
Lead coordination across communications, legal, corporate development, and engineering to execute in support of company-wide priorities.
Stand up the systems, cadence, and eventually the team that scale the GR function as Poseidon grows.
Outreach, representation, and political engagement
Draft and manage Poseidon's engagement materials: white papers, one-pagers, decks, talking points, testimony, and hearing prep.
Plan and execute Member and staff visits, demonstrations, and facility tours.
Manage external lobbyists and consultants, and represent Poseidon in industry coalitions, trade associations, and think tanks.
Support Poseidon's Political Action Committee priorities and strategy.
7+ years of experience in the national security, government relations, or federal legislative or executive arena, with significant Capitol Hill engagement.
Extensive defense and national security experience on Capitol Hill, in the executive branch, or in a comparable defense-industry government-relations position.
Demonstrated success planning and implementing strategies that influence change in the legislative, policy, and budget process, with a track record of outcomes through the NDAA and defense or homeland security appropriations.
Deep, working knowledge of PPBE, the U.S. federal appropriations and authorization processes, and how requirements map to funding lines, schedules, and risk, including the roles of executive agencies, the White House, the Senate, and the House.
One of the following profiles: professional staff on HASC, SASC, HAC-D, or SAC-D (or service for a senior appropriator), or current in-house government-relations experience at a defense technology company.
Ability to build coalitions and maintain relationships with key congressional and executive-branch officials and with industry and trade associations.
Willingness to register as an individual lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
Based in and working from our Washington, DC office in person. Travel approximately 25% or greater.
U.S. Person. Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees welcome but not required.
Active or eligible TS/SCI.
Established bipartisan relationships across the Armed Services and Appropriations committees and with senior executive-branch and combatant-command stakeholders.
Experience building a government-relations function from scratch rather than inheriting a mature process.
Fluency in defense acquisition and the policy levers, including export control, that govern aerospace and autonomy.
Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity
Relocation support if applicable
Employee Health Benefit Plans
6% Retirement matching
Flexible PTO
Free lunches, snacks, and a stocked fridge at our offices
AI tools and subscriptions
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Poseidon Aerospace is reimagining how the world moves goods. We build and operate full-size autonomous cargo aircraft; Heron, a seaplane, and Egret, a STOL aircraft; each capable of carrying two tons of payload over a thousand nautical miles. From remote communities to contested logistics operations, our platforms unlock a new cost curve for air freight, making it faster, cheaper, and accessible anywhere it's needed. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Washington, DC and Maine, we're a small team building something consequential.
Offices: San Francisco, California 94107, US
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