Managing Director, Government Relations - Legislative Branch
Washington, DC$224k - $260kFull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Role leading Hadrian's congressional engagement and government relations, focused on the Legislative Branch, nonpartisan strategy, and building a growing team to manage relationships with Congress, committees, and staff across the political spectrum.
Responsibilities
- Build and hold relationships with congressional leadership, the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees, the Rules Committee, relevant oversight committees, and members and staff whose priorities affect Hadrian's factories, programs, and customers.
- Set legislative strategy for Hadrian's priorities in relevant legislation, translating company and program needs into legislative language and asks.
- Own day-to-day congressional outreach: identifying which relationships matter most, sequencing engagement, and keeping the broader team informed of shifting political and legislative dynamics.
- Partner with the Principal, Government Relations — Defense Budget & Resourcing, incorporating their financial management regulation and execution expertise into Hill strategy.
- Manage Hadrian's external lobbying consultants and firms, directing their scope of work and leveraging their existing relationships to extend Hadrian's congressional reach and coverage.
- Build and maintain credibility with offices across the political spectrum, adapting outreach and messaging to different congressional offices' priorities without compromising Hadrian's nonpartisan posture.
- Coordinate political giving and stakeholder engagement strategy, where applicable, to reflect the composition and priorities of the sitting Congress.
- Represent Hadrian at congressional hearings, briefings, and member or staff meetings, ensuring consistent, on-message engagement.
- Develop and maintain a congressional engagement strategy that anticipates and manages political risk for Hadrian.
- Manage and develop the Legislative Branch team, starting with one direct report, and build out the function's structure as it grows.
- Coordinate as needed with the Public Policy leadership team, so Hadrian speaks with one voice across the function.
Qualifications
- A career spanning both congressional staff experience — such as a senior national security advisor for a member of Congress or defense committee staffer — and corporate government affairs leadership.
- A track record of translating policy priorities into legislative language and outcomes, including experience getting specific provisions included in an enacted defense authorization bills and appropriations bills.
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with congressional offices across the political spectrum, grounded in trust rather than partisan alignment.
- Experience designing structured outreach efforts — stakeholder engagement plans, political giving strategies, or similar — to match a changing Congress.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience with speechwriting, public statements, or testimony preparation.
- Comfortable managing and developing a small but growing team.
- Prior military service is a meaningful plus given Hadrian's mission and its customer base.
- A relentless, genuine focus on Hadrian's mission: rebuilding American industrial capacity and the workforce that runs it.
- Proactive and collaborative, with a sense of levity that makes the work better without ever letting up on the bar for excellence.
- Currently practicing as a registered federal lobbyist, or immediately eligible to register.
- Holds or can obtain a national security clearance.
Skills
Required:Congressional relationship managementLegislative strategyExternal lobbying management
Nice to have:Speechwriting/public statements/testimony
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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