Associate Director, Government Relations

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Anduril Government Relations (GR) team is responsible for developing and implementing Anduril’s government affairs strategy with the federal legislative and executive branches as well as state and local government officials.

ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril is seeking talented Government Relations professionals to join the team in Washington, DC. We are actively hiring for multiple roles across several key business lines, each offering unique technology focus areas, as well as Government Relations professionals with significant national security expertise in the legislative or executive branch with experience in budget, authorization, appropriations, and broader national security policy making.

Anduril Government Relations directly supports Anduril’s divisions and associated business lines. This role will be aligned across capability portfolios based on expertise and experience as well as the demands of existing and emerging business lines and capabilities. Specific focus areas include, but are not limited to the below:

• Maritime: Anduril’s growing maritime business line is building the next generation of autonomous maritime capability. In addition, Anduril recently announced Arsenal-2, a new, software-defined shipyard in Maryland, which will build complex components and large scale assemblies as a supplier in the submarine industrial base.

• Missiles and Advanced Effects: Anduril’s growing advanced weapons and autonomous effects portfolio. Anduril's Advanced Effects business line develops and manufactures autonomous air vehicles, cruise missiles, interceptor missiles, loitering munitions, and one-way effectors designed to give the U.S. military affordable, high-volume strike options to resolve the critical munitions gap.

• Space: Anduril’s growing space business line is expanding our AI-powered capabilities our AI-powered capabilities, enhancing space domain awareness, space control, and command and control for national security applications. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems to address growing threats in space to maintain a decisive advantage in this contested warfighting domain.

• Unmanned and Counter Unmanned Systems: Anduril builds a comprehensive, AI-driven suite of Counter-UAS (C-UAS) solutions designed to detect, track, identify, and defeat unmanned aerial threats. In addition, Anduril builds unmanned aerial systems (UAS) ranging from small Group One sized quadcopters to larger UAS systems.

• Command and Control and Autonomous Systems: Anduril’s Lattice is the software platform that powers the capabilities of its software-defined weapons, and easily integrates with third-party and government-owned capabilities to create a comprehensive, extensible network of sensors and effectors.

In these roles, you will assist in the development of engagement strategies with Members of Congress and their staff, Committee Staff, Congressional Leadership teams, Caucuses and other bodies, as well as the executive branch in connection with. You will also represent the company before a range of audiences to include Members of Congress and their staff, Committee Staff, executive branch officials, industry groups, and other audiences as appropriate.

You must have significant knowledge and experience of the national security related US federal budget/appropriations and policymaking processes and how these processes impact and support the company’s business development agenda. You should be a self-starter with strong verbal and written communication skills, and work well as part of a team. If you take initiative and find innovative solutions to drive forward priorities in a dynamic, fast paced team-oriented environment, this might be the job for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a key Member of the Government Relations team, roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the development and execution of near term and long term government relations strategies to build the company’s reputation, enhance the strategic positioning in the industry, and increase the understanding of the company and its business objectives in Washington, DC.

• Develop and implement GR strategy across business lines and fiscal years and engage on company-wide efforts to enact strategic national security policy and funding priorities through the congressional and executive branch processes.

• Support the planning and execution of appropriations and authorization strategies leading to direct revenue capture for multiple business lines, to include the engagement strategy with Members of Congress and their staff, Congressional Leadership teams, Caucuses and other bodies to increase support for budgetary and policy requests that have direct and material impact on Anduril revenue targets.

• Coordinate and oversee visits by congressional Members and staff to Anduril facilities in the United States and, as required, internationally.

• Support the company’s congressional engagement process to include the drafting and submission of policy and funding requests and supporting documentation, white papers, power points, congressional testimony and hearing prep, and other required deliverables.

• Monitor, analyze, and engage the annual congressional policymaking process to support the company’s priorities with a particular focus on annual appropriations, and defense and homeland security policy.

• Collaborate internally and externally on Anduril priorities, messaging and general outreach to ensure coordination and integration across the business development teams, independent consultants and senior leadership at the company.

• Support the company’s Political Action Committee priorities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 6+ years of experience in the national security, government relations, and/or federal executive or legislative arena is recommended. Title and Salary will be commensurate with experience.

• Holds considerable defense/national security experience on Capitol Hill or government relations related positions either for the Executive Branch or in a similar defense industry position.

• Demonstrated success in planning and implementing strategies to promote government relations priorities and influence change in the legislative policy and budget process.

• Significant knowledge and understanding of US federal appropriations and policy making processes, including executive agencies, the White House, Senate and House and an understanding of how these processes impact the company’s business development agenda.

• Experience with defense policy and budget issues and knowledge of the defense and national security sector and key stakeholders.

• Ability to build coalitions and to develop and maintain relationships with key Congressional and executive branch officials and industry and trade associations.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proven ability to work independently to pursue short and long-term goals.

• The ability to work and be an integral part of an action-oriented, decision-making working environment.

• Bachelors degree required. Graduate degrees welcome but not required.

• Ability to travel approximately 25% or greater.

• Must be available to work on-site in our DC Office

• Position will require individual lobbyist registration under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

• Currently possesses or is eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: 

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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• No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

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