Head of Governmental Affairs & Communications

The role

You will own and lead the policy, public affairs and communications function. You will set strategy to shape how governments, parliaments, armed forces and the press in Germany and Europe understand SE3.

What you will do

• Own SE3's government affairs and communications strategy
• Hold senior institutional relationships with the German parliament, governments and armed forces
• Shape SE3's positions on security, procurement and regulatory questions
• Lead SE3's thought-leadership agenda
• Lead significant political and press engagements
• Build, lead and develop the government affairs and communications team

Required qualifications

• Degree in political science, international relations, security studies, communications, public policy or an adjacent discipline
• Significant senior experience in government affairs, political or strategic communications, or in a ministry, parliament or comparable institution
• Experience building and leading a function or team
• Experience owning senior stakeholder relationships
• Native-level German
• Full professional fluency in English, written and spoken
• Must be eligible to work on defence-related projects
• Must be able to obtain relevant security clearance where required

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification
• Established network in the Bundestag, the Federal Ministry of Defence or European institutions
• Experience in defence, security or technology policy
• Experience representing a company in industry associations or at major security conferences
• Crisis communications experience

Benefits

• Employee participation programme
• High-quality and modern toolset
• Flat hierarchy
• Best-in-class AI tools and agents
• 31 Paid Days Off
• Free membership to gyms, yoga, and wellness through EGYM Wellpass
• 2 company retreats per year
• Professional mentor

Before you apply

• Candidates must be eligible to work on defence-related projects
• Candidates must obtain relevant security clearance where required
• Process includes an intro call, a 12hr timed case study, a deep-dive interview, and a team dinner or lunch

About the company

SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems. They combine 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI to help autonomous platforms operate when sensors become unreliable.