Director, Government Relations

The role

You will lead federal advocacy and government engagement to help policymakers understand company capabilities. You will advance policy, legislative, and funding priorities to support the mission.

What you will do

• Lead federal advocacy strategy before Congress, the Executive Branch, the Department of War, and the Intelligence Community.
• Develop and advance legislative and appropriations priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with House and Senate committees, Pentagon leaders, and federal agencies.
• Work with Washington-based trade associations and defense coalitions.
• Track developments in AI governance, cybersecurity, federal cloud policy, and defense procurement.
• Write executive-ready policy briefs, white papers, congressional testimony, and stakeholder materials.
• Direct the preparation and submission of federal lobbying disclosures.
• Partner with Legal on lobbying, export-control, and procurement-integrity compliance.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of federal government relations experience in-house, at a government relations firm, or in a relevant senior congressional staff or defense official role.
• Thorough understanding of the federal budget cycle, defense acquisition timelines and emerging technology regulation.
• Established, referenceable relationships with key Capitol Hill and Pentagon stakeholders.
• Experience developing and executing federal advocacy strategies.
• Strong policy analysis and writing skills.

Nice to have

• Direct experience advancing policy priorities related to AI, cybersecurity, federal cloud computing or other national security technologies.
• Experience working with trade associations or defense coalitions.
• An active U.S. government security clearance, or immediate eligibility to obtain one

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
• Life / AD&D, disability coverage options.
• Paid parental leave for eligible full-time employees.
• 12 weeks for birthing parents, 4 for non-birthing parents, 6 weeks for adoptive, foster, or intended parents through surrogacy.
• Paid holidays and flexible PTO.
• 401(k) with pre-tax and Roth options.
• HSA/FSA options, dependent care FSA.

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizenship Required

About the company

Founded in 2024, Twenty Technologies industrializes offensive cyber operations for the U.S. and its allies. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.