Global Government Affairs Director

The role

You will lead SpaceXSI's market development and stakeholder engagement in Europe, with a focus on the UK. You will build a pipeline of government and strategic enterprise opportunities and help win deals with European governments.

What you will do

• Lead the identification, qualification and development of European government and strategic enterprise opportunities, and build a pipeline for Enterprise Sales teams
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis of demand for SpaceXSI's technologies and the European AI and public sector landscape
• Build and expand a senior network of advocates and partners across European national and local government, academia, industry bodies and the private sector
• Drive higher win rates on complex European government and strategic enterprise deals by giving strategic counsel and executive sponsorship to sales teams
• Shape funding, procurement, policy and regulatory conditions that support SpaceXSI's market entry and growth in Europe
• Lead government briefings, negotiations and strategic relationship management on the highest-priority European pursuits
• Accelerate deal velocity from opportunity identification through contract award, signature and launch
• Coordinate with Sales, Marketing, Legal, Product, Engineering and Finance to align European strategy with global priorities
• Monitor and mitigate geopolitical, economic, regulatory, policy, security and reputational risks in the region
• Define, track and report key performance metrics, including pipeline value, win rates, deals closed and revenue impact, to global leadership

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of experience in government affairs, public policy, market access, strategic business development or regulatory affairs
• 4+ years of direct people leadership experience managing government affairs teams or personnel
• Willing to travel, less than 25%
• Willing to attend political and industry events on behalf of SpaceXSI
• Flexibility, including long hours and weekend work when necessary
• Based in London, UK and onsite

Nice to have

• Ability to build and use senior relationships with government officials, policymakers and C-suite executives
• Current knowledge of UK and European government, AI and digital transformation policy and public sector innovation agendas
• Direct experience engaging with government departments or agencies such as UK's DSIT or Cabinet Offices
• Strong communication and executive presence, with the ability to write policy briefs, proposals and presentations
• Ability to translate complex technical AI concepts into clear policy, mission and business value language
• Experience leading or contributing to cross-functional teams in fast-paced, matrixed organizations
• Passion for SpaceXSI's mission and interest in responsible deployment of frontier AI for public good

Before you apply

• Must be based in London, UK and work onsite. Remote work is not considered
• Must be willing to travel, less than 25%

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Its teams develop the Colossus supercomputers, Grok models and applications including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice and X.