Government Relations Manager

Peraton is seeking an accomplished Government Relations Manager, to join the company’s enterprise-wide government relations strategy and function. Reporting to the Vice President, Government Relations, the Government Relations Manager will represent Peraton’s legislative and policy interests on Capitol Hill with primary focus on committees with jurisdictional oversight of civilian agencies, cybersecurity, and government information technology.  Additionally, as a key external representative of Peraton, they must embody Peraton’s core values, always acting with integrity and trust, a “we before I” mindset, and honoring the missions we serve.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish, cultivate, and sustain enduring Peraton relationships with Members of Congress, their staff, and relevant professional committees.
• Collaborate with Government Relations peers to ensure Congressional strategies account for Executive branch policy and regulatory approaches and leverage think tanks, trade associations, and industry coalitions to maximize Peraton’s impact.
• Raise Peraton’s profile on Capitol Hill as the nation’s largest transformative enterprise IT provider and national security mission capability integrator.
• Collaborate with Peraton’s Political Action Committee on congressional strategy and priorities.
• Through research, analysis, and collaboration, ensure insights into key government influencers are captured, summarized, and articulated.
• Liaise and partner across Peraton’s Sector and functional departments to ensure content development across key influence vectors is aligned to our corporate and business objectives.
• Collaborate across Peraton to develop content and policy materials to support goals.

Required Qualifications:

• Team player who is a self-starter, decisive, able to work independently, organize and prioritize daily workload in a fast-paced environment, has exceptional attention to detail and deadlines, outstanding judgement, and discretion, and is passionate about their work.
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, international affairs, or a similar field with 10+ years in government relations, including professional staff on Capitol Hill and/or Executive branch legislative affairs. The ideal candidate will have one or more experiences in the following:
  • Federal government services industry
  • Federal agency and/or Congressional staff oversight expertise in civilian agencies, information technology, and/or the General Services Administration
  • Enterprise information technology programs, and cloud.
• Established bipartisan relationships with Members of Congress and relevant committee staff.
• Deep knowledge of the federal budget process, legislative process, and appropriations expertise.
• Proven ability to manage legislative requirements across a diverse set of federal government business interests.
• Demonstrated success researching and crafting analytic assessments.
• Impeccable communication skills, verbal and written, to confidently and comfortably communicate concisely and precisely with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills; data analytics a plus.
• Ability to travel as required, up to 10%
• US Citizenship

Desired Qualifications:

• Congressional Staff experience
• Policy and lobbying experience
• Entrepreneurial and a creative strategist
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate in a fast-paced environment
• Action-oriented and decisive yet apply critical thinking when faced with complex problems
• Agility: Ability to act and react quickly and flexibly in a fast-paced environment, with ability to thrive in ambiguous, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environments

What Success Looks Like:

• Government relations is a core driver of growth strategy, not a supporting function
• Peraton is consistently positioned ahead of major policy, funding, and acquisition decisions
• The company is recognized as a trusted and influential voice across the national security and federal contracting ecosystem
• External engagement is fully synchronized with capture, pipeline, and strategic priorities