Senior Congressional Affairs SME Job Listing at SPA in United States of America (Job ID 2024-19102)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years experience in Congressional budgeting and procurement processes, development, and oversight;
• Demonstrated expert experience in strategic communications, targeted messaging development, funding proposal development, and key stakeholder engagement;
• Demonstrated expert understanding of Department of Defense fiscal and resource priorities, processes, and strategies as they relate to acquisition of complex programs and initiatives;
• DoD SECRET clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other related Government and Government-adjacent stakeholders (e.g. White House Office of Management and Budget, non-profit public policy organizations / think tanks, and Fortune 500 defense contractors) highly desired
• Masters Degree in a technical/STEM field

The successful candidate will support the Strategic Communications team within the Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Directorate. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Provide unique insight on effective Congressional engagement, especially recommendations for specific legislative language and priorities to advance PEO IWS strategic initiatives, identification of nuanced impediments to messaging and engagement in Congress, DoD, and industry, and identification of strategic engagement and stakeholder analysis opportunities;
• Consultation on technical assessment and resource analysis development support for critical PEO IWS programs, objectives, and priorities and effective alignment to House Appropriations Committee (HAC), House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC), and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) policy and programmatic guidance as they relate to appropriations, funding realignment, and PEO IWS systems procurement; and
• Identification of overlooked funding sources and authorities and creation of briefs and engagement plans to provide PEO IWS with analysis and execution of advantageous stakeholder introductions and relationship development to better inform budget requests and proposals, provide insight on Congressional sentiment of PEO IWS program priorities, and avoid budgeting risks and pitfalls.

This position is open to fully remote employees, although some travel to the Washington, DC Metropolitan area is expected.