Chaos Industries
Director, Government Affairs
$180K–$250K
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years with a university degree, or 10+ years with an advanced degree.
- Education
- University degree, or advanced degree.
About the job
Leads CHAOS Industries’ legislative strategy on defense appropriations, acquisition policy, and program funding, representing the company before Congress and the Executive branch.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute authorization and appropriations strategy; identify, build, and defend funding for key programs.
- Build bipartisan relationships, track NDAA and appropriations cycles, and advise program and executive teams on developments.
- Draft legislative materials, represent CHAOS in government and industry forums, and support lobbying compliance and political engagement.
What they ask for
- University degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and 10+ years.
- Extensive Congressional experience on defense authorization or appropriations bills.
- Deep knowledge of the NDAA and annual appropriations processes.
- Established bipartisan relationships with relevant Congressional offices and committees; willingness to register as a lobbyist.
Nice to have
- Experience as a defense appropriations staffer or defense Committee professional staff member; active security clearance; or corporate government affairs/registered lobbyist experience.
- Knowledge of the PPBE process or technical fluency in autonomy, sensing, or AI.
Pay
USD $180,000 – $250,000 base salary
Tools
NDAA, planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE), autonomy, sensing, AI
AI focus
Technical fluency in AI is a nice-to-have; no AI development or implementation duties are stated.
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