The Legislative Affairs Director will report to the Vice President, Government Relations, and represent Peraton’s legislative and policy interests on Capitol Hill with primary focus on committees with jurisdictional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, and Government Information Technology. Peraton delivers trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions that keep people safe and secure. The candidate must be fearless and agile, with the strategic acumen and congressional experience to operate collaboratively and consultatively to ensure we operate as “One Peraton.” 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 their research, analysis, and collaboration they will 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.
• Conduct political and election law research.

Required

• 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 political science, international affairs, or a similar field with 16+ years, or a Masters and 14+ years’ experience 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 for Department of Homeland Security, General Services Administration, and/or Department of Veterans Affairs
• Enterprise Information Technology Programs, Cloud, and Digital expertise
• 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 20%

Desired

• Congressional Staff and/or Congressional Liaison experience
• Policy and lobbying experience
• Entrepreneurial and a creative strategist
• Impeccable communication skills, orally and written, to effectively communicate with concisely and precisely with internal and external stakeholders.
• Organized and efficient
• 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