Federal Government Affairs Manager (Policy & Strategy)

Infleqtion; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 145,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid medical, dental, and

Vision coverage

Short/Long-term disability

Employer-funded Health Savings Account

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Paid FMLA, Maternity/Paternity Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Student Loan Repayment

Equity Program

Job summary

Infleqtion in Washington, DC is seeking a Manager of Government Affairs to advance the U.S. federal government affairs strategy at the intersection of quantum technology, national security, space, energy, research, and critical infrastructure.

Reporting to the VP of Government Affairs, this role will coordinate congressional engagement, appropriations and authorization activity, agency outreach, policy analysis, stakeholder mapping, and executive briefing preparation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in engineering, science, public policy, international relations, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in government affairs, congressional affairs, public policy, federal advocacy, federal agency affairs, national security, defense, aerospace, emerging technology, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of the federal budget, appropriations, authorization, and legislative processes, including the role of congressional committees, personal offices, executive agencies, and stakeholder coalitions.
• Experience analyzing legislation, agency budgets, policy proposals, regulations, hearings, or federal funding opportunities and translating them into concise business-relevant recommendations.
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and briefing skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusted relationships with internal teams, external partners, government stakeholders, and consultants.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and workstreams in a fast-moving environment with limited supervision.
• High attention to detail, strong judgment, discretion, and commitment to ethical conduct.
• Ability to travel domestically as needed.
• U.S. citizenship required due to anticipated engagement with U.S. government customers and potential access to controlled or classified information; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance is required.
• Willingness to register as a federal lobbyist if required by role responsibilities and applicable law.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain tracking systems for congressional, agency, appropriations, authorization, regulatory, and policy activity.
• Monitor and analyze federal legislation, agency budgets, NDAA activity, committee hearings, administration policy, regulatory developments, and emerging technology priorities; summarize implications and next steps.
• Support execution of congressional engagement plans, including outreach to Member offices, committee staff, delegation staff, agency officials, industry organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare briefing materials, one-pagers, leave-behinds, talking points, hearing summaries, policy memos, and engagement plans for internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate with Business Development, Capture, Proposals, Contracts, and technical teams to connect policy opportunities with customer needs and funding pathways.
• Support appropriations and authorization efforts, including draft requests, report language concepts, letters of support, stakeholder maps, and delegation materials.
• Plan and coordinate congressional and agency meetings, Hill days, executive visits, facility tours, industry events, and stakeholder briefings.
• Maintain an operating rhythm for government affairs priorities, including notes, action items, contact records, and deadlines.
• Support Infleqtion’s participation in industry associations, coalitions, working groups, and policy forums focused on quantum, defense, space, energy, science, technology, and innovation.
• Help manage outside consultants, advisors, and lobbyists to ensure consistent messaging and timely execution.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance to support ethics, travel, and procurement requirements.
• Create high-impact written and visual materials, including executive briefings, policy memos, board updates, Hill decks, and strategic engagement plans.
• Represent Infleqtion in external meetings and prepare executives for engagements with government stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent writing

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Travel readiness

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, public policy, international relations, or a related field

Job description

Infleqtion in Washington, DC is seeking a Manager of Government Affairs to advance the U.S. federal government affairs strategy at the intersection of quantum technology, national security, space, energy, research, and critical infrastructure.

Reporting to the VP of Government Affairs, this role will coordinate congressional engagement, appropriations and authorization activity, agency outreach, policy analysis, stakeholder mapping, and executive briefing preparation.