Senior Federal Affairs Manager — Quantum & Security

Infleqtion, Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

Disability Insurance

Unlimited PTO

401(k) Match

Life and AD&D Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Paid FMLA, Maternity/Paternity Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Student Loan Repayment

Equity Program

Job summary

Infleqtion, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Government Affairs to drive the company’s U.S. federal government affairs strategy at the intersection of quantum technology and national security.

The role reports to the Vice President of Government Affairs and supports congressional engagement, appropriations and authorization activity, agency outreach, and policy narratives. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and collaborative, with strong knowledge of federal policymaking, budget

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in government affairs, congressional affairs, public policy, or federal advocacy.
• Working knowledge of the federal budget, appropriations, authorization, and legislative processes.
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and briefing skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain tracking systems for congressional, agency, appropriations, authorization, regulatory, and policy activity relevant to Infleqtion’s business priorities.
• Monitor and analyze federal legislation, appropriations bills, NDAA activity, agency budgets, committee hearings, and regulatory developments; summarize implications and recommend 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 high-quality briefing materials, one-pagers, leave-behinds, talking points, hearing summaries, policy memos, engagement plans, and follow-up materials for internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate with Business Development, Capture, Proposals, Contracts, and technical teams to connect policy opportunities with customer needs, program objectives, funding pathways, and Infleqtion’s technology roadmap.
• Support appropriations and authorization efforts, including draft requests, report language concepts, letters of support, stakeholder maps, delegation materials, and related engagement timelines.
• Plan and coordinate congressional and agency meetings, Hill days, executive visits, facility tours, industry events, and stakeholder briefings.
• Maintain a clear operating rhythm for government affairs priorities, including meeting notes, action items, contact records, engagement history, deadlines, and deliverables.
• 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 and coordinate outside consultants, advisors, and lobbyists to ensure consistent messaging, timely execution, and measurable progress.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance to support adherence to applicable lobbying, ethics, gift, travel, campaign finance, procurement integrity, export control, and internal approval requirements.
• Create high-impact written and visual materials, including executive briefings, policy memos, board updates, Hill decks, leave-behinds, testimony support, talking points, and strategic engagement plans.
• Represent Infleqtion in external meetings as appropriate and help prepare executives and technical leaders for engagements with government stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in government affairs

Policy analysis

Executive briefing

Stakeholder mapping

Congressional engagement

Budget process knowledge

Clear communication

Travel availability

Citizenship & clearance

Education

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

Job description

Infleqtion, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Government Affairs to drive the company’s U.S. federal government affairs strategy at the intersection of quantum technology and national security.

The role reports to the Vice President of Government Affairs and supports congressional engagement, appropriations and authorization activity, agency outreach, and policy narratives. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and collaborative, with strong knowledge of federal policymaking, budget