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Managing Director, Government Relations - Defense Budgeting

HadrianWashington, DC

$224K – $260K • Offers Equity

Posted Sep 29, 2026

What you’d do

Lead defense budget strategy, shaping the budget build inside the Pentagon and OMB and engaging Congress on the defense topline. Requires fluency in appropriation, apportionment, obligation, and execution, plus depth on the organic industrial base, National Defense Stockpile, working capital funds, and reprogramming. Found on the employer's careers page on Oct 18, 2026. Apply through the link.

You’ll need

  • 15-20+ years inside the defense budget process
  • Fluency in apportionment, allocation, obligation, execution
  • Depth on organic industrial base funding
  • National Defense Stockpile and working capital funds knowledge
  • U.S. citizen, national, LPR, or ITAR-eligible

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