Program Manager - Congressional Liaison

US Federal Solutions•Washington, VA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

US Federal Solutions is seeking an experienced Program Manager – Congressional Liaison to support Headquarters United States Space Force senior leadership. This position will provide strategic congressional affairs, legislative analysis, executive communications, and task management support to SF/DS and SF/S1 organizations. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders by evaluating congressional priorities, legislative developments, political sensitivities, and potential impacts to Space Force personnel programs, operations, budgets, authorities, and strategic initiatives. This role requires strong knowledge of the congressional process, exceptional writing and briefing skills, and the ability to coordinate high-visibility actions across senior Department of the Air Force and Space Force stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, government, national security, communications, business, or a related field.
Significant professional experience supporting congressional affairs, legislative liaison, executive communications, government relations, or senior-level Department of Defense operations.
Demonstrated understanding of the federal legislative process, congressional committees, authorization and appropriations cycles, defense legislation, and congressional oversight activities.
Experience analyzing the National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Appropriations bills, committee reports, or other defense-related legislation.
Experience preparing senior leaders for congressional hearings, briefings, meetings, and other high-visibility engagements.
Strong experience drafting congressional correspondence, legislative summaries, talking points, briefing papers, questions for the record, directed reports, and executive-level communication products.
Experience managing high-visibility taskers, congressional reporting requirements, and requests for information in a deadline-driven environment.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex policy, program, budget, and legislative information into clear executive-level products.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate across senior leaders, headquarters staff, legislative affairs organizations, financial management offices, and subject matter experts.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, short-notice requests, and competing deadlines with limited supervision.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Ability to obtain and maintain the security clearance and access required for the position.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience supporting the United States Space Force, Department of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense, a military service headquarters, or another federal defense organization.
Experience coordinating directly with SAF/LL, SAF/FML, service legislative liaison offices, congressional committees, or congressional staff.
Experience using ETMS2, TMT, CATMS, or a comparable executive task management system.
Familiarity with Space Force personnel, manpower, readiness, policy, budget, or headquarters operations.
Experience supporting congressional Posture Season, confirmation hearings, budget hearings, legislative proposal development, or congressional delegation engagements.
Master’s degree in public policy, government, national security, public administration, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

Advise senior Space Force leaders on congressional interests, legislative sensitivities, emerging issues, and the potential effects of legislation on SF/DS and SF/S1 programs, policies, resources, and operations.
Prepare senior leaders for congressional hearings, briefings, meetings, office calls, and other engagements by developing background materials, anticipated questions, recommended responses, and engagement strategies.
Develop and coordinate read-aheads, talking points, briefing papers, decision memoranda, legislative summaries, executive correspondence, and other congressional affairs products.
Draft, coordinate, staff, and track responses to congressional inquiries, requests for information, directed reports, questions for the record, follow-up letters, and statutory reporting requirements.
Monitor, analyze, and summarize proposed legislation, committee hearings, markups, floor activity, and other congressional developments affecting Space Force missions, personnel programs, budgets, and authorities.
Conduct detailed legislative analysis of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Appropriations legislation, committee reports, conference reports, and related defense policy measures.
Brief senior leadership on congressional dynamics, upcoming engagements, potential risks, legislative opportunities, and recommended communication or engagement approaches.
Manage congressional taskers and workflows within the Enterprise Task Management Software Solution, including suspense tracking, assignment coordination, quality control, staffing, and final response submission.
Coordinate congressional engagements, communications, and actions with the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Legislative Liaison and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller.
Support annual congressional Posture Season activities, including hearing preparation sessions, mock hearings, pre-hearing late-night preparation events, briefing book development, and response to congressional requests for information.
Maintain comprehensive trackers for congressional correspondence, legislative requirements, hearing actions, requests for information, and leadership commitments.
Coordinate across Space Force directorates, action officers, subject matter experts, legal advisors, financial management personnel, and public affairs representatives to ensure accurate, consistent, and timely congressional responses.
Review congressional products for accuracy, clarity, consistency, executive-level presentation, and alignment with approved Department of the Air Force and Space Force positions.
Identify emerging legislative trends and congressional concerns that may affect organizational priorities and recommend proactive engagement strategies.
Facilitate meetings, working groups, and coordination sessions related to congressional engagements, reporting requirements, and legislative actions.