Senior Manager Government Affairs
About The Position
Radiant is seeking a Senior Manager Government Affairs to lead the company’s engagement with Congress and help shape the policy, authorization, and appropriations environment needed to deploy microreactors across U.S. government customers. The role is central to Radiant’s federal growth strategy, supporting legislative efforts that enable government customers to fund, procure, authorize, and scale advanced nuclear systems for national security, energy resilience, and mission assurance. The successful candidate will understand congressional processes and translate technical and operational priorities into legislative outcomes. They will work with company leadership and cross-functional teams to secure funding and policy support for deployments, coordinate external stakeholders, and provide actionable insight into legislative dynamics and opportunities. The position is 100% onsite at Radiant’s DC office and may require extended hours and weekends as necessary.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.
- 7+ years of experience in congressional policy, appropriations, or government affairs.
- Experience working on Capitol Hill or closely with Congress.
- Strong understanding of the congressional authorization and appropriations process.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to accomplish the mission.
- Must work 100% onsite at the DC office.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working for a congressional appropriations or authorizing committee.
- Experience at a government affairs firm or multi-client policy practice.
- Familiarity with Department of Defense budgeting and program structure.
- Knowledge of nuclear energy, advanced energy technologies, or national security policy.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute Radiant’s congressional affairs strategy in support of U.S. government programs, customer priorities, and deployment timelines.
- Build and maintain relationships with Members of Congress, committee staff, leadership offices, and personal offices, particularly across defense, energy, appropriations, and homeland security portfolios.
- Identify opportunities to advance authorizing and appropriations language supporting advanced nuclear systems for mission-critical government applications.
- Track, analyze, and influence authorization and appropriations cycles, hearings, markups, and relevant legislative proposals.
- Prepare briefing materials, hearing memos, legislative analyses, and strategic recommendations for company leadership.
- Help shape the external narrative around Radiant’s role in national security, resilient infrastructure, and operational energy.
- Partner with business development, policy, regulatory, and technical teams to align congressional strategy with customer needs, capture priorities, and deployment opportunities.
- Translate Radiant’s technical capabilities into policy, budgetary, and legislative objectives.
- Support congressional engagement plans tied to specific programs, accounts, and federal customers.
- Provide leadership with actionable insight on legislative dynamics, stakeholder positioning, and emerging opportunities or risks.
- Coordinate with outside consultants, trade associations, think tanks, and aligned partners in support of Radiant’s priorities.
- Support senior executives in congressional meetings, strategic external engagements, and high-priority policy events.
- Build relationships across the defense, energy, and industrial base ecosystem to strengthen support for advanced nuclear deployment.
- Ensure compliance with applicable lobbying, ethics, and disclosure requirements.
Benefits
- Substantial incentive stock plan for all full-time employees.
- Medical coverage up to the base silver-level plan for the employee and 50% for dependents, with plans up to Platinum available.
- Sponsored One Medical memberships for employees and their dependents.
- Vision coverage at 100% for the top-tier plan and 50% for dependents.
- Dental coverage at 100% for the top-tier plan, with orthodontia extra, and 50% for dependents.
- Voluntary employee-contributed life, accident, hospital, critical illness, commuter, and FSA/HSA benefits.
- Eight weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, plus additional paid pregnancy leave for California employees.
- Daily catered lunch, free snacks, and drinks.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Remote workday allocation.
- Company and team-bonding events, happy hours, and in-person camaraderie.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
