Federal Affairs Lead (US)
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Responsibilities
- Engage with policymakers across Congress and the Executive Branch on Reflection AI's priority issues, including national security, procurement, energy, infrastructure, and AI governance
- Own the full lobbying cycle: identify targets, develop the ask, schedule and execute meetings, track commitments, and follow through to outcomes
- Monitor and engage on relevant legislation, markups, and regulatory activity - providing real-time intelligence to leadership and flagging inflection points that require action
- Develop and execute advocacy campaigns in coordination with cross functional partners
- Draft and deliver leave-behinds, one-pagers, testimony support, and other materials that make our policy positions land on the Hill
- Advise leadership on political feasibility, legislative timing, and stakeholder dynamics - translating what's happening into clear strategic guidance
- Represent Reflection AI at political and policy events
- Manage relationships with external consultants and lobbying firms
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in-house, at a firm, or in government with a clear record of influencing legislative outcomes
- Active, trusted relationships with policymakers
- Experience in technology policy strongly preferred
- Comfortable getting up to speed quickly on complex technical subject matter
- Sharp written and verbal communicator - you can distill a complex AI policy issue into a two-minute pitch or a crisp one-pager
- Exceptional judgement
- Energized by a fast-moving startup environment where you're building the playbook, not inheriting one
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Additional Information
Our Mission Reflection's mission is to build open superintelligence and make it accessible to all . We're developing open weight models for individuals, agents, enterprises, and even nation states. Our team of AI researchers and company builders come from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, Meta, Character.AI, Anthropic and beyond. AI policy is being written in real time. This is the most consequential technology policy moment in a generation - and Reflection AI is at the center of it. We're looking for a hands-on federal affairs professional to lead our engagement across Congress and the Executive Branch. This is a direct lobbying role - you'll be on the Hill executing, not just advising from the sidelines. You'll own Reflection AI's federal legislative agenda, drive strategy and execution, and build the relationships that turn policy goals into wins.
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