Director of Government Relations

North Vector Dynamics
Ottawa
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Government Affairs & Public PolicySkills: ["Judgment","Discretion","Integrity","Executive briefing","Policy writing"]

Build and manage North Vector Dynamics’ federal and provincial government relationships, executing advocacy priorities across Canada’s defence and industrial policy landscape. Lead government relations planning, stakeholder mapping, and day-to-day direction of external advisers. Engage senior decision-makers and regulators, monitor policy developments, and support executive briefings for key meetings. Develop and run lobbying and advocacy initiatives while ensuring compliance, including maintaining federal registrations and monthly reporting returns.

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North Vector Dynamics
North Vector Dynamics
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Director of Government Relations

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Job Summary

Build and manage North Vector Dynamics’ federal and provincial government relationships, executing advocacy priorities across Canada’s defence and industrial policy landscape. Lead government relations planning, stakeholder mapping, and day-to-day direction of external advisers. Engage senior decision-makers and regulators, monitor policy developments, and support executive briefings for key meetings. Develop and run lobbying and advocacy initiatives while ensuring compliance, including maintaining federal registrations and monthly reporting returns.
Location: Ottawa
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Government Affairs & Public Policy
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute NVD’s government relations plan, ensuring continuity and accountability across government engagements.
  • •Recommend engagement objectives, priority stakeholders, sequencing, messaging, tactics, and measures of progress.
  • •Provide day-to-day direction to retained external government relations advisers aligned to NVD priorities.
  • •Map formal and informal decision-makers and pathways, and build relationships with key federal organizations and stakeholders.
  • •Develop and execute advocacy initiatives and maintain federal lobbying registration, monthly communication returns, and compliance with applicable rules.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •Significant progressively responsible experience in government relations, politics, and/or public policy.
  • •Significant professional experience operating in Ottawa with strong understanding of federal political and public-service decision-making.
  • •Ability to develop and execute government relations and advocacy strategies and build relationships with political staff, parliamentarians, public servants, and stakeholders.
  • •Strong judgment, executive briefing, policy writing, and advocacy skills, including identifying decision-makers and practical pathways to advance issues.
  • •Must hold or be eligible to obtain and maintain a Government of Canada Secret security clearance.
Skills:JudgmentDiscretionIntegrityExecutive briefingPolicy writing
Languages:French

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

North Vector Dynamics
Develops sovereign Canadian defence and autonomy technologies — counter-UAS, short-range air defence, and hypersonic propulsion — combining AI sensing, guidance and precision effectors for scalable battlefield systems.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Micro (1 to 10 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
Headquarters: Calgary, Canada
Founded: 2013
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