Government Relations & Partnership Specialist
Austin-based venture firm and early-stage investor backing technology founders through the Texas Fund and All Access network.
About Capital Factory
Capital Factory is a Texas venture firm founded in Austin in 2009. Its current activity centers on early-stage investment and founder support for deep and frontier technology, including autonomy, robotics, space, defense, neurotechnology, energy, healthcare, and AI. It operates the Texas Fund for cash investments and All Access, a founder network providing introductions to capital, customers, talent, operators, and government partners.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage relationships with government, defense, and national security innovation partners. You will understand partner priorities and turn them into curated introductions, programming, events, and strategic partnerships. You will document commitments, track contractual deliverables, maintain partner information, develop engagement reporting, and coordinate internally to deliver partner outcomes.
Requirements
- Experience working with government, defense, national security, economic development, startups, or innovation ecosystems
- Knowledge of, or ability to learn, federal and defense innovation organizations
- Relationship-building skills with founders and senior government and military leaders
- Ability to turn partner objectives into programming, introductions, and opportunities
- Ability to navigate contracts, deliverables, timelines, and multiple stakeholders
- Ability to document conversations, commitments, and follow-up
- Ability to work between strategy and execution
- Ability to use Google productivity tools including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- Availability to work during SXSW, DREAMCON, and Startup Week
- Reliable transportation
Responsibilities
- Manage relationships with assigned government and defense innovation partners
- Establish recurring touchpoints to understand partner priorities, initiatives, and engagement needs
- Develop relationships with federal, state, local, defense, and innovation organizations
- Identify opportunities to deepen year-round partner engagement
- Maintain partner agreements, deliverables, timelines, and expectations
- Translate government partner needs into engagement opportunities
- Curate introductions between government stakeholders, startups, experts, investors, and ecosystem leaders
- Develop and support government-focused programming and gatherings
- Coordinate partner programming with Events and Community Engagement teams
- Support Fed Supernova and other defense and national security innovation initiatives
- Expand existing government relationships and develop strategic partnerships
- Monitor relevant government funding, grant, and partnership opportunities
- Support proposals, presentations, partnership materials, and strategic documents
- Document partner meetings, priorities, commitments, introductions, and next steps
- Track contractual obligations and report on partner engagement and outcomes
Benefits
- 4 weeks paid time off, including one week between Christmas and New Year’s
- Health, vision, and dental insurance paid 100% by Capital Factory
- 401k program with 50% company matching
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Parental leave, including 10 weeks paid leave for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
- $1,000 personal innovation budget on the first work anniversary and an additional $500 each anniversary thereafter
- Coworking membership at STATION Austin
- Garage parking space, metro pass, or rideshare credits
- Access to the onsite gym