VP of Federal Partnerships – Government Affairs

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Hexium

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2023

⚡ Energy

🔬 Science

🔧 Hardware

💰 $13M Funding Round - Hexium on 2025-07

Energy • Science • Hardware

Hexium is building next-generation isotope enrichment technology using Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS). The company is modernizing and scaling AVLIS—a laser-driven ionization and electric sorting process—to produce enriched isotopes starting with lithium for nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, and industrial applications. Hexium emphasizes a patent-pending, low-capital and low-operating-cost approach that avoids centrifuges and chemical separation, produces minimal hazardous waste, and enables compact, scalable commercial deployment by leveraging modern lasers and existing supply chains.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute Hexium's federal partnership and funding strategy with the CEO and executive leadership • Maintain working knowledge of relevant DOE, NNSA, and national laboratory programs and funding priorities • Identify and evaluate federal funding and partnership opportunities aligned with Hexium's technology roadmap and commercialization objectives • Monitor federal budgets, appropriations, and program developments affecting isotope enrichment and the nuclear fuel cycle, translating them into recommendations for the CEO • Structure and negotiate federal and national laboratory agreements, including OTAs, CRADAs, SPPs, cooperative agreements, and similar mechanisms • Lead or support capture and proposal strategy for BAAs, RFPs, and other competitive federal opportunities • Own agreements after execution, coordinating milestones, compliance, and deliverables across technical, legal, regulatory, and finance teams • Build relationships with federal program staff, agreements and contracting officials, and national laboratory partnership organizations • Represent Hexium at industry days, briefings, national laboratory partnership forums, and relevant conferences • Engage Congressional offices to support program awareness and appropriations priorities • Coordinate outside consultants, government affairs advisors, and counsel supporting federal engagement

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience in federal program management, agreements, or contracting at DOE, NNSA, or a related agency; national laboratory technology transfer or strategic partnerships; nuclear-sector or federal-contracting business development and capture; or government affairs with direct responsibility for funding-bearing partnerships • Direct, hands-on experience securing or negotiating at least one substantive federal funding or partnership mechanism, such as an OTA, CRADA, SPP, cooperative agreement, competitive grant, or federal financing program • Demonstrated ability to identify relevant federal opportunities and lead or materially contribute to capture and proposal efforts • Working knowledge of the nuclear fuel cycle, advanced nuclear technologies, or a closely related technical field • Ability to translate complex technical, commercial, and legal considerations into executable partnership strategies • Strong negotiation, judgment, and executive communication skills • Bachelor's degree • For current or recent federal government employees, ability to represent Hexium in substantive engagements with DOE, NNSA, national laboratories, and other federal stakeholders without materially limiting post-employment restrictions • Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance • Compliance with export control regulations • Authorization to work in the United States; completion of I-9 employment eligibility verification • Successful completion of a background check

🏖️ Benefits

• Stock Options • Paid Time Off • 401(k) Matching • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance • HSA & FSAs