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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing deployed operations, including mission planning, risk management, and operational judgment. Capable of establishing standards and frameworks for effective communication and compliance across cross-functional teams.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Mission PlanningRisk Management FrameworkOperational JudgmentCross-Functional LeadershipCustomer Communication
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Hard Skills
Operational Feasibility AssessmentMission Standards EstablishmentReadiness ReviewsDecision Authority FrameworkTemplate and Checklist DevelopmentField Team ManagementAfter-Action Review AnalysisUncrewed Systems UnderstandingLogistics CoordinationDeployment Planning
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationConflict ResolutionTeam DevelopmentSafety CommitmentCandid Feedback
Certifications & Qualifications
Operator CredentialsMaritime QualificationsAviation Qualifications
Industry Keywords
Deployed OperationsField TeamsMilitary Operational CommandMaritime OperationsAviation OperationsTest Range OperationsCustomer DeploymentsHost-Nation CoordinationEvidence-Based ReportingControlled Information Handling
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own the mission portfolio across demonstrations, exercises, deployments and customer implementations
- Maintain visibility into upcoming work, mission ownership, staffing, assets, readiness and risk
- Review opportunities for operational feasibility, capacity and risk before commitments are made
- Resolve competing demands and present recommended trade-offs to leadership
- Lead, hire and develop Mission Managers
- Establish qualification paths, feedback practices, backup coverage, deployment tempo and fatigue management
- Set and maintain mission standards, including planning templates, risk assessments, readiness reviews, briefs, communications plans and closeout reports
- Establish decision and escalation boundaries and support a culture where concerns can be raised and missions paused or stopped
- Coordinate qualified personnel, platforms, equipment, logistics and support with Training and Operations leaders
- Coordinate aviation, maritime, range, customer, host-nation and export-control requirements before deployment
- Handle customer and controlled information in a disciplined manner
- Serve as a senior operational counterpart to key customers, communicating objectives, readiness, risks, results and limitations
- Convert after-action reviews, field data and customer feedback into operational, training and product improvements
- Build regular portfolio reviews covering mission outcomes, readiness, incidents, corrective actions and team capacity
- Deploy for first-of-kind, high-risk or high-visibility missions and coach or assess the team when needed
- Report to the VP of Delivery
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience leading a deployed operations function or multiple concurrent field teams, with responsibility for planning, prioritization, resourcing and execution
- Track record of hiring, developing and managing mission leaders or comparable field-operations leaders
- Experience building or operating a risk-management and decision-authority framework, including readiness reviews, escalation and go/no-go decisions within defined authority
- Strong mission-planning and operational judgment, including assessing complex plans, challenging assumptions, and balancing customer objectives against capacity and risk
- Understanding of uncrewed systems, payloads and supporting equipment sufficient to assess operational feasibility and work effectively with technical specialists
- Experience establishing practical operating standards, templates, checklists and reporting processes across teams
- Clear, candid communication with senior customers and internal leaders, especially when explaining limitations, incidents or difficult trade-offs
- Strong cross-functional leadership and commitment to safety, disciplined compliance and evidence-based reporting
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly and deploy when needed
- Nice to have: experience in uncrewed systems, military operational command, maritime or aviation operations leadership, test range operations or comparable field environments
- Nice to have: experience supporting pre-sale demonstrations and post-sale customer deployments or implementations
- Nice to have: familiarity with aviation, maritime, range or host-nation operating requirements and coordination with relevant specialists and authorities
- Nice to have: operator credentials, maritime or aviation qualifications, or relevant test and evaluation experience
- Nice to have: experience turning field evidence and after-action reviews into improvements in product, training and operational performance
- Legally authorized to work in the country for which applying
Benefits
Comp & perks- No benefits, perks, or compensation extras are specified in the posting