Mission Director – Army

🕒 October 14

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $145k - $185k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

💰 Seed Round on 2022-10

Consulting • Logistics • Defense

Defense Unicorns is a cutting-edge technology company focused on transforming the way the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) procures and deploys mission-critical software capabilities. Through its Airgap App Store and Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), Defense Unicorns offers a centralized marketplace of trusted, pre-approved applications designed for rapid, secure, and compliant deployments in the most secure and complex DoD environments. The company emphasizes speed and reliability in software delivery, catering to various missions across domains such as Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force. Defense Unicorns meets the unique challenges of DevSecOps for defense systems, ensuring operational adaptability and security in mission-critical software deployments.

📋 Description

• Identify and develop net-new Army Aviation opportunities and build trusted relationships with customers and key stakeholders • Own a quota and grow a diversified portfolio of business • Define customer problems, scope, and desired outcomes to shape solutions using Defense Unicorns products and appropriate acquisition approaches • Lead opportunities through proposal, negotiation, and contract award • Serve as program leader for newly closed contracts and remain accountable for execution • Manage delivery risks, scope changes, and mission outcomes • Define and build teams required to execute contracts • Lead contract execution, program managers, and delivery leaders as the portfolio grows • Maintain an active pipeline and develop new opportunities while executing existing contracts • Identify follow-on work, expansions, and adjacent opportunities • Own customer retention, portfolio growth, and gross margin • Grow from individual contract ownership into broader portfolio leadership • Adapt to evolving organizational needs and take on additional responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• Experience within Army Aviation or a closely related defense environment • Strong understanding of the culture, mission, stakeholders, and terminology within the supported domain • Experience in military operations, government program management, acquisition, contracting, business development, or defense industry program leadership • Working knowledge of federal acquisition, including contract vehicles, acquisition strategies, and contract negotiations • Strong commercial judgment and comfort owning revenue-generating activities • Demonstrated ability to lead teams and hold accountability for outcomes • Willingness to operate across business development, contracting, staffing, and execution • Comfort operating with ambiguity and creating paths forward without a predefined playbook • Technical fluency in Defense Unicorns products, cloud-native technologies, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and modern software delivery concepts • Ability to travel approximately 25–40% • Candidates located near major Army hubs are preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 100% company-paid premiums • Health Savings Account • Life insurance • Disability insurance • 401k retirement plan • Company stock options • Home office budget • Flexible Time Off (FTO) • Federal holidays • One week off for Thanksgiving • Two weeks off for Christmas and New Year's • Paid parental leave • Reimbursement for approved trainings and subscriptions • Conferences, including travel, lodging, and fees

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