Vannevar · 12 hours ago
Mission Strategist
Vannevar Labs is a defense technology company focused on building AI to deter adversaries. As a Mission Strategist, you will work alongside the Mission Strategy team to identify mission problems and deliver impactful solutions, collaborating with engineering and user groups.
AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)GovTechNational SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Identify important mission problems with users that we can reasonably solve with Vannevar’s products or new product development. You will continuously adjust your hypotheses based on new information
Solve these problems and generate meaningful mission outcomes. This involves embedding with the user groups, becoming a domain expert on the mission problem, and using your creativity, our current products, and sometimes developing new products with the engineering team
Develop a thesis for a broader program that extends the work you do to other groups and develop a compelling mission pitch that ties to the program, including compelling demos
Help our business development team win program deals by partnering with them, traveling to customers, and getting those customers irrationally excited about the mission impact we can have
Qualification
Required
A track record of creatively scoping ambiguous problems with the ability to generate strong hypotheses when faced with ambiguity – can be national security or general private sector experience
Grit and creativity to keep going when faced with a roadblock
Success in working problems to conclusion and trying different approaches until one works
Ability to work autonomously and set your own goals
Ability to quickly learn new software products to generate outcomes
Demonstrated bias towards achieving an outcome even if it requires helping or doing the job of someone else on another team
Preferred
Experience helping to iterate on a product with product design, product management and/or engineering teams is a plus but not needed
Active TS / SCI Clearance is a plus but not needed
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Remote friendly with WeWork access
Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
401(k) match
Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Fully paid parental leave
Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
Company
Vannevar
Vannevar builds new defense capabilities for modern conflict.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$87MKey Investors
Felicis
2023-01-18Series B· $75M
2022-11-30Series Unknown
2021-08-25Series A· $12M
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