Mission Director - Space at Defense Unicorns | chakrie

Requirements

Experience within the Space Force, or a closely related defense environment.
Strong understanding of the culture, mission, stakeholders, and terminology within the domain you support.
Experience in one or more of the following: 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, personally driving critical work while building and leading the teams required to scale.
Comfortable operating with ambiguity, identifying opportunities, and creating a path forward without a predefined playbook.
Technical fluency sufficient to understand and communicate Defense Unicorns products, cloud-native technologies, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and modern software delivery concepts.

Ability to travel approximately 25-40%.

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