Senior Mission Manager - International (Clearance Required)
Vannevar Labs · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · DC
CHECKED 20H AGO
Defenseonsitesenior$180k–$220k
At a glance
Highlights
- Drive adoption of AI systems across 125 DoW deployments worldwide.
- Shape pilots with PEOs and program offices into funded programs.
- Embed directly with units facing China, Iran, counter-narcotics missions.
What they offer
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO with federal holidays and year-end shutdown
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle and wellbeing stipends
- Fully paid parental leave
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
Ideal candidate
Retired senior military or government leader with deep mission credibility and bias for action. Mission-first owner who thrives in ambiguity and loves translating operational needs into adopted technology.
Requirements
- 15-20+ years in government or defense missions as retired O5/O6, senior enlisted, or civilian equivalent
- Deep expertise in a mission domain such as cyber, ISR, networks, or command and control
- Proven ability to scope, pitch, and sell technical solutions to senior government stakeholders
- Experience navigating budgets, requirements, authorities, timelines, and stakeholder dynamics
- Technical fluency to partner with product and engineering and translate concepts into mission narratives
- Scrappy, bias-to-action operator comfortable in ambiguity
- U.S. Person with current Top Secret DoD or IC clearance
- remote policy
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
Lab profile
About Vannevar Labs
Builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions.
What they build
- Core platform
- Collection Platform
- Security Platform
Known for
- Forward-deployed engineering with mission owners
- Rapid fielding for combat operations
Key facts
- 125 deployments across branches and combatant commands
- 9,000+ users on fielded product