Technical Strategy Manager H/F

The role

This person will evaluate technology choices made by R&D and innovation teams to ensure alignment with business strategy. They will perform technology watch, audit technical capabilities, and provide strategic recommendations to the COMEX.

What you will do

• Challenge technical choices and roadmaps proposed by R&D and Innovation
• Question underlying assumptions behind technical projects
• Produce independent analyses of technical decisions
• Run continuous technical and technology watch
• Identify technologies that create competitive advantage or risk
• Map and assess the company's technical capabilities
• Benchmark capabilities against the market and competitors
• Contribute to defining the company's technology strategy
• Assess build, buy, partner, or acquisition opportunities
• Produce syntheses and recommendations for COMEX

Required qualifications

• 5-6 years of overall experience
• Engineering background (degree in engineering or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience in a technical environment
• Ability to understand architecture choices and technical trade-offs
• Ability to translate technical issues into business implications
• Strong critical thinking and independence of judgment

Nice to have

• 2-3 years of hands-on technical execution followed by 2-3 years in a hybrid technical/business role
• Deep, recognized expertise in a specific technical domain
• Strong, proven track record of challenging senior stakeholders from a strategy/consulting background

About the company

Alta Ares is an air defense Neoprime that builds AI-guided interceptors and a supporting software platform. Founded in 2024, the company has 90 people and serves NATO-aligned militaries and defense institutions.