Mission Development Lead, Software

The role

You will expand the adoption and reach of the Legion software product. You will work with customers to understand their needs and interface with engineering teams to shape opportunities.

What you will do

• Own your portfolio from day one
• Work closely with clients to understand challenges and missions
• Translate customer needs back to colleagues
• Work with Swarm Aero engineers to build relevant products
• Identify, evaluate and pursue opportunities
• Provide organization and insight to complex pools of information
• Generate communications like white papers, proposals, presentations, and analysis
• Manage complex accounts and relationships

Required qualifications

• 3+ years in business development, capture, product management, or technical sales
• Experience working with complex hardware/software systems and the technical teams that build them
• Track record of managing multi-stakeholder technical projects or accounts
• Comfort operating with government or military customers
• Ability to travel 25 – 75% required
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• ITAR requirement

Nice to have

• prior DoD, military, or contractor experience
• Mission alignment
• Strong writing and research skills
• Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment
• An enthusiasm for and broad knowledge of technology development
• Humility

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave
• Direct impact on a critical national security mission
• A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems

Before you apply

• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• ITAR requirement: applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations fr

About the company

Swarm Aero is building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The team has aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.