Mission Lead (Clearance Required)

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Posted 7 months ago

The role

Mission Leads are customer-facing owners of mission outcomes. You will lead engagements with government stakeholders to identify mission problems, shape pilots, and turn value into funded programs.

What you will do

Lead mission engagements and build relationships with stakeholders.
Turn mission needs into problem statements, requirements, and outcomes.
Define objectives, timelines, and adoption plans for pilots.
Create technical narratives mapping capabilities to mission requirements.
Lead weekly customer syncs, internal standups, and executive updates.
Partner with Product and Engineering on scope and delivery plans.
Help stakeholders with requirements, budgeting, and contracting.
Coordinate onboarding, training, and customer success.
Maintain documentation in Notion.
Identify adjacent use cases to support expansion.

Required qualifications

U.S. Persons status
Current Top Secret US DoD or IC clearance
6+ years owning outcomes in complex customer environments
Ability to lead cross-functionally without consistent guidance
Strong written and verbal communication
Ability to scope and articulate a solution credibly
Sufficient technical fluency to partner with Product and Engineering
Strong operational skills including planning, prioritization, and stakeholder management

Nice to have

Experience with deployments or fielding in secure/regulated environments
Experience navigating within programs
Deep expertise in a specific mission or technical domain
Experience running executive-level customer updates

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
Remote friendly with WeWork access
Unlimited PTO
Shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar
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

About the company

Vannevar builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions. They deploy forward with the people who own the mission.