Mission Strategist - San Diego (Clearance Required)

San Diego, California. Posted a month ago

The role

You will embed with Navy users in San Diego to find mission problems and prove hypotheses using products. You will configure agent workflows, prompts, databases, and reports on a classified platform.

What you will do

Embed with users on watch floors, at schoolhouses, and during fleet exercises.
Turn ambiguous problems into hypotheses to test.
Configure and prove workflows including prompts, agent workflows, databases, reports, and dashboards.
Test and troubleshoot releases on classified networks.
Run funded prototypes from discovery through final demo.
Build demos and concepts to show new user groups.
Partner with Mission Leads and business development on scoping and cost estimates.

Required qualifications

U.S. Persons status
At least a current Secret US DoD or IC clearance
Based in San Diego or willing to relocate
Experience using technology to solve hard operational problems from building products or fielding new technology in the military
Track record of creatively scoping ambiguous problems and generating strong hypotheses
Comfort with hands-on technical work
Curiosity about agentic AI and how to apply it to real workflows
High ownership
Clear writing
Professional presence with operators and senior leaders

Nice to have

TS/SCI
Navy experience, especially in ISR, targeting, maritime operations, or unmanned systems
Time on a watch floor or in an operations center
Experience building with LLM-based tools, or light scripting

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

Before you apply

U.S. Persons status required
At least a current Secret US DoD or IC clearance is required

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.