Mission Director - Space (FedS171B)

The role

You will spearhead full-lifecycle capture efforts across the Space ecosystem. You will lead strategic pursuits to align company strengths with emerging government needs and drive the acquisition of new customers.

What you will do

• Drive new Mission Hero acquisition across the Space ecosystem.
• Develop and execute capture plans, win strategies, and competitive positioning.
• Engage with government stakeholders, primes, and ecosystem partners.
• Understand customer pain points, acquisition timelines, and funding paths.
• Identify and lead teaming arrangements.
• Translate technical capabilities into persuasive win themes.
• Support RFI/RFP responses with market intelligence, SWOT analysis, and pricing strategy input.
• Prepare regular reports on business development activities and track KPIs.
• Represent the company at industry and government events.

Required qualifications

• Travel 20%-30%

Nice to have

• Proven ability to win complex technical pursuits through the full capture lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of Space Force acquisition processes (e.g., FAR-based contracts, OTAs, SBIR, IDIQ).
• Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and leadership skills across technical and executive audiences.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams to deliver successful proposals.
• Familiarity with software factory environments, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, or tactical edge deployments is a strong plus.
• Deep Cyber operational experience.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• All Federal Holidays
• One week for Thanksgiving
• Two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s

About the company

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery for customers. They create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.