Senior Lead, Enterprise Strategy and Operations (R5624)

The role

This role supports enterprise strategy and operations at Shield AI. The work covers multi-year planning, financial models and business cases for investment decisions, and turning strategic priorities into cross-functional execution plans.

What you will do

• Support the multi-year strategic planning and annual operating strategy cycles.
• Evaluate portfolio tradeoffs across platforms, software, hardware and growth areas.
• Conduct market sizing, competitive analysis and scenario modeling across U.S. and allied defense markets.
• Build financial models and analytic frameworks for investment decisions such as new platforms, manufacturing and international expansion.
• Assess TAM, margin structure, capital intensity, payback and risk-adjusted returns.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide capital allocation frameworks and governance processes.
• Translate strategic priorities into cross-functional execution plans with defined KPIs and milestones.
• Track and report progress through monthly and quarterly performance reviews.
• Identify bottlenecks, analyze root causes and recommend solutions to sustain execution.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, 8+ years with a Master's, or 5+ years with a PhD.
• Minimum 4+ years in strategy consulting, corporate strategy or other high-rigor roles.
• Strong analytical and conceptual problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive insight through analysis.
• Financial modeling and analytical capability, including unit economics, forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and influence senior stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship required, with ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience or strong interest in complex, technical or regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, AI or advanced manufacturing.

Benefits

• Bonus for full-time regular employees.
• Equity for full-time regular employees.
• Benefits for full-time regular employees.
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment.

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance is required.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.