Vannevar Labs

Silicon Valley technology for the country's most critical national security problems

Mission Manager – Clearance Required

ManagerManagerFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2019H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

38 days ago

Salary

$170K - $190K / year

Professional Certificate15 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Lead engagements with program offices (PEOs, PMWs, PMOs, and equivalent organizations) to identify mission problems that Vannevar Labs’ technology can solve • Translate program needs into technical narratives, clearly explaining how our software and agent-based capabilities map to requirements, constraints, and outcomes • Scope and shape program-based pilots, defining objectives, success criteria, timelines, and pathways to scale • Pitch the technology with credibility, leveraging your mission and domain background to build trust with program managers and technical authorities • Navigate programmatic realities, including requirements development, budgeting cycles, contracting pathways, and stakeholder coordination • Partner closely with product managers and engineers to ensure mission context is accurately reflected in technical scope, tradeoffs, and delivery plans • Convert successful pilots into sustained programs, helping program offices justify follow-on funding and broader adoption • Represent Vannevar Labs within the program ecosystem as a mission-credible, technically fluent partner

Job Requirements

  • 15–20+ years of experience in government or defense missions, typically as a retired O5/O6 or civilian equivalent
  • Deep expertise in a specific mission or technical domain (e.g., cyber, information warfare, ISR, networks, operational intelligence, warfare systems/command and control)
  • Strong ability to scope, pitch, and sell technical solutions to senior government stakeholders — not just explain missions, but connect them to software capabilities
  • Proven experience navigating programmatic realities, including budgets, requirements, authorities, timelines, and stakeholder dynamics
  • Sufficient technical fluency to:
  • Understand modern software systems and agent-based approaches
  • Partner effectively with product and engineering teams
  • Translate complex concepts into clear, mission-relevant narratives
  • Demonstrated scrappiness and bias toward action — comfortable operating in ambiguity and pushing programs forward without perfect structure
  • High enthusiasm for building something new and shaping how cutting-edge technology is adopted inside government
  • Bonus of having acquisition, resource sponsor, or program manager experience

Benefits

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

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