Mission Manager

Mission Manager

Company: Defense Unicorns Location: Remote (USA) Contract: Permanent Salary: $142,375—$192,625 USD

About Defense Unicorns: Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market. We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery, consolidating best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners.

About the Role

As a Mission Manager within the Air Force domain, you will collaborate with DAF Tech Lead and Fleet Tech Lead to establish a technical roadmap for Mission outcomes with Mission Heroes, and facilitate feedback from Delivery to Product. This role requires U.S. Citizenship and an active Secret Clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Product Manager for assigned Delivery Efforts.
• Collaborate with Domain Tech Lead and Vertical Tech Lead to establish a technical roadmap for Mission Outcomes with Mission Heroes.
• Align Defense Unicorns’ Product Roadmaps to the technical roadmap for your Hero and provide feedback to the Product segment on Mission Need dates for features to drive adoption.
• Share and facilitate feedback from the Delivery segment with the Product segment regarding Defense Unicorns’ OSS projects and productized services.
• Work with Tech Leads to establish an aligned Delivery roadmap, using Product roadmaps.
• Follow company best practices in strategies for building Delivery solutions.
• Balance priorities from users, customers, stakeholders, and the team to deliver mission value in a scalable way.
• Foster an environment for Unicorn growth, mentorship, and coaching within the team.
• Foster an environment for Defense Unicorns values and principles to thrive.

Note: The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Proficient in translating pain points to root cause problems and working with engineers to build a roadmap for value delivery.
• Proficient in modern software development processes and practices, including DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery, and User-Centered Design.
• Experience managing cross-functional engineering teams.
• Skilled in expectation management across different personas.
• Experience and passion for software delivery for Mission Success within the tech industry or Department of Defense.
• Familiarity with federal government contracts, procurement vehicles, and budget processes.
• Exhibit enough technical depth to understand architectural decisions and translate them in a way that stakeholders, users, and the team can understand and be aligned on.

What We Offer

• Health: Medical/Dental/Vision (Premiums 100% Company Paid), Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.
• Financial: 401k Retirement Plan, Company Stock Options, Home Office Budget.
• Leave: Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s, Paid Parental Leave.
• Learning: Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions, Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees).

Travel Expectations: 4-12 times per year.