Delivery Programs Lead

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Raft (    ) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development. With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem.

We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

The Delivery Programs Lead is a senior generalist role that sits at the heart of Raft's delivery organization, reporting directly to the Vice President of Delivery and Product. You will be embedded across Raft's programs, contract actions, customer relationships, and business growth efforts, learning the full operating model of a fast-moving defense software company from the inside out.

The person who excels here came up through a technical discipline, systems engineering, integration, math, or software development, and has since developed a sharp business and strategic instinct. You know enough about how software gets built to hold a credible conversation with an engineering lead, but you are equally comfortable sitting across from a contracting officer, drafting teaming agreement language, or briefing a program office on Raft's capabilities.

You are meticulous on the details and ambitious on the mission.

This role is designed to grow. Someone who can own programs, drive contract actions, represent Raft to customers, and eventually stand in for leadership across the full delivery organization.

• Support the VP of Delivery and Product across program execution, contract management, business development, and operations, serving as an extension of leadership across the full delivery portfolio.
• Get into the weeds of contract actions, teaming agreements, pricing structures, data rights provisions, and other transactional details that underpin Raft's customer relationships and growth. Not necessarily as the expert, but as someone who can parse, synthesize, and flag what matters.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with DoD customers and program stakeholders, representing Raft professionally while always carrying a business and growth mindset.
• Track delivery health across multiple concurrent programs: milestone progress, risk exposure, cross-team dependencies, and staffing. Flag early, communicate clearly, and help solve before escalation is needed.
• Support and contribute to business development activities including proposal inputs, capability briefs, white papers, RFI/RFP responses, and customer presentations that reflect Raft's products and value proposition.
• Engage directly with engineering teams to understand software development progress, deployment readiness, and technical risks, translating between the technical and the programmatic without losing fidelity on either side.
• Develop and maintain program documentation, contract summaries, internal SOPs, and briefing materials that enable Raft leadership to make fast, well-informed decisions.
• Assist with operational functions including recruiting coordination, budget tracking, and internal reporting as the business requires.
• Absorb Raft's operating model, product portfolio, contract landscape, and customer ecosystem with intent to progressively own more, stepping into accountability as trust is built and context is gained.