Mission Manager

Role Description

As a Mission Manager for within the Air & Space Forces domain, you will collaborate with DAF Tech Lead and Fleet Tech Lead to establish technical roadmap for Mission outcomes with Mission Heroes, and facilitate feedback from Delivery to Product.

• Serves as Mission Manager for assigned Delivery Effort
• Collaborates with Domain Tech Lead and Vertical Tech Lead to establish technical roadmap for Mission Outcomes with Mission Heroes
• Aligns Defense Unicorns’ Product Roadmaps to technical roadmap for your Hero and provides feedback to Product segment on Mission Need dates for features to drive adoption
• Share and facilitate feedback from Delivery segment with Product segment regarding Defense Unicorns’ OSS projects and productized services
• Work with Tech Leads to established 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
• Fosters an environment for Unicorn growth, mentorship, and coaching within the team
• Fosters an environment for Defense Unicorns values and principles to thrive

4-12 times per year

• 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 Dev Sec Ops , 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 process
• Exhibit enough technical depth to understand architectural decisions and translate in a way that stakeholders, users, and the team can understand and be aligned on

$118,150 - $159,850 USD

Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.