Vice President, Programs Stratospheric ISR

$220,000 - $240,000 a year

Tucson, AZ

Ondas Inc (NASDAQ:ONDS) is building a new kind of intelligence company, one designed for a world where speed, autonomy, and decision advantage matter more than ever. By combining multi-domain platforms, advanced sensing, secure networks, and AI-enabled analytics, Ondas helps defense, government, and critical infrastructure customers transform complex mission data into decision-ready insights when and where they matter most.

Ondas Sentinel is Ondas’ U.S.based defense division, purpose-built to deliver U.S.made, U.S. delivered capabilities for the Department of Defense and allied ministries of defense. The division brings together advanced autonomous systems, mission technologies, and intelligence solutions that help customers create persistent awareness, operate with confidence, and make faster decisions in complex and contested environments.

The Stratospheric ISR business unit within Ondas Sentinel is focused on one of the most unique mission areas in aerospace and defense: manufacturing and operating high-altitude stratospheric balloon systems. Few companies in the world can do this work at operational scale. That means our teams are not simply maintaining existing systems; they are building new capabilities, solving first-of-their-kind challenges, and helping define what persistent.

The Vice President, Programs leads program execution and integrated delivery for Ondas Sentinel’s Stratospheric ISR business unit. Reporting to the EVP, Stratospheric ISR, this role works in close partnership with the EVP to oversee Engineering, the Program Management Office, Mission Control, and Launch & Recovery for the company’s stratospheric craft, missions, and systems. The Vice President, Programs is accountable for translating customer, business, and technical priorities into disciplined program execution, ensuring teams deliver against cost, schedule, technical, quality, operational, and mission commitments.

The ideal candidate is an experienced program, engineering, mission operations, or aerospace systems executive with deep experience leading complex technical programs in aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, government contracting, or a similarly demanding mission environment. Success in this role requires strong execution discipline, executive presence, cross-functional leadership, customer orientation, and the ability to align engineering, program management, mission control, and launch and recovery teams around clear priorities and accountable delivery.

This role is based on-site in Tucson, Arizona and requires regular engagement with engineering, program management, manufacturing, supply chain, quality and safety, finance, contracts, business development, mission control, launch and recovery, and executive leadership teams. Travel may be required to support customers, suppliers, other company locations, program reviews, proposal activities, launch operations, and mission readiness events.

• Lead program execution for the Stratospheric ISR business unit, ensuring clear ownership of customer commitments, cost, schedule, technical performance, operational readiness, and mission outcomes.
• Work in close partnership with the EVP, Stratospheric ISR to oversee Engineering, the Program Management Office, Mission Control, and Launch & Recovery, ensuring priorities are aligned and decisions are made at the right level.
• Translate business unit strategy, customer needs, contract requirements, and technical roadmaps into integrated program plans, operating rhythms, milestones, risks, resource needs, and execution priorities.
• Build, lead, and develop program, engineering, mission operations, and launch and recovery leaders, creating a culture of accountability, disciplined execution, cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and mission focus.
• Partner closely with VP Products, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality & Safety, Finance, Contracts, Business Development, and shared services to align program priorities with product delivery, customer commitments, and business unit…