Operations Director

Work with cutting edge AI technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. Drone Shield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of the world’s most challenging technical problems in the rapidly growing counter-drone sector. Our customers operate in some of the most challenging and high‑stakes environments in the world, including military organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement.

Protecting airspace in these settings requires technology that performs under pressure and teams that understand what’s  Drone Shield, employees work at the leading edge of counter‑drone innovation, helping to address real‑world security challenges as drone threats continue to evolve globally.

Drone Shield’s American operations are headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia, home to a growing team of approximately 30 highly skilled professionals. This office plays a critical role in the company’s global success, leading U.S.

-focused R&D, sales, and customer support, and working closely with American defence and security stakeholders to deliver mission‑critical counter‑drone solutions tailored to local operational needs.

As one of Australia’s largest publicly listed defence companies and a member of the ASX
200, Drone Shield is experiencing sustained hyper‑growth. Global revenue increased from approximately US $38 million in 2024 to over US $125 million in 2025, representing growth of more than 400% year over year, alongside record profitability and cash flow. The global counter‑UAS market is estimated at approximately US $100 billion and remains at an early stage, positioning Drone Shield as a global market leader and the only publicly listed pure‑play counter‑drone company worldwide.

Drone Shield has grown from just 11 employees in 2017 to more than 450 employees globally today, with continued expansion planned across the United States, Europe, and APAC. The company invests over US $33 million annually in R&D, maintains a global sales pipeline exceeding US $1.65 billion, and continues to scale manufacturing and deployment capacity to meet accelerating demand.

The Washington DC / Northern Virginia office is central to Drone Shield’s long‑term U.S. strategy — bringing innovation closer to the customer, strengthening domestic capability, and supporting national security, public safety, and critical infrastructure protection outcomes across the United States.

Drone Shield is seeking an Operations Director with relevant experience to join the team in Warrenton, VA. The position will report to the Chief Operating Officer. The Operations Director – USA is accountable for building and running a field‑first, delivery‑driven operations engine that enables rapid, reliable demonstrations, deployments, and customer outcomes s role is not a traditional back‑office operations function. It is a front‑line execution leadership role, directly responsible for:

• Winning and enabling customer outcomes through demos and deployments
• Delivering projects and defence programmes with predictability and speed
• Building a high‑velocity field operations capability across the U.S.
• Ensuring operations is a commercial enabler, not a constraint, by shifting the organization from reactive execution to planned, repeatable delivery systems

Own and lead a world‑class field execution engine across the U.S. Accountability includes all demonstrations, trials, installations, and field support. End‑to‑end execution from customer request → mobilization → delivery → support.

Key Outcomes: 50% reduction in demo and mobilization time, consistent, repeatable demo execution across all regions, improved first‑time fix rate (>20%), standardized deployment models and field playbooks, seamless coordination of assets, people, and sites. Strategic Importance: directly impacts revenue conversion, customer trust, and market influence; transforms field ops from ad‑hoc execution to repeatable system.

In concert with the Global Head of PMO build and lead a disciplined, scalable project delivery engine.…