Mission Director - Army
Required skills
- quota-carrying
- full-lifecycle business owner
- Army Aviation
- PAE Maneuver Air
- new business
- contract award
- contract lifecycle
- cost
- schedule
- performance
Nice to have
- defense environment
- military operations
- government program management
- acquisition
- contracting
- defense industry program leadership
Role summary
Defense Unicorns is seeking a Mission Director to lead new business development within Army Aviation, specifically targeting PAE Maneuver Air. This quota-carrying role involves full-lifecycle ownership, from identifying and shaping opportunities using Defense Unicorns products to executing contracts, managing cost, schedule, performance, and customer satisfaction. As the portfolio grows, the Mission Director will transition to leading program managers and delivery leaders while retaining overall accountability. The ideal candidate has experience in Army Aviation or a related defense environment, understands government program management, acquisition, and contracting, and possesses strong commercial judgment and team leadership skills. Technical fluency in cloud-native technologies, DevSecOps, and Kubernetes is preferred.
This position offers a base salary of $145,000 - $185,000. (Total on-target earnings of $290,000 to $370,000)
Role Description:
The Mission Director is a quota-carrying, full-lifecycle business owner responsible for identifying, shaping, closing, and executing new business within the Army specifically targeting PAE Maneuver Air.
You will build trusted relationships with Mission Heroes (our customers), identify meaningful problems, shape solutions using Defense Unicorns products, and lead opportunities from initial discovery through contract award. Once awarded, you will remain accountable for the contract throughout its lifecycle, including cost, schedule, performance, staffing, margin, and customer satisfaction.
This role is designed for someone who wants broad ownership. As the portfolio grows in size and complexity, Mission Directors will increasingly lead through program managers and delivery leaders while retaining accountability for portfolio outcomes.
Responsibilities:
The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
Build the Business
Shape and Close Opportunities
Own Contract Execution
Build and Lead the Team
Grow the Portfolio
Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
Candidates located near major Army hubs are preferred.
Ability to travel approximately 25-40%.
Who We Are
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.
What We Do
We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
Who We Serve
Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
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Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.
At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! 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.
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