Federal Deployment Strategist: Outcomes & Growth

Tari Labs, LLC.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Istari Digital is seeking a Deployment Strategist who will own customer programs end-to-end, embedding with small teams of forward deployed engineers on flagship programs. You will decide what matters, shape demonstrations and tests, and ensure the deployment becomes indispensable for the customer.

You will also carry formal Program Manager designation on federal programs, coordinating with a shared operations team while answering for all commitments.

Qualifications

• Judgment, curiosity, and bias toward action; ownership mindset.
• Insider fluency in missile defense domain and ability to understand customer world.

Responsibilities

• Own the outcome of a program end to end: define success, choose problems, set milestones.
• Embed with government and industry customers to understand mission, constraints, and politics.
• Serve as named Program Manager on major federal programs and be accountable for contract commitments.
• Set direction for a small Forward Deployed Engineering team and protect their time.
• Grow the relationship with option years, follow-ons, and expansions from delivered outcomes.
• Feed field learnings back into product and engineering to improve the platform for all customers.
• Work on-site or travel domestically to customer sites, tests, and milestones.

Skills

Judgment

Curiosity

Bias toward action

Customer engagement

Program management

Executive communication

Tools

MBSE

Digital threads

Modeling & simulation

Software development

Job description

Istari Digital is seeking a Deployment Strategist who will own customer programs end-to-end, embedding with small teams of forward deployed engineers on flagship programs. You will decide what matters, shape demonstrations and tests, and ensure the deployment becomes indispensable for the customer.

You will also carry formal Program Manager designation on federal programs, coordinating with a shared operations team while answering for all commitments.