Mission Lead Intern, Summer 2027 — DoD AI Programs

Vannevar Labs; United States; Remote; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Vannevar Labs is seeking Mission Lead Interns for summer 2027. Interns may work remotely with frequent travel to customer sites, potentially 75% or more of the summer. Mission Leads are customer-facing owners of mission outcomes, coordinating with stakeholders to shape pilots, deployments, and funded programs.

You will work with Product, Engineering, Mission, Security, and Operations teams to deliver and scale. U.S. Persons with TS/SCI clearance are required as this role accesses U.S.

Qualifications

• Incoming, first or second year MBA/MA student.
• Motivated problem solver with ownership and urgency.
• DoD mission user experience, domain knowledge, or military service.
• U.S. Persons status with TS/SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Embed with users on site with customer groups and build deep mission intuition.
• Build trust by understanding user problems and providing solutions.
• Turn ambiguity into hypotheses by breaking complex mission problems into testable workflows.
• Configure product workflows by setting up high-value workflows through iterative configuration.
• Test and troubleshoot releases by debugging issues on deployed systems and coordinating with engineering.
• Generate mission wins by identifying successes, onboarding users, and translating them into impact evidence.
• Develop new user groups by building relationships with additional teams on site.
• Operate independently by setting priorities on site and driving work forward.
• Represent Vannevar as the face of the company with DOW users and customers.

Skills

Problem solving

Ownership

Ambiguity tolerance

Customer-facing

Education

MBA/MA student

Job description

Vannevar Labs is seeking Mission Lead Interns for summer 2027. Interns may work remotely with frequent travel to customer sites, potentially 75% or more of the summer. Mission Leads are customer-facing owners of mission outcomes, coordinating with stakeholders to shape pilots, deployments, and funded programs.

You will work with Product, Engineering, Mission, Security, and Operations teams to deliver and scale. U.S. Persons with TS/SCI clearance are required as this role accesses U.S.