Senior Executive Director, Strategic Programs & Partnerships

Evolved Aerospace; City of Elmira (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

EvolvedAerospace in Elmira, New York, seeks a Senior Executive Director to lead strategic programmes and partnerships across the company’s global business. You will engage with military, government and industry partners to identify opportunities and drive them from concept to delivery.

The role blends strategic engagement with execution, working with customers, partners and technical teams from initial requirements through demonstrations, programme development and delivery, with frequent travel.

Qualifications

• Established credibility in the defence and national-security community.
• Track record of turning relationships into meaningful outcomes.
• Experience across defence technology, government, military programmes, operational environments or supporting specialist defence and national-security customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop senior relationships across defence, government and industry.
• Identify and progress strategic programmes and customer opportunities.
• Build partnerships with primes, technology companies, integrators and other organisations that strengthen Evolved’s offering.
• Engage directly with military users to understand operational requirements and emerging capability needs.
• Represent Evolved in senior customer, partner and government engagements.
• Work closely with engineering and operational teams to connect customer requirements with executable solutions.
• Support demonstrations, exercises and programme activity across the US and international markets.
• Contribute to Evolved’s wider commercial and partnership strategy.

Job description

Senior Executive Director, Strategic Programs & Partnerships

Location:

Elmira Corning Regional Airport, New York

Employment: Full-time, onsite

Travel: Regulardomesticandinternationaltravel

EvolvedAerospace developscompletemissionsystemsfordefenceandnational-securitycustomers.

Our work is driven by the mission requirement rather than the platform. Current programmes include maritime surveillance and security applications, alongside continued development of the M200 as a flexible mission platform for defence and security operations.

We work internationally with customers, operators, technology partners and industry to move from operational requirement to deployable capability quickly.

The Role

We are looking for a senior leader to develop strategic programmes, partnerships and customer relationships across Evolved’s global business.

Based at our US site in Horseheads, you will represent Evolved with military, government and industry stakeholders, identify opportunities where our capabilities can deliver meaningful operational advantage, and develop the partnerships required to bring those opportunities forward.

The position combines strategic engagement with execution. You will work closely with customers, partners and our technical teams from the early identification of a requirement through demonstrations, programme development and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Developseniorrelationshipsacrossdefence,governmentandindustry.


• Identifyandprogressstrategicprogrammesandcustomeropportunities.


• Buildpartnershipswithprimes,technologycompanies,integratorsandotherorganisationsthatstrengthenEvolved’soffering.


• Engagedirectlywithmilitaryuserstounderstandoperationalrequirementsandemergingcapabilityneeds.


• RepresentEvolvedinseniorcustomer,partnerandgovernmentengagements.


• Workcloselywithengineeringandoperationalteamstoconnectcustomerrequirementswithexecutablesolutions.


• Supportdemonstrations,exercisesandprogrammeactivityacrosstheUSandinternationalmarkets.


• ContributetoEvolved’swidercommercialandpartnershipstrategy.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone with established credibility in the defence and national-security community and a track record of turning relationships into meaningful outcomes.

Relevant experience may have been gained across defence technology, government, military programmes, operational environments or through supporting specialist defence and national-security customers.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Strongrelationshipsacrossrelevantdefence,governmentandindustrycommunities.


• Experiencedevelopingsignificantpartnerships,programmesorcustomeropportunities.


• Directunderstandingofmilitaryoperationsandend-userrequirements.


• Credibilitywithseniorstakeholderswhileremainingcomfortableworkingdirectlywithtechnicalteams.


• Strongcommercialandstrategicjudgement.


• Anabilitytooperateeffectivelyinafast-movingenvironmentwithahighdegreeofpersonalownership.


• WillingnesstotravelregularlyacrosstheUSandinternationally.

ExperienceacrossISR,UAS,C-UAS,EW,autonomy,sensors,C2orbroadermissionsystemswouldbeparticularlyrelevant.

$180,000 - $250,000 a year

The overall compensation package may also include an annual performance-based bonus, meaningful equity participation, company benefits and relocation support, depending on experience and individual circumstances.

EvolvedAerospaceisanequalopportunityemployer.