Strategic Advisor for Defense Tech & Market Growth

Q2impact; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Elessar is seeking an advisory board member to provide strategic guidance and market access insights for its Q2 Holodeck platform in defense and homeland security markets. This role focuses on shaping business models, partnerships, and path-to-recurring revenue with a strong emphasis on ethical governance and confidentiality.

Advisors contribute senior-level industry connections, credible customer perspectives, and independent judgment while maintaining management accountability and avoiding

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a field directly relevant to customers, markets, technology, acquisition pathways, training mission, or capital strategy.
• Demonstrated judgment, credibility, and reputation for ethical conduct.
• A relevant network and willingness to make selective introductions where there is a clear fit.
• Ability to provide direct, independent advice while respecting management accountability and Board of Directors authority.
• Ability to protect confidential, proprietary, customer, security-sensitive, and export-controlled information.
• No unresolved conflict of interest that would impair objective advice or Elessar's customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Counsel (20%). Advise on market-entry sequence, business model, pricing and packaging, partnerships, capital strategy, and the path from early pilots to recurring revenue.
• Market Access and Introductions (25%). Make selective, well-qualified introductions to decision-makers, operational leaders, acquisition officials, channel partners, prime contractors, investors, and other stakeholders relevant to agreed priorities.
• Customer and Revenue Support (20%). Help leadership refine value propositions, prepare for executive meetings, validate pilot offers, interpret buyer needs, and convert successful engagements into repeatable sales and renewal pathways.
• Domain and Product Insight (15%). Provide real-world insight into counter-UAS, force protection, critical infrastructure, readiness, training, test and evaluation, government acquisition, or international market requirements.
• Partnership and Reputation Support (10%). Identify high-value partners, strengthen market credibility, and represent Elessar appropriately at selected industry, customer, or policy engagements when requested and agreed.
• Risk, Ethics, and Compliance Perspective (10%). Surface strategic, reputational, security, export-control, government-sales, conflict-of-interest, and execution risks. Protect confidential information and avoid commitments on behalf of Elessar without written authority.

Skills

Strategic judgment

Commercial orientation

Executive communication

Technical literacy

Relationship stewardship

Independence

Job description

Elessar is seeking an advisory board member to provide strategic guidance and market access insights for its Q2 Holodeck platform in defense and homeland security markets. This role focuses on shaping business models, partnerships, and path-to-recurring revenue with a strong emphasis on ethical governance and confidentiality.

Advisors contribute senior-level industry connections, credible customer perspectives, and independent judgment while maintaining management accountability and avoiding