Ukraine Training Lead for Defense Ops & Readiness

Precision Labs; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Ukraine Training Manager based in Dallas, TX, initially supporting deployment to Ukraine. You will lead the Ukraine V-BAT training program, oversee instructors, and coordinate with NATO and customer counterparts to ensure safe, effective instruction and mission readiness.

Responsibilities include deploying personnel, maintaining course execution, and integrating new technologies while complying with force protection and export controls.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of operational leadership experience in military, defense contracting, or international field operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring operational teams in dynamic or austere environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate across diverse stakeholders in support of mission‑critical activities.
• Strong organisational, reporting, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with force protection, export compliance, and logistics operations in deployed environments.
• Technical acumen to manage field‑level integration of new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the daily execution of training and sustainment operations in coordination with the Managing Director and field teams.
• Serve as a critical interface with Ukrainian and NATO customer counterparts, facilitating planning, mission execution, and issue resolution.
• Manage deployment cycles and theater movement of company personnel, ensuring all operational and logistical requirements are met.
• Oversee intelligence and operations fusion, ensuring timely collection, analysis, and dissemination to support mission planning and situational awareness.
• Ensure implementation of force protection measures, export compliance, and operational risk mitigation procedures.
• Support and supervise the integration of new technologies into operational environments.
• Facilitate coordination across training, logistics, and sustainment lines of effort to enable successful outcomes.

Skills

Operational leadership

Team mentoring

Stakeholder coordination

Communication skills

Logistics operations

Tools

Export compliance

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Ukraine Training Manager based in Dallas, TX, initially supporting deployment to Ukraine. You will lead the Ukraine V-BAT training program, oversee instructors, and coordinate with NATO and customer counterparts to ensure safe, effective instruction and mission readiness.

Responsibilities include deploying personnel, maintaining course execution, and integrating new technologies while complying with force protection and export controls.