Ukraine Training Lead - V-BAT Ops & Readiness

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Ukraine Training Manager to lead the company’s training program for Ukraine, coordinating with the Ukraine Senior Manager, Fleet Support, Curriculum Development, Engineering, Security, and the customer. You will oversee instructor staffing, student progression, and mission execution, ensuring safety and compliance with Programs of Instruction.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Ukrainian and NATO counterparts, managing deployments, and integrating new technologies

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 organizational, 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

Staff mentoring

Cross-stakeholder coordination

Organizational skills

Communication

Export compliance

Logistics operations

Technical acumen

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Ukraine Training Manager to lead the company’s training program for Ukraine, coordinating with the Ukraine Senior Manager, Fleet Support, Curriculum Development, Engineering, Security, and the customer. You will oversee instructor staffing, student progression, and mission execution, ensuring safety and compliance with Programs of Instruction.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Ukrainian and NATO counterparts, managing deployments, and integrating new technologies