Head of Defense Growth
About the role
About Us
Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.
Role Summary
Red Cell Partners is building something fundamentally different from any other organization in the defense innovation ecosystem: a venture builder designed to identify critical national security problems, build companies around them, and scale those companies into enduring capabilities for the U.S. Department of War and federal government.
The Head of Defense Growth is the senior leader responsible for translating that ambition into real-world impact. This role sits at the intersection of venture creation, mission problem-solving, and federal scale-up. You will define how Red Cell and the companies it builds identify opportunities, shape demand, win programs, and grow into long-term solutions for the American warfighter.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to build the system, not inherit one.
About This Role
This is not a conventional “VP of Sales” or “Head of BD” position. You are not being hired to sell a single product, manage a catalog, or inherit a stale pipeline. You are being hired to rewrite the playbook: to creatively combine capabilities across the Red Cell portfolio, uncover non-obvious paths to adoption, and solve complex mission problems that do not fit neatly into existing acquisition models.
We are looking for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments with limited oversight. Someone who can look at an operational gap, a fragmented funding landscape, and an early-stage capability and find a way through.
You will have broad ownership over Red Cell’s