Senior Mission Manager (FedD137B)

Role Description

As a Mission Manager for Cyber, you will collaborate with Cyber Tech Leads to establish a technical roadmap for Mission outcomes with Mission Heroes, and facilitate feedback from Delivery to Product.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a lead Mission Manager for a Cyber Domain Delivery Effort.
  • Collaborates with Cyber Leads to establish technical roadmap for Mission Outcomes with Mission Heroes
  • Aligns Defense Unicorns’ Product Roadmaps to technical roadmap for your Hero and provides feedback to Product segment on Mission need dates for features to drive adoption
  • Share and facilitate feedback from Delivery segment with Product segment regarding Defense Unicorns’ OSS projects and productized services
  • Work with Tech Leads to established an aligned Delivery roadmap, using Product roadmaps
  • Follow company best practices in strategies for building Delivery solutions
  • Balance priorities from users, customers, stakeholders, and the team to deliver mission value in a scalable way
  • Understand the contract(s) for the Cyber Delivery Effort(s)
  • Assist with Mission Hero engagements for the contract process to start new work, continue work, or scale up work
• Fosters an environment for Unicorn growth, mentorship, and coaching within the team
• Fosters an environment for Defense Unicorns values and principles to thrive

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship and ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
• Proficient in translating pain points to root cause problems and working with engineers to build a roadmap for value delivery
• Proficient in modern software development processes and practices, including DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery, and User-Centered Design
• Experience managing cross-functional engineering teams
• Skilled in expectation management across different personas
• Experience and passion for software delivery for Mission Success within the tech industry or Department of Defense
• Exhibit enough technical depth to understand architectural decisions and translate in a way that stakeholders, users, and the team can understand and be aligned on

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Located in the San Antonio, TX area
• Expertise with modern software development processes and practices, including DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery, User-Centered Design, and Value Stream Architecture, and varying Agile frameworks; able to apply and adapt principles and ceremonies from different frameworks to suit the team, the product, and the mission objectives
• Experience in military cybersecurity operations- offensive, defensive, or both
• Experience dealing with Program Management Offices, DoD acquisitions, and government finances