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About the role
We're looking for a builder who's fired up by our mission and ready to stand up Arc's Defense organization from the ground up. As Director of Defense, you'll own the strategy, team, and external presence that establish Arc as a serious partner to the U.S. military, allied governments, and the defense industrial base. This is a high-visibility role where you'll shape how electric marine propulsion shows up across defense and unmanned maritime programs for the next decade.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years of experience across defense, aerospace, maritime, or dual-use hardware, with at least 4 years leading and building teams, prior experience standing up or scaling a defense function strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track record of winning and executing significant defense programs, including capture leadership on programs of record, OTAs, or major prime subcontracts
- Established relationships across the Navy, USMC, USCG, SOCOM, or relevant OSD offices, and credibility with the primes and non-traditional players in the maritime and unmanned domains
- Deep fluency in the Defense Industrial Base, defense acquisition, and the full range of procurement pathways from SBIR through programs of record
- Executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to represent Arc credibly to flag officers, senior acquisition officials, prime executives, and Congressional staff
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity, building a function from zero, and balancing near-term revenue with long-term positioning
More about this role
The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. And yet it runs on technology that hasn't meaningfully changed in fifty years. Until now.
Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry. We're rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. And we're already executing. We started with consumer to develop and harden our core technology. We’re now scaling production of our flagship model with new models and sectors on the horizon. Now we’re extending our platform to commercial applications, starting with tugs, ferries, and defense, with years worth of signed contracts and a pipeline that spans every vessel type on the water.
The technology is proven, the momentum is building, and the opportunity is enormous. The marine industry is going electric and Arc is building the platform that powers it.
We're looking for a builder who's fired up by our mission and ready to stand up Arc's Defense organization from the ground up. As Director of Defense, you'll own the strategy, team, and external presence that establish Arc as a serious partner to the U.S. military, allied governments, and the defense industrial base. This is a...
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