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About the role
In the role of Head of Growth you will build and lead business development, sales, and government affairs alongside our CEO and team of DoW liaisons. You'll own the path from first relationship to paid reorder. You'll also help shape the policy that makes distributed repair + sustainment repeatable across the Department of War.
What they're looking for
- You have 10+ years in defense or aerospace business development, capture, government affairs, program management, or sustainment and logistics leadership
- You've served in uniform, or held senior civilian or industry roles in DoW maintenance, logistics, or acquisition. You've seen readiness problems up close
- You have deep, current relationships across DoW sustainment (AMC, NAVAIR/NAVSEA, AFSC, DLA, SOCOM, the organic depots) and OEM aftermarket organizations
- You've personally closed and grown multi-million-dollar government or OEM contracts
- You know the budget cycle (PPBE, POM, authorization and appropriations) and how a line item becomes revenue
- You understand technical data rights, depot law, and how qualification and technical authority really work
More about this role
Atlanta, GA / Washington, DC metro preferred. Travel 40–50%.
Lykos is a U.S.-based advanced materials and manufacturing company building a qualification-led repair & sustainment network for defense and aerospace industries. Lykos is focused on enabling rapid repair and sustainment for critical systems through advanced materials manufacturing, distributed and modular capacity, and our secure data-layer.
In the role of Head of Growth you will build and lead business development, sales, and government affairs alongside our CEO and team of DoW liaisons. You'll own the path from first relationship to paid reorder. You'll also help shape the policy that makes distributed repair + sustainment repeatable across the Department of War.
The position demands a candidate who has spent a career inside military and aerospace sustainment and acquisition. You know who actually makes the decisions: Product Support Managers, program offices, J4s, depot commanders, OEM aftermarket leaders, and Hill staff. You can walk our solutions from end to end, and you're ready to trade a big company for the chance to build something that matters.
Build the growth function. Set strategy for BD, sales, capture,...
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