UFORCE is a Defence Technology business that specializes in combat-proven unmanned systems for air, ground, and marine operations. Backed by Squadra Ventures.
About the role
We're looking for a Director of Mission Operations to build and lead the team that delivers UFORCE's uncrewed systems missions. You'll own the operational portfolio across the customer lifecycle: pre-sale demonstrations, events and exercises, as well as post-sale deployments and customer implementations. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience leading a deployed operations function or multiple concurrent field teams, with responsibility for planning, prioritization, resourcing and execution
- A track record of hiring, developing and managing mission leaders or comparable field-operations leaders
- Experience building or operating a risk-management and decision-authority framework, including readiness reviews, escalation and go/no-go decisions within defined authority
- Strong mission-planning and operational judgment, including the ability to assess complex plans, challenge assumptions and balance customer objectives against capacity and risk
- Enough understanding of uncrewed systems, payloads and supporting equipment to assess operational feasibility and work effectively with technical specialists
- Experience establishing practical operating standards, templates, checklists and reporting processes across teams
More about this role
UFORCE exists to make aggression unaffordable.
Founded in Ukraine and headquartered in London, UFORCE is a defence-technology company with operations across Europe, the United States and Asia.
UFORCE builds uncrewed vessels, ground robotics and aircraft, autonomy software, and the command-and-control layer that operates them together. Each platform is deployable on its own, and stronger as part of the system. Its product lines include the MAGURA family of uncrewed surface vessels, the NEMESIS family of strike platforms, the LIUT family of ground robotic platforms, and counter-UAS systems.
We're looking for a Director of Mission Operations to build and lead the team that delivers UFORCE's uncrewed systems missions. You'll own the operational portfolio across the customer lifecycle: pre-sale demonstrations, events and exercises, as well as post-sale deployments and customer implementations.
Reporting to the VP of Delivery, you'll lead and develop our Mission Managers, establish the standards and decision-making practices for safe, repeatable execution, and make sure concurrent missions have the people, equipment and support they need. You'll work closely with the Director of...
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