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Director of Strategic Relationships, Pacific

UFORCE · United States | Remote | Hawaii · Remote

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About UFORCE

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

UFORCE is building a persistent presence in the Indo-Pacific, and we’re looking for a Director of Strategic Relationships, Pacific to lead it. Based on Oahu, you’ll be our senior representative in the region—building trusted relationships across Pacific commands, turning customer insight into actionable opportunities, and ensuring our people and equipment are ready when customers need them. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Recent experience working in or alongside Pacific military commands, with demonstrable customer access and credibility across the rank spectrum—from action officers to senior military leaders
  • Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to earn trust, secure meaningful meetings, and maintain long-term stakeholder engagement
  • Experience collecting, validating, and communicating business or operational intelligence in concise, actionable updates for leadership, with sound judgment about ethical and legal boundaries
  • Proven ability to operate independently in a matrixed organization, influence senior stakeholders without direct authority, and prioritize competing demands
  • Experience managing field or expeditionary logistics, including equipment storage, transport, accountability, maintenance scheduling, and vendor coordination
  • Experience planning and executing live capability demonstrations or supporting military exercises, with an understanding of planning cycles, access approvals, safety requirements, and contingency planning
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.

UFORCE is building a persistent presence in the Indo-Pacific, and we’re looking for a Director of Strategic Relationships, Pacific to lead it. Based on Oahu, you’ll be our senior representative in the region—building trusted relationships across Pacific commands, turning customer insight into actionable opportunities, and ensuring our people and equipment are ready when customers need them.

This is a hands-on role at the intersection of business development and field operations. You’ll work closely with our Navy, SOCOM, and Army sales leaders, Head of US Exercises, Capture, and Delivery teams to...

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