# Mission Strategist - San Diego (Clearance Required) at Vannevar

- Company: Vannevar
- What the company does: Vannevar builds agentic AI for 21st-century conflict, pre-trained for national security missions and delivering decision advantage. Backed by General Catalyst and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.vannevarlabs.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Diego, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vannevarlabs/jobs/5266530007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vannevar-mission-strategist-san-diego-clearance-required/

## About the role

We're hiring a forward-deployed Mission Strategist to embed with Navy users in San Diego. San Diego is home to the Navy's rapid capability organizations, and our software is already in use there. This is an in-person role. You will spend most of your week on site with users and working on government networks. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- An active Secret clearance at minimum. TS/SCI preferred
- Based in San Diego or willing to relocate. This role is in person
- Experience using technology to solve hard operational problems, either from building products (product management, engineering) or from fielding new technology in the military
- A track record of creatively scoping ambiguous problems and generating strong hypotheses when the path isn't clear
- Comfort with hands-on technical work. You will rewrite a prompt ten times, dig into why a configuration isn't behaving, and keep going until it works
- Curiosity about agentic AI and how to apply it to real workflows

Tags: Mission Strategy

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vannevar-mission-strategist-san-diego-clearance-required/