Mission Strategist

What you’ll do

• Embed with users. Sit on site every day with customer groups in Tampa and build deep intuition for their mission.
• Build trust. Earn credibility by understanding user problems and helping solve them over time.
• Turn ambiguity into hypotheses. Break complex mission problems into specific workflows that can be tested.
• Configure product workflows. Set up high-value workflows for users through creative, iterative configuration.
• Test and troubleshoot releases. Debug product issues on deployed government systems and work with engineering to resolve them.
• Generate mission wins. Identify what works, onboard users, and translate wins into evidence of impact.
• Develop new user groups. Build relationships with additional teams on site and identify where Vannevar can create value.
• Operate independently. Set priorities on site and push work through without waiting for perfect direction.
• Represent Vannevar. Be the face of the company with Tampa users and customers.

What we’re looking for

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• This role is in person in Tampa. You will need to be based in Tampa or willing to relocate there.
• Comfort in the field. You can build trust with users in operational environments.
• High ownership. You take responsibility for outcomes and operate independently.
• Grit and persistence. You work through ambiguity, iteration, and friction until you get to impact.
• Strong mission judgment. You can identify which user problems matter and where product can create value.
• Product intuition. You understand how software products create value for users.
• Technical intuition. You can reason about how software systems work, break, and improve.
• Curiosity about agentic AI. You are excited to understand, configure, and apply AI-enabled systems.
• Professional presence. You can represent Vannevar well in high-stakes customer environments.

What we offer

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Remote friendly with WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
• 401(k) match
• Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel