# Mission Strategist
**Company:** [Vannevar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vannevar)
**Location:** Tampa, FL
**Skills:** Ts/Sci Clearance, Product Configuration, Workflow Design, Troubleshooting, Agentic AI, Government Systems, User Onboarding, Mission Analysis, Technical Intuition, Relationship Building
**Posted:** 2026-06-16
> Forward-deployed strategist embedded with Tampa military customers to configure AI product workflows, troubleshoot issues, and generate mission impact. Requires active TS/SCI clearance and onsite presence.
## Job Description
## 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
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