Striveworks - Field Program Manager (Active Secret Clearance)

Austin, Texas or Remote; Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States - Hybrid$145k - $185k+ Equity1mo ago

In Office Mid NA Artificial Intelligence Program Manager Field Marketing Manager Team Leadership Program Management Account Management Customer Success

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4–6+ years of experience with military operations at Division (2-star) level or higher • Demonstrated experience planning and directing the execution of complex, multi-stakeholder project activities; proven team leadership in high-accountability environments • Track record of building and sustaining rapport and trust with senior military and civilian stakeholders across different organizational levels • Strong written and verbal communication; able to operate credibly across Soldier-level and executive-level audiences in the same day • Technical fluency to engage software engineers and data scientists as an informed, non-technical counterpart; the ability to translate customer needs to contractual requirements • Active Secret (or above) US security clearance • Due to the nature of this role, candidates must have US citizenship • The Wish List • The Wish List • We’re very interested in candidates who possess the above qualifications, and we appreciate and consider the addition of: • Former Field Grade Officer or Senior NCO, or similar • Direct experience implementing or integrating battlefield technology within Army formations; you’ve seen a capability succeed or fail at the unit level, and you know why it happened • Familiarity with DOD IT, network, and communications infrastructure as an operational reality, not just a technical concept • Working knowledge of agile software delivery practices; able to hold a technical team accountable to a cadence without micromanaging the engineering • Meaningful exposure to machine learning/AI capabilities in operational or defense contexts—enough to recognize value, identify misuse, and advocate credibly for the customer • Aptitude with customer success or account management functions within a defense technology vendor • The anticipated base pay range for this position is $145,000–$185,000/year. Striveworks’ total compensation package includes a competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses.

Responsibilities

• Own the relationship: Serve as the primary point of contact for all stakeholders, from end users to Division leadership, to build trust and ensure long-term retention • Own the relationship: • Drive growth: Identify expansion opportunities within the formation and surface competitive threats or “win signals” to leadership with enough lead time to act • Drive growth: • Define success: Diagnose operational problems before the customer names them, ensuring that Striveworks’ capabilities are providing measurable value • Define success: • Bridge the technical gap: Translate field needs into specific, actionable inputs for the engineering team to ensure that product development matches mission reality • Bridge the technical gap: • Execute the roadmap: Synchronize technical delivery with contractual milestones, the customer’s operational calendar, and exercise cycles to ensure on-time execution • Execute the roadmap: • Mitigate risk: Identify delivery obstacles early, and autonomously resolve execution issues—escalating them to leadership only with recommended courses of action, not problems • Mitigate risk: • This position offers a fully remote work environment, or you can work hybrid/on site at our office in northwest Austin, TX. You will be expected to travel up to 25% of the time to our customer sites in Fort Carson, Colorado. • The Right Fit • The Right Fit • In addition to the specific skills and expertise detailed below, we are looking for individuals who share our values. Sharing a set of values allows us to move at the speed of trust. • Collectively, we value a high-trust work environment where people respect each other and use candor kindly and constructively. We value work that intersects passion and perseverance, we geek out about the potential of our contributions, and we find joy in working hard on things that matter. Finally, we value taking ownership, having agency, and feeling individual responsibility for collective results.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance • Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance • HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans • Paid parental leave • Check us out on Built In!