About this role
About the Role Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Executive Vice President for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) mission area. This role will be onsite and own the mission-area strategy, customer trust, growth, program performance, talent density, and operating discipline required to expand Astrion's position in missile defense and related national security missions. What You'll Do
- Own the IAMD mission-area strategy, customer trust, growth, program performance, talent density, and operating discipline; lead enterprise initiatives across missile defense, integrated air defense, space- and sensor-enabled warning, command and control, fires, test, acquisition, systems engineering, and related national security missions.
- Act as an enterprise leader, collaborating with the executive team, program operations, growth, contracts, finance, legal, security, people, and technical organizations to deliver one enterprise result.
- Report directly to the President, Mission Solutions; translate mission insight into funded, repeatable solutions; strengthen customer outcomes; manage risks early for decisive correction.
- Build and lead high-performing leadership teams; manage revenue, margin, cash, staffing, investment, and operating risk while preserving mission performance and customer trust.
- Travel 25% to 50% as required. What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, national security, business, public policy, or related field; advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- 20+ years of progressively responsible leadership in defense, aerospace, national security, missile defense, air defense, C4ISR, acquisition, test, systems engineering, operations, or related field.
- Demonstrated executive leadership of complex organizations with accountability for financial performance, customer outcomes, staffing, risk, quality, compliance, and growth.
- Experience engaging senior U.S. Government, Congressional, military, or defense acquisition stakeholders; translating mission requirements into executable business, technical, and program strategies.
- Understanding of government contracting (FAR/DFARS), procurement integrity, competitive captures, recompetes, contract performance, scope management, and compliant customer engagement.
- Ability to lead through subordinate executives and cross-functional partners in a matrixed government contracting environment; strong business judgment in revenue, margin, cash, staffing, investment, and risk.
- Excellent executive communication skills; ability to brief senior customers, Board-level stakeholders, industry partners, and internal leadership; U.S. citizenship required and ability to obtain/maintain security clearance. Nice to Have
- Prior O6/O7 military leadership experience, Senior Executive Service experience, or comparable senior civilian defense leadership.
- Senior-level experience with IAMD, missile defense architecture, air defense operations, sensor-to-shooter, C2, fires, threat-informed requirements, and related test or acquisition environments.
- Experience with Golden Dome or comparable national missile defense initiatives; direct experience with MDA, Service-level defense organizations, Combatant Commands, Joint Staff, OSD, or national policy forums.
- Senior-level DoD procurement, acquisition, programming, requirements, or resourcing exposure; ability to interact credibly with senior stakeholders.
- Experience engaging senior officials across allied militaries and governments on IAMD capabilities; experience scaling major defense services, engineering, test, digital, C4ISR, modeling and simulation in government contracting. Compensation & Benefits
- Not disclosed