Director of Mission Integration & Growth (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Washington, DC, United States; travel up to 50% to customer sites, partner sites, conferences, and other Poseidon offices.

Company

hirify.global builds and operates full-size autonomous cargo aircraft carrying two tons of payload over more than 1,000 nautical miles for remote communities and contested logistics operations.

What you will do

• Lead operational analysis, mission effectiveness modeling and simulation, and cost analysis to develop operational requirements and decompose them into system requirements.
• Translate customer needs into design and cost trade studies, platform missionization, product roadmaps, and future platform development and prototyping.
• Plan, execute, and report on hardware and software simulations, validation demonstrations, and live customer operational exercises.
• Identify, assess, and capture opportunities across contested airborne and maritime logistics, personnel recovery, advanced sensing, and kinetic and non-kinetic effects for Federal customers.
• Develop capture strategies, revenue forecasts, investment plans, customer acquisition plans, competitive assessments, and win strategies for pathfinder projects and major programs.
• Lead customer engagements and create whitepapers, capability decks, pitch decks, and proposal responses for sources sought notices, RFIs, RFPs, RPPs, OTAs, CSOs, SBIRs, and other pursuits.

Requirements

• Recent operational experience as a pilot or aircrew member, at O-4 to O-6 rank, in tactical fifth- or sixth-generation aircraft such as the F-35 or F-22, or in airlift platforms such as the C-5, C-17, or C-130.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including experience presenting to senior executives, Flag officers, and customers.
• Low-ego, high-ownership working style and comfort collaborating directly with engineering, growth, and proposal teams while overseeing mission analysis, capture strategies, and customer engagements.
• Ability to work on-site in the Washington, DC office and travel up to 50%.
• Active U.S. Secret security clearance that can be maintained, with eligibility for a Top Secret clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with U.S. Air Force program offices, requirements offices, or combatant commands, including a deep understanding of the Air Force customer community, requirements process, and operational needs.
• Acquisition or operational experience with contested airlift, uncrewed RPA, autonomous aerospace platforms, or manned-unmanned teaming CONOPs, including ISR-T and air-launched effects.
• Experience in acquisition program offices, requirements offices, combatant commands, or science and technology offices.
• STEM background and experience shaping and leading defense-industry capture efforts.
• Experience in fast-paced, entrepreneurial startup environments and collaborating with partners, engineering, and growth teams.
• Adaptive collaboration style and ability to lead innovative approaches to market.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity.
• Relocation support may be available.
• Employee health benefit plans and 6% retirement matching.
• Flexible PTO, free lunches, snacks, and stocked office refrigerators.
• Access to AI tools and subscriptions.