About the Role
Evolved Aerospace is seeking a senior leader to develop strategic programs, partnerships, and customer relationships across its global business. Based at the US site in Horseheads, you will represent Evolved with military, government, and industry stakeholders, identify opportunities where capabilities can deliver operational advantage, and develop partnerships to advance these opportunities. This role combines strategic engagement with execution, working closely with customers, partners, and technical teams from requirement identification through delivery.
Responsibilities
- Develop senior relationships across defence, government, and industry.
- Identify and progress strategic programmes and customer opportunities.
- Build partnerships with primes, technology companies, integrators, and other organisations that strengthen Evolved’s offering.
- Engage directly with military users to understand operational requirements and emerging capability needs.
- Represent Evolved in senior customer, partner, and government engagements.
- Work closely with engineering and operational teams to connect customer requirements with executable solutions.
- Support demonstrations, exercises, and programme activity across the US and international markets.
- Contribute to Evolved’s wider commercial and partnership strategy.
Requirements
- Established credibility in the defence and national-security community.
- Track record of turning relationships into meaningful outcomes.
- Relevant experience gained across defence technology, government, military programmes, operational environments, or supporting specialist defence and national-security customers.
- Strong relationships across relevant defence, government, and industry communities.
- Experience developing significant partnerships, programmes, or customer opportunities.
- Direct understanding of military operations and end-user requirements.
- Credibility with senior stakeholders while remaining comfortable working directly with technical teams.
- Strong commercial and strategic judgement.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment with a high degree of personal ownership.
- Willingness to travel regularly across the US and internationally.
Skills
- ISR
- UAS
- C-UAS
- EW
- Autonomy
- Sensors
- C2
- Mission systems
Location
- Elmira Corning Regional Airport, New York
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
- Regular domestic and international travel
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000 - $250,000 a year
Benefits
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Meaningful equity participation
- Company benefits
- Relocation support
About the Company
- Evolved Aerospace develops complete mission systems for defence and national-security customers.
- Our work is driven by the mission requirement rather than the platform.
- Current programmes include maritime surveillance and security applications, alongside continued development of the M200 as a flexible mission platform for defence and security operations.
- We work internationally with customers, operators, technology partners and industry to move from operational requirement to deployable capability quickly.
Equal Opportunity
- Evolved Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer.
