Senior Lead, Enterprise Strategy and Operations (R6097)
San Diego, United States · On-site · Full-time
- Posted 2w ago
- From Shield AI’s careers page
- Location
- San Diego, United States
- Work mode
- On-site
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Department
- Business Operations
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About the role
What you'll do:
Enterprise Strategy Development:
- Support the multi‑year strategic planning and annual operating strategy cycles.
- Evaluate portfolio tradeoffs across platforms, software, hardware, and emerging growth vectors.
- Conduct market sizing, competitive analysis, and scenario modeling across U.S. and allied defense markets.
Capital Allocation & Business Case Rigor:
- Build financial models and analytic frameworks for investment decisions (new platforms, manufacturing, international expansion).
- Assess TAM, margin structure, capital intensity, payback, and risk‑adjusted returns.
- Contribute to the development of enterprise‑wide capital allocation frameworks and governance processes.
Operationalization of Strategy:
- Translate strategic priorities into cross‑functional execution plans with defined KPIs and milestones.
- Lead the planning and execution of integration efforts for acquisitions, strategic investments, and other inorganic growth initiatives.
- Track and report on progress through structured operating cadences (monthly and quarterly performance reviews).
- Identify bottlenecks, analyze root causes, and recommend actionable solutions to sustain execution velocity.
Required qualifications:
- Min 12+ years of experience with Bachelors, 8+ with Masters, and 5+ with PhD.
- Min 4+ years’ experience in a strategy consulting, corporate strategy or other high‑rigor roles.
- Strong analytical and conceptual problem‑solving abilities.
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional transformations in fast-paced, technology-driven environments
- Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems and drive insight through analysis.
- Financial modeling and analytical capability (unit economics, forecasting, scenario analysis).
- Experience or strong interest in complex, technical, or regulated industries (aerospace, defense, AI, or advanced manufacturing preferred).
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and influence senior stakeholders.
- U.S. citizenship required (ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance).
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About Shield AI
AI systems for defense and autonomous aircraftShield AI develops AI-enabled aircraft and autonomous systems, including Hivemind, to support service members and civilians.
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