Senior Lead, Enterprise Strategy and Operations (R6096)

Shape the strategy behind the next generation of defense technology at Shield AI, a venture-backed defense-tech company. In this role, you’ll tackle complex business challenges, guide high-impact investment decisions, and turn bold strategic priorities into action, partnering across the organization to drive growth, scale, and long-term impact.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy Development

• Support 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.

M&A Integration

• Lead end-to-end integration planning and execution for acquisitions, strategic investments, and other inorganic-growth initiatives.
• Establish the integration operating model, including governance, decision rights, cross-functional cadences, KPI dashboards, and risk-escalation mechanisms to maintain momentum from diligence through post-close execution.
• Partner with business, functional, and acquired-company leaders to resolve integration bottlenecks, manage interdependencies, and track synergy realization, organizational readiness, and strategic outcomes against the original investment case.

Requirements

• Minimum 12+ years of experience with Bachelor's, 8+ with Master's, and 5+ with PhD.
• Minimum 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).

Additional Information

• Salary: USD 160,000-250,000 per-year-salary
• Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)