Project Lead – Maritime Consortium

BMNT is seeking a Project Lead to run day-to-day work for a new maritime consortium modeled on SOF RACER, a USSOCOM consortium that rapidly prototypes commercial technology. The role covers undersea and seabed systems, littoral and expeditionary operations, mine countermeasures, and autonomous and robotic systems. This is BMNT's first maritime domain lead position. Office or hybrid work with monthly travel. Compensation is between $105,000 and $165,000, determined by location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. BMNT is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

Own the demand engine by building and maintaining relationships with Navy program offices, labs, and operating units; Turn maritime problems into problem statements the consortium competes on; Own member value through rapid onboarding and member resources; Translate between operator/engineer language and entrepreneur language, and keep government stakeholders confident; Filter problems for real users, real pain, authority, and prototyping funding; Run point on industry days, curation sessions, white paper workshops, demo events, and follow-through

Requirements

Lived in the maritime domain (undersea or surface unmanned systems, mine warfare, EOD or diving, expeditionary operations, naval test and evaluation, or industry); Worked government acquisition (OTAs, consortia, SBIR, accelerators, or federal business development) and earned a program manager's trust; Able to brief a Navy leader and coach a seed-stage founder; Comfortable with autonomy and ambiguity; Eligible for TS/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship required

Nice to have

Active Secret clearance preferred