Project Lead – Maritime Consortium

BMNT is seeking a Project Lead to run day-to-day work for a planned second consortium on the commercial innovation model used by USSOCOM's SOF RACER, focused on the maritime domain: undersea and seabed systems, littoral and expeditionary operations, mine countermeasures, and autonomous and robotic systems. The role is BMNT's first maritime domain lead.

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 in both directions; Filter problems for real users, real pain, someone with authority who cares, and prototyping funding; Run point on industry days, curation sessions, white paper workshops, demo events, and follow-through

Requirements

Experience living in the maritime domain (undersea or surface unmanned systems, mine warfare, EOD or diving, expeditionary operations, naval test and evaluation, or industry); Experience with government acquisition (OTAs, consortia, SBIR, accelerators, or federal business development) where the job involved earning a program manager's trust; Ability to brief a Navy leader and coach a seed-stage founder; Does only 25 to 40 percent of the talking in discovery conversations; Comfortable with autonomy and ambiguity; Asks for help early when it affects the mission; Must be eligible for TS/SCI; U.S. citizenship required

Nice to have

Active Secret clearance