Shield AI
Product Strategy & Operations Sr. Lead, X-BAT Family of Systems (FoS) (R6083)
$160K–$300K
San Diego, California +4 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Dallas, Texas
Washington, D.C.
Boston, Massachusetts
San Mateo, California - Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, Master’s degree with 4+ years, or PhD with 2+ years; also requires 2+ years in a listed analytical or business-development field.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Develops capture strategy, proposals, and operating processes for priority X-BAT Family of Systems pursuits.
What you'll do
- Develop capture strategies, proposal storylines, win themes, and customer-facing solicitation responses.
- Coordinate cross-functional proposal contributors, schedules, reviews, and deliverables across concurrent pursuits.
- Maintain capture trackers, dashboards, operating cadences, and reusable tools; improve capture processes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years, Master’s degree with 4+ years, or PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience.
- 2+ years in management consulting, capture strategy or operations, business development, proposal strategy or operations, or another high-rigor analytical environment.
- Experience supporting complex defense, aerospace, intelligence, or U.S. Government pursuits; strong solicitation-response writing and proposal-storyline skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Nice to have
- Strategy or operations consulting supporting defense, aerospace, or public-sector clients; or U.S. Government capture experience.
- Familiarity with DoD or U.S. Government acquisition, international defense opportunities, uncrewed systems, autonomy, aviation, mission systems, or AI-enabled capabilities.
Pay
USD 160,000–300,000 per year base salary
Tools
PowerPoint, RFI, RFP, RFQ
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