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Bridge Defense is redefining how modern defense technology is delivered. Based in Washington, D.C., we are built for the dynamic mission environment facing the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and federal law enforcement agencies. We provide full-spectrum national security solutions that combine secure infrastructure, cleared talent, and mission-ready software to meet evolving defense challenges. Our services include secure software development in classified environments and the design and implementation of advanced IT and cybersecurity capabilities ranging from secure cloud architectures and enterprise infrastructure to data center operations, scientific analysis, cutting-edge cyber defense, and intelligence analysis.\nWe are led by technologists and veterans with firsthand mission experience, which enables us to understand both the operational realities and the innovation needed to succeed. Our approach is agile and outcome-based, delivering results in weeks rather than months whenever possible.\nAt Bridge Defense we value people, integrity, and excellence. We foster an environment where innovation thrives in support of traditional mission requirements. Our team members receive competitive compensation, robust benefits, professional development and certification opportunities, and clear paths for growth while working on the nation’s most critical projects.\nCore Values:\nInnovation & Responsiveness: We push beyond legacy models with efficient, tech-led solutions built to scale and evolve.\nTrusted Performance: Security, compliance, and deep experience in delivering to demanding environments guides all we do.\nMission Focused Expertise: From veteran leadership to cleared engineers, our people understand both the technology and the mission.\n Summary: Bridge Defense is seeking a full-time Mission Operations Manager to lead customer engagements across our product and engineering portfolio, supporting customers across the Department of War.\nThe Mission Operations Manager is the program lead on an engagement, paired with a Tech Lead and supported by a team of engineers. The Tech Lead owns whether the system was built right. You own whether the mission improved.\nThat distinction is the job. Every government program carries dependencies we do not control. Your job is to find the way through.\nThe work starts with getting to the truth of what the customer actually does, which is rarely what the requirement says. Those answers exist, in the data and in the people doing the work. This role goes and finds them.\nWhat You Will Own:\nThe outcome. You are who we look to for the success of your engagement.\nThe problem definition. Establishing what the real problem is, validating it against evidence rather than assumption, and adapting the execution when the evidence demands it.\nThe relationship. Trust with end users, program leadership, technical stakeholders, and the acquisition and contracting personnel who determine whether good work ever reaches the field.\nThe team's priorities, in partnership with the Tech Lead, who owns the technical approach.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities:\nUnderstand the customer's mission, workflows, pain points, acquisition process, and previous attempts to solve the problem\nEstablish ground truth on how a system or workflow is actually used. Answer questions from data and direct engagement\nTranslate customer outcomes into scoped and prioritized work, distinguishing genuine mission requirements from distractions, individual preferences, and broader noise\nWork blockers to resolution. Clear the path rather than document the delay\nRedirect the effort when the evidence says the plan is wrong, and make that case credibly to both the customer and the team\nLead internal and external teams within approved authorities and constraints to deliver and sustain capability in operational environments\nBring customer and field lessons back to product and engineering to shape what we build and how we deliver it\nManage difficult conversations with tact, confidence, and transparency\nRequired Qualifications, Education, and Experience:\nDemonstrated ownership of complex technical programs or deployments, with accountability for the outcome and not only the schedule. We weigh what you have owned and what changed because of it more heavily than years of experience\nFluency working directly with data. Faced with an ambiguous situation, you know what question to ask and what data would answer it.\nProduct judgment, demonstrated by a track record of deciding what should be built and what should not\nA record of resolving obstacles that were outside your formal control\nComfort working in dynamic, high-stakes environments with tight timelines and shifting requirements\nUnderstanding of government acquisition, budgeting, and contracting, or the demonstrated ability to come up to speed on it quickly\nAbility to work on-site with government users, including in classified or secure environments\nActive Secret security clearance at the time of hire, with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI\nPreferred Requirements:\nHands-on experience with Palantir Foundry or a comparable enterprise data platform, including working directly in its analytical and application-building tools\nExperience in a deployment strategist, engagement manager, forward deployed, or mission success role at a technology company\nPrior military service, prior government service, or experience delivering to a government customer\nFamiliarity with software development environments and DevSecOps toolchains\nActive TS/SCI\nClearance: Active Secret security clearance is required at the time of hire. Active TS/SCI is strongly preferred. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.\nLocation: Hybrid, Washington, D.C. or Tampa, Florida\nSalary Range: $150,000-$185,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, education, security clearance and certifications.\nBenefits: Bridge Defense offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, life insurance and disability coverage.\nGeneral Factors:\nDepending on project requirements, may be required to work within a compressed schedule; overtime should be expected when schedules demand it\nHybrid remote and office, up to 40% travel\nWilling to travel, when needed\nNo Relocation\nWork Authorization:\nApplicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable background investigations, verification of employment eligibility, customer approval, and the ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances.\nOnline applications, please.\nWhen we review candidates' information, we are looking for the best matches for the position based on the qualifications listed in the job posting. If your skills and experience appear to match an open position, a recruitment service professional or a hiring manager may contact you.\n\nBridge Defense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 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