Vast is looking for a Vice President of Special Programs to lead national security focused business development for Haven-1 and future Vast systems. The role will lead customer engagement, opportunity development, capture strategy, and partnership efforts to advance Vast's initiatives to operate the world's leading in-space infrastructure in support of national security objectives.
Requirements
- Develop and execute a comprehensive national security market strategy aligned with Vast’s revenue and mission objectives.
- Collaborate with Leadership, Engineering, Marketing, Legal, Communications, and other internal teams to ensure alignment between national security customer needs and station development priorities.
- Lead internal planning for national security opportunity prioritization, capture strategy, and pipeline development.
- Identify, shape, and advance opportunities for national security use of Vast systems across crewed missions, experimentation, training, test and evaluation, and payload hosting.
- Manage pipeline development, forecasting, and reporting across all national security accounts.
- Negotiate and close contracts for national security missions and associated services.
- Represent Vast at national security, aerospace, and space industry events where defense and government stakeholders are present.
- Deliver presentations, participate in panels, and provide senior-level briefings that communicate the capabilities and value of Vast stations.
Benefits
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- One Medical membership
- ClassPass credits
- Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
- Discounts and perks