Vice President, Special Programs

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