Field Program Manager, Active Secret Clearance

Striveworks

Field Program Manager for Striveworks driving execution of military AI projects. Acting as primary point of contact for customer relationships and delivery in complex environments.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeAustin • Colorado, Hawaii, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $145,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the relationship: Serve as the primary point of contact for all stakeholders, from end users to Division leadership, to build trust and ensure long-term retention
Drive growth: Identify expansion opportunities within the formation and surface competitive threats or “win signals” to leadership with enough lead time to act
Define success: Diagnose operational problems before the customer names them, ensuring that Striveworks’ capabilities are providing measurable value
Bridge the technical gap: Translate field needs into specific, actionable inputs for the engineering team to ensure that product development matches mission reality
Execute the roadmap: Synchronize technical delivery with contractual milestones, the customer’s operational calendar, and exercise cycles to ensure on-time execution
Mitigate risk: Identify delivery obstacles early, and autonomously resolve execution issues—escalating them to leadership only with recommended courses of action, not problems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree and 4–6+ years of experience with military operations at Division (2-star) level or higher
Demonstrated experience planning and directing the execution of complex, multi-stakeholder project activities; proven team leadership in high-accountability environments
Track record of building and sustaining rapport and trust with senior military and civilian stakeholders across different organizational levels
Strong written and verbal communication; able to operate credibly across Soldier-level and executive-level audiences in the same day
Technical fluency to engage software engineers and data scientists as an informed, non-technical counterpart; the ability to translate customer needs to contractual requirements
Active Secret (or above) US security clearance
Due to the nature of this role, candidates must have US citizenship.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/dental/vision insurance
Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
401(k) plan
Unlimited PTO
Paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

military operationsproject planningstakeholder managementtechnical translationcontractual requirements

Soft Skills

relationship buildingtrust buildingteam leadershipcommunicationproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeActive Secret US security clearance