Senior Manager, Deployed Ops (Ukraine)

Location: 50% travel to Ukraine required (relocation preferred).

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operations Manager to lead training and sustainment operations in Ukraine. This role is critical to the success of our forward-deployed teams and requires a dynamic leader with operational experience in high-risk environments, proven success managing personnel and resources, and a deep understanding of working with international and NATO partners.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and supervise the daily execution of training and sustainment operations in coordination with the Managing Director and field teams.
• Serve as a critical interface with Ukrainian and NATO customer counterparts, facilitating planning, mission execution, and issue resolution.
• Manage deployment cycles and theater movement of company personnel, ensuring all operational and logistical requirements are met.
• Oversee intelligence and operations fusion, ensuring timely collection, analysis, and dissemination to support mission planning and situational awareness.
• Ensure implementation of force protection measures, export compliance, and operational risk mitigation procedures.
• Support and supervise the integration of new technologies into operational environments.
• Facilitate coordination across training, logistics, and sustainment lines of effort to enable successful outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of operational leadership experience in military, defense contracting, or international field operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring operational teams in dynamic or austere environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate across diverse stakeholders in support of mission-critical activities.
• Strong organizational, reporting, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with force protection, export compliance, and logistics operations in deployed environments.
• Technical acumen to manage field-level integration of new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous operational or advisory experience in Ukraine.
• Leadership experience in a combat zone or forward-deployed theater.
• Experience working with NATO or partner nation forces in an official capacity.
• Fluency or working knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian language.

$140,000 - $210,000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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