About Onebrief

Onebrief is collaboration and AI-powered workflow software designed specifically for military staffs. By transforming this work Onebrief makes the staff as a whole superhuman - meaning faster smarter and more efficient.

We take ownership seek excellence and play to win with the seriousness and camaraderie of an Olympic team. Onebrief operates as an all-remote company though many of our employees work alongside our customers at military commands around the world.

Founded in 2019 by a group of experienced planners today Onebriefs team spans veterans from all forces and global organizations and technologists from leading-edge software companies. Weve raised $320m from top-tier investors including Battery Ventures General Catalyst Sapphire Ventures Insight Partners and Human Capital and today Onebrief is valued at $2.15B. With this continued growth Onebrief is able to make an impact where it matters most.

About the Role

Industry and government must partner to unlock the innovation that will enable the next generation of national security technology. To do so our Technical Delivery Managers partner closely with our Security Engineering and Go-To Market teams to navigate bureaucracy and chart new paths. As Onebrief becomes the enterprise application for military operations we are seeking an experienced Manager of Technical Delivery Management (TDM) to lead and scale the TDM function within our Infrastructure & Security Operations organization.

This role combines strong people leadership with accountability for ambiguous high-stakes engagements across mission-critical customer programs. The ideal candidate has strong public sector IT experience and a proven track record of building and coaching technical leaders who drive complex cross-functional initiatives spanning product engineering infrastructure and security. You will be responsible for establishing delivery rigor improving forecasting and risk management and ensuring consistent successful outcomes for both internal stakeholders and government customers.

About You

You are an customer-focused leader who builds develops and empowers high-performing teams by coaching them to own outcomes end-to-end manage cross-functional dependencies and communicate program health with precision. You ensure strategy turns into shipped capability on time on scope and with clear accountability. You set the operating cadence enforce risk visibility and remove blockers before they impact the mission. You balance speed with rigor customer urgency with internal realities and consistently raise the bar on predictability and follow-through.

Execution is your standard and you scale it through strong leaders.

What Youll Do

Leadership & People Management

• Lead coach and scale a team of Technical Delivery Managers responsible for end-to-end customer program execution.

• Set a high bar for ownership predictability and customer impact across all engagement efforts.

• Partner closely with Engineering Product Security and Customer Success to align priorities and proactively remove execution blockers.

• Establish delivery standards across planning forecasting risk management and stakeholder communication.

• Develop strong delivery leaders who can operate independently in high-ambiguity high-accountability environments.

Delivery Ownership & Execution

• Translate company strategy and customer commitments into executable program plans with clear milestones dependencies and measurable outcomes.

• Identify operational risks and opportunities to mitigate them through partnership with customers partners industry groups and allied stakeholders.

• Drive engagement strategies through well-organized plans that created shared understanding of goals risks milestones and decision points.

• Maintain strong visibility into cross-functional dependencies and ensure alignment across product roadmaps and customer deployments.

• Lead structured execution rhythms including program reviews readiness assessments and customer health reviews.

Operational & Technical Rigor

• Partner with engineering and security leaders to ensure deployments meet reliability scalability and cybersecurity requirements.

• Embed compliance accreditation and mission assurance considerations into delivery processes from day one.

• Balance speed with disciplineintroducing process where needed while preserving startup agility.

• Continuously improve forecasting accuracy delivery metrics and operational playbooks to scale execution as the company grows.

Executive & Customer Communication

• Provide clear data-driven updates to executives on delivery health risks and resource needs.

• Serve as a trusted escalation point for complex customer issues.

• Build strong credibility-based relationships with government stakeholders by ensuring transparency follow-through and consistent outcomes.

What We Look For

• 10 years of experience in public sector IT leadership or equivalent roles. 5 years of people management experience leading technical program managers field CTOs or cross-functional technical teams.

• Proven experience building and scaling high-performing technology teams.

• Track record of delivering complex cross-functional initiatives involving product engineering infrastructure and security teams.

• Experience operating in a high-growth startup or fast-scaling environment where structure must be built without slowing execution.

• Demonstrated ability to improve forecasting accuracy risk management and delivery predictability across multiple concurrent programs.

• Top Secret security clearance

• Strong understanding of modern SaaS architectures cloud environments (e.g. AWS/Azure/GCP) DevSecOps practices and enterprise deployment models.

• Experience supporting U.S. government or defense customers including familiarity with compliance accreditation or cybersecurity requirements (e.g. RMF FedRAMP IL levels Authority to Operate).

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience briefing senior executives and external stakeholders.

• Ability to manage ambiguity make principled tradeoffs and drive clarity across competing priorities.

• Strong coaching and feedback skills with a demonstrated ability to develop leaders who own outcomes end-to-end.

• High ownership mindset with a bias toward action accountability and measurable results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in defense-tech dual-use technology or mission-driven SaaS organizations.

• Past experience at a rapidly scaling startup or similarly demanding and dynamic environment

• Military service or direct experience operating in support of military planning or operations (a plus).

Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies
Please note that Onebrief does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement Onebrief explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes including those submitted to hiring managers shall be deemed the property of Onebrief.

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