Operations Manager, Pacific

Onebrief, Inc

$100K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with large-scale staff planning through military education or service, effective with senior military leaders.
  • Knowledge of major military planning exercises and software deployment on classified networks.
  • Proven ability to expand business presence, focusing on software solutions.
  • Customer support experience both face-to-face and remotely, adept at coordinating technical responses.
  • Strong technical skills to master applications and troubleshoot across platforms.
  • Skilled at navigating bureaucratic government structures to deliver results.
  • Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, capable of accessing DOD facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior field representative, aligning internal teams and government stakeholders with account objectives.
  • Communicate user needs to the product team while maintaining deep product expertise and supporting customer adoption.
  • Direct resourcing and strategic goals for Partner Engagement Managers, balancing account complexity with timelines.
  • Drive customer retention and growth through renewals, upselling, and expanding product adoption.
  • Build lasting customer trust by communicating clearly and effectively across stakeholder perspectives.
  • Ensure a top-tier customer experience through coordinated efforts with fellow Operations Managers.
  • Facilitate expansion opportunities for Allies and Partners by communicating the Onebrief value proposition.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth within a strategic military environment.
  • High-impact role with direct influence on customer relationships and product adoption.
  • Work in a dynamic team setting that fosters collaboration and innovation.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge software solutions for military planning.
Full Job Description


Required: Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI

In person in Joint Base Pearl-Hickham

Why This Role Exists

As an Operations Manager at Onebrief, you will own the entire customer relationship, from users up to Generals/Admirals throughout the Department of War. You will build strong relationships and trust with customers, positioning yourself as a trusted member of their team. You will translate product usage and account health across your team's portfolio into renewal, expansion, and growth outcomes for the account and business. You'll need a combination of ordinary training and subtler strategies to get our product used as much as possible.

What You'll Do

Core responsibilities:
  • Serves as the senior-most field representative, building alignment across internal teams and government stakeholders to meet account requirements, secure sponsorship, and advance strategic company initiatives.
  • Clearly communicate user needs to the product team while maintaining deep product expertise; effectively communicate new capabilities to customers, support their adoption to existing workflows, and identify opportunities to leverage product improvements to expand usage.
  • Direct resourcing and strategic goals for a team of Partner Engagement Managers, balancing account complexity and renewal timelines.
  • Own customer retention and growth by driving renewals, identifying opportunities to expand product adoption, and pursuing upsell opportunities that increase customer value and revenue
  • Cultivate lasting customer trust and align diverse stakeholder perspectives by communicating with clarity and influence.
  • Align your team's efforts to deliver the best customer experience, while coordinating with fellow Operations Managers to ensure planning and workflows remain synchronized across commands.
  • Enable expansion and upsell opportunities to Allies and Partners by instilling the Onebrief value proposition.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Experience with large-scale staff planning, gained through Professional Military Education and/or military service, with demonstrated ability to operate effectively with senior military leaders and C-suite executives.
  • Familiarity and experience with major military planning exercises and the protocols for software deployment on classified networks.
  • Proven ability to expand business presence within a region, with emphasis on software or technology solutions.
  • Experience in customer support, both face-to-face and remote, and capability to respond to incidents, coordinating with customers and product engineering teams.
  • Strong technical skills to master our application, engage onsite with technical subject matter experts, and troubleshoot cross-software platform issues.
  • Proven ability to navigate large government organizations, solve bureaucratic challenges, and deliver successful outcomes.
  • You hold a current Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI and have the ability to access DOD facilities and installations.


Preferred Qualifications
  • You're technically adept. You don't need to code, but you do need to be savvy. Can you become a power user of our product and talk engineering with the customer?
  • You work well with customers. You have the ability to tailor communication effectively across the organization, translating strategic priorities for senior military leaders while providing clear, practical guidance to junior personnel on technical and operational issues.
  • You're proactive and adaptable. Comfortable working autonomously or with cross-functional teams, especially in fast-paced or ambiguous settings.
  • You communicate clearly, concisely, and candidly. Our Company relies on you to assess the situation within your account and effectively communicate your assessment and recommendations to inform strategic decisions.


Indicators of Success

This role will evolve as priorities change, but the outcomes below reflect what success typically looks like in the first six months.

A successful Operations Manager will take ownership of:
  • Accounts & contracts
  • Strategic growth & opportunity development
  • People & team leadership
  • Executive & organizational engagement
  • Resource coordination

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