Vice President of Defense

The Vice President of Defense will lead Lunar Resources' defense business including strategy, sales, customer engagement, operational partnerships, and defense-focused business. The individual will be a senior leader work closely with other company leadership and engineering teams to identify mission requirements, develop trusted relationships with defense stakeholders, and support the responsible deployment of advanced technologies.

The ideal candidate combines operational credibility with technical understanding and executive judgment. They should be equally comfortable speaking with soldiers and operators, engineers and program managers, senior military leaders, government officials, and representatives of foreign ministries of defense.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's defense and national security strategy.
• Build trusted relationships with U.S. and allied defense organizations, military leadership, government agencies, and international defense partners.
• Serve as the senior company representative in engagements with ministries of defense and other government stakeholders.
• Translate operational requirements into clear priorities for engineering and product teams.
• Support the development, evaluation, and fielding of advanced defense technologies, including capabilities relevant to counter-uncrewed aerial systems and related mission areas.
• Design and oversee training, demonstration, evaluation, and operational-support programs for defense users.
• Work directly with soldiers, operators, instructors, and technical personnel to understand real-world mission needs and incorporate feedback into company priorities.
• Lead international defense engagements while navigating differences in military structures, procurement environments, cultures, and operating practices.
• Support strategic partnerships with defense primes, technology companies, government organizations, and other mission partners.
• Provide executive leadership on defense programs while maintaining appropriate discretion regarding customers, technologies, and operational activities.
• Represent Lunar Resources at selected defense, government, industry, and international engagements.

Ideal Background

We are particularly interested in candidates with a combination of operational leadership, engineering knowledge, and international experience. Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Strong candidates may have:

• Significant military leadership experience, including service as a senior officer, non-commissioned officer, warrant officer, commissioned officer, or equivalent operational leader; or substantial executive leadership experience within the defense or national security sector.
• Direct experience training, advising, or supporting military personnel and operational units.
• Experience working with foreign militaries, ministries of defense, or other international government organizations.
• Meaningful international experience, particularly in environments requiring diplomacy, cultural awareness, and independent judgment.
• Experience with counter-UAS, air defense, force protection, autonomous systems, electronic systems, sensing, robotics, or adjacent defense technology areas.
• An engineering, technical, or applied-science background, or substantial professional experience working closely with complex engineering organizations.
• Experience converting operational problems into technical requirements and communicating those requirements effectively to engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs involving multiple government, military, technical, and commercial stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to build credibility at both the operator and senior-leadership levels.
• A track record of operating effectively in high-trust, high-consequence environments where discretion is essential.

What We Value

Lunar Resources values leaders who understand that the best defense technologies are developed through close collaboration between engineers and the people who ultimately use them.

For this position, practical leadership experience matters. We welcome candidates whose careers were built through operational responsibility and demonstrated performance, including experienced senior NCOs and military technical leaders, as well as accomplished defense executives.

We are looking for someone who can move comfortably between the field, the engineering organization, and the executive meeting room-and who understands when to listen, when to lead, and when discretion is required.

Additional Requirements

This position may require significant domestic and international travel.

Candidates must be able to satisfy applicable U.S. government and company requirements associated with defense-related work. Certain projects or responsibilities may be subject to export-control, citizenship, security, or other government requirements.

Specific customers, programs, technologies, operational concepts, and locations will be discussed only with appropriate candidates and at the appropriate stage of the process.