Role details
Location: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE (Home office: Austin, TX)
Travel: Mission-dependent, 60–75% OCONUS
Clearance: Active Secret required
NODA is a veteran-owned, venture-backed technology company transforming how unmanned systems collaborate in complex, mission-critical environments. Our distributed orchestration platform enables autonomous coordination of heterogeneous unmanned systems across air, sea, land, and space with vital applications in defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors.
As Mission Lead – Customer Solutions, you are the in-theater owner of program delivery, customer success, and operational outcomes across the CENTCOM AOR. You lead deployments, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure mission execution across Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE.
- Lead deployments across NAVCENT, AFCENT, ARCENT, MARCENT, SOCCENT environments
- Coordinate execution across GCC installations and forward locations
- Interface with Security Cooperation Offices (SCOs), U.S. Embassies, and host-nation stakeholders
- Manage logistics: visas, customs, export controls, and installation access
- Own delivery timelines, customer success, and operational outcomes
- Bridge field operations with U.S.-based engineering teams
- Capture operational feedback and drive product improvements
- 5+ years program or technical delivery leadership in defense or mission-critical environments
- Direct OCONUS deployment or in-theater leadership experience
- Experience working with U.S. Military or government stakeholders
- Familiarity with CENTCOM AOR or similar environments
- Technical fluency in complex systems (autonomy, robotics, or distributed systems)
- Active Secret clearance
- Familiarity with SOFA, DCA, and installation access requirements
- Experience navigating export controls and logistics
- Prior experience in GCC or adjacent theaters
- Mission-dependent OCONUS travel (60–75%)
- Deployment uplifts and per diem during in-theater operations
- Company-covered travel, lodging, and logistics support
Mission Lead → Regional Lead → International Program Director / Product / Business Development Leadership
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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