[Hiring] Director, Solutions Lead @Astrion

Role Description

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Director, Solutions Lead – Space Warfighting. This senior leader will serve as the strategic solution roadmap owner and senior solution architect for Astrion’s Space Warfighting (SW) mission area, focused on supporting the following portfolios:

• Global Mission Operations
• Space Control
• Space Access
• Space Energy and Wargaming

The Solution Lead will help transform Astrion’s SW business from SETA-heavy labor delivery to repeatable, technology-enabled Mission Solutions that create reusable evidence, tools, data, and recurring outcomes. This leader will partner closely with:

• The Campaign Lead and Business Development Executive for SW
• Mission Portfolio Leads
• Operations
• Growth
• Other Astrion Solutions leads
• Engineering
• Finance
• Contracts
• Industry partners
• US and Allied government customers

Responsibilities include shaping pursuits, making/buying/partnering recommendations, building demonstrations and MVPs, and ensuring solution investments are tied to qualified pipeline and customer mission outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, operations research, business, or a related field; additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.
• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, solution development, space systems engineering, digital engineering, test and evaluation, US and Allied defense markets.
• 8+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams, solution architects, productized-services teams, or matrixed pursuit/engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to turn services-based capabilities into repeatable, market-facing Mission Solutions, including reusable artifacts, tools, templates, dashboards, demos, and delivery playbooks.
• Experience defining solution roadmaps, MVPs, reference architectures, implementation patterns, and maturation paths from concept to pilot to repeatable delivery.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, mission integration, operational test and evaluation, cyber-physical resilience, digital engineering, data/AI.
• Experience supporting federal capture, proposal, solution review, or customer-shaping activities with differentiated technical solutions and executable delivery approaches.
• Demonstrated judgment in make/buy/partner decisions, including assessment of internal capability gaps, partner technologies, build vs. buy tradeoffs, and investment priorities.
• Executive communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical solution strategies to customers, operators, growth teams, finance, contracts, partners, and senior leadership.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with active SCI eligibility.

Requirements

• Masters degree in an engineering or technical discipline.
• Experience in space systems development, including space and launch vehicle subsystems, software development, and mod/sim solutions.
• Experience with digital twins, model-based systems engineering, AI-enabled decision support, mission-thread modeling, or operational readiness dashboards.
• Experience supporting solutions for Allied partners.
• Experience with IR&D planning, product management, Agile/MVP delivery, MOSA/open-architecture principles, platform-enabled services, or product-attached professional services.
• Experience supporting M&A diligence or technology acquisition decisions for capability gaps.
• Relevant certifications such as INCOSE, PMP, CISSP, cloud certifications, or engineering licensure are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the Space Warfighting mission-area solution roadmap across Global Mission Operations, Space Control, Space Access, and Space Energy and Wargaming.
• Serve as the senior solution architect for the mission area, ensuring priority pursuits have differentiated, executable, and repeatable solution approaches.
• Partner with the growth and program leadership team to ensure solution development is tied to 12–36 month pipeline priorities, customer demand signals, and capture strategies.
• Translate customer mission challenges into solution concepts, MVPs, demonstrations, reference architectures, technical volumes, delivery playbooks, and post-award transition plans.
• Lead make/buy/partner recommendations for the SW solution roadmap.
• Integrate Astrion catalog capabilities and tools into SW Mission Solutions where appropriate and contribute reusable SW solution modules into Astrion solution catalog.
• Establish solution governance and maturity criteria that move offerings from concept to pilot to repeatable to scalable while avoiding unnecessary bespoke architectures.
• Partner with Growth, Finance, Contracts, and Operations to support packaging, pricing, contract type considerations, data rights, partner roles, and product-attached services.
• Create customer-facing and internal artifacts, including capability statements, solution briefs, demos, MVP backlogs, white papers, reference architectures, technical differentiators, and proposal language.
• Support executive customer engagements by translating Astrion’s mission expertise into clear value propositions, mission outcomes, evidence requirements, and technical roadmaps.
• Capture lessons learned from wins, losses, pilots, demos, and program transitions; fold those lessons back into the SW solution roadmap and Astrion Core.