Vannevar

Mission Lead - Tampa (Clearance Required)

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Tampa, FL, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Embed onsite with Department of War customer groups and develop deep understanding of their missions.
  • Build trust with users and help solve problems in operational environments.
  • Decompose ambiguous mission problems into specific hypotheses and testable product workflows.
  • Configure and iteratively improve product workflows for users.
  • Test and troubleshoot product releases on deployed systems and coordinate issue resolution with engineering.
  • Identify successful workflows, onboard users, and translate outcomes into evidence of mission impact.
  • Develop relationships with new user groups and identify additional opportunities to create value.
  • Operate independently onsite, set priorities, and maximize mission impact.
  • Represent Vannevar as a trusted technical partner to users and customers.

Requirements

  • Active Top Secret clearance and U.S. Persons status are required.
  • Must be based in Tampa, Florida, with approximately 75% of time spent onsite with users in the Tampa region.
  • Must be comfortable building trust in operational environments and working in secure or classified settings.
  • Must demonstrate high ownership, independence, grit, persistence, and sound mission judgment.
  • Must have technical intuition about how software systems work, fail, and can be improved.
  • Must be curious about configuring and applying agentic AI systems to create mission impact.
  • Must present professionally in high-stakes government environments.
  • Periodic travel is required.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Remote-friendly policy with WeWork access, although the role requires approximately 75% onsite work in Tampa.
  • Unlimited paid time off, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide time off at the end of each year.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Lifestyle and wellbeing stipends.
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty.
  • Fully paid parental leave.
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel.

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About Vannevar

51-200 employees

Vannevar Labs builds AI-driven mission software for U.S. defense, intelligence, and national security agencies, used for targeting, planning, and decision support. It sells government-focused software products powered by large adversarial data sets, including an agentic AI platform that models adversary behavior and recommends courses of action. The privately held company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with deployments across U.S. government programs.

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