General Manager - Aerospace & Defense
Core
Building P-1 AI's aerospace & defense business from the ground up, including P&L growth, customer acquisition, and strategic partnerships for an AI engineering agent.
Role type
General Manager, Business Unit Build
Builds
P-1 Defense subsidiary and category-defining business around engineering AI
Domain
Aerospace & Defense, Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
P&L ownership, business development, sales, strategic partnerships, government stakeholder engagement, ITAR/NISPOM compliance, team building, AI fluency
Preferred skills
existing security clearance, 0→10 business growth experience, relationships with defense primes
Technologies
agentic harness, structured design representation, SFT, RLVR
Responsibilities
Build and execute strategy for expansion into aerospace & defense; Own P&L including revenue targets and budgeting; Negotiate and manage strategic partnerships; Stand up people, processes, and systems for regulated defense environments; Translate real-world engineering problems into product requirements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
