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# Head of Mission Success at Rune Technologies

- **Company:** Rune Technologies
- **Location:** Rosslyn, VA
- **Compensation:** $200k–$240k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/runetech/7903a33f-d90f-4002-ac1e-8783b1c5f3af

## Job description

## About Rune

Rune Technologies builds mission-critical software for military logistics and sustainment. Our flagship product is TyrOS, an AI-enabled logistics command and control platform that gives commanders a single, real-time operating picture of their sustainment fight, from inventory and distribution to medical and operational planning, even in degraded and contested environments.

We're not a traditional defense contractor. We're a small, fast-moving team that combines deep operational experience in and with the DoD with the software discipline of the best product companies, and we apply that combination to a customer set that desperately needs it. We stay close to our users by embedding directly with military units during exercises and rotations, and we ship constantly based on what we learn.

The U.S. military and its allies face a real logistics modernization problem. We're building the software to solve it.

## About the Role

As Head of Mission Success, you will lead the deployment of Rune products and lead all aspects of programmatic execution for the company. You will be responsible for programmatic timelines, synchronization across efforts, staffing, and coordination across cloud and edge environments with customers from the Joint Force and allied nations. You must have a technical aptitude as well as a deep understanding of military sustainment, coupled with demonstrated leadership experience of teams in high-stress and high-stakes environments. This is a customer-facing role where you will be engaging with senior military leaders to ensure alignment and buy-in. This is a role with deep cross-functional expectations, coordinating and working closely with the company's Head of Software and Head of Growth ensuring Mission Success, Growth, Engineering, and Product are synchronized across all deployment and execution efforts. Rune's Head of Mission Success reports directly to the company's CEO and is an integral part of the leadership team as Rune scales. You will lead and grow a team of dedicated Mission Managers leading active efforts across the Joint Force, while remaining deeply hands-on in implementation and technical execution. You will define Rune's programmatic direction, set standards for performance and execution, and lead deployment of teams and systems globally.

## What You’ll Do

- Work side-by-side with our customers and senior military leaders to understand their unique challenges and represent the customer through your Mission Success team to continue shaping product development and direction.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Rune Engineering, Product, Growth and Executive teams to ensure each team is engaged and working towards customer success.
- Bring a deep understanding of military logistics operations to the Rune team, using your background and skillset to further expand and refine Rune product offerings.
- Be comfortable leading a growing team of dedicated Mission Managers, providing clear guidance, direction, expectations and mentorship to the team as it scales.
- Be a do-er who wants to understand customer problems and highly technical solutions to those problems and is not afraid to dive in personally to solve problems and ensure success.
- Lead all programmatic deployment of Rune technology and products for testing, evaluation and operational use at government facilities and military bases.

## Qualifications

- Minimum of 10 years of experience serving in the US military; service in logistics or sustainment leadership roles preferred.
- Possess an understanding of software development, and the unique deployment and accreditation aspects of building and operationalizing software within the military.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members, and senior leadership.
- Ability to lead a cross-disciplinary team, and interface with other teams across Engineering, Product, and Growth.
- Willingness to travel 25-50% to support program objectives and customer engagements.
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master's degree preferred.
- Must have an active U.S. secret security clearance.

## Benefits

Rune offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees to include a full suite of insurance options at no cost for employees and low-cost to spouses and dependents. Highly competitive equity grants are also  included in the majority of full time offers and are considered part of Rune's total compensation package. Benefits include:

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans; premiums 100% covered by Rune for all employees; exceptionally low premiums for spouses and dependents
- Basic life insurance and disability 100% covered for all employees by Rune; option to purchase additional life insurance available
- ‘Take the time off that you need, when you need it’ paid time off, not accrual based
- Generous company holiday calendar including a holiday shutdown in December
- Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service, medical events, and parental leave
- Full 401(k) retirement plan for all full-time eligible employees
- Company-funded commuter benefits
- Free access to on-site gym at office

## About Rune Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Rune Technologies builds AI-enabled predictive logistics software for military sustainment operations, enabling data-driven decision-making in contested environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Arlington, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: David Tuttle (CEO) and Peter Goldsborough (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing / Military Logistics Software
- **Target customers**: U.S. Department of Defense (Army, Marine Corps, Special Operations), allied nations, and government agencies
- **Mission**: To be the trusted technology partner to rapidly deliver mission-aligned information essential to decision-making and execution of critical logistics and sustainment operations.

## Products & Services
- **[TyrOS Platform](https://www.runetech.co/)**: An AI-enabled predictive logistics and sustainment platform that combines, organizes, and analyzes critical supply chain information. Features include:
  - **Predictive Analytics**: AI-driven forecasting of supply requirements based on past consumption, mission parameters, and doctrinal standards.
  - **Decision Support**: Machine-speed evaluation of inventory and transport for planned and ad-hoc supply operations.
  - **Intelligent Planning**: Automated, agile, and precise logistics planning for contested environments.
  - **Offline-First Architecture**: Mesh-based system that operates in denied, degraded, intermittent, or low-bandwidth (DDIL) conditions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Total Funding**: $30.2 million across two rounds
  - **Seed Round** (February 2025): $6.2 million led by Andreessen Horowitz
  - **Series A** (August 2025): $24.0 million led by Human Capital
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, Human Capital, In-Q-Tel (IQT), U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), U.S. Army (DEVCOM/CASCOM)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 260% year-over-year to 40 employees
  - Active job postings: 20 (monthly growth of 81.8%, quarterly growth of 300%)
  - LinkedIn followers: 7,055 (yearly growth of 249.4%)
  - Signed agreements with U.S. Marine Corps and Army in September 2025
  - Strategic investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), a not-for-profit investor for the U.S. national security community

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain expertise**: Team combines military experience (U.S. Army, Marine Corps, JSOC, DARPA) with elite Silicon Valley engineering talent (Anduril, Facebook, Palantir, Amazon).
- **Offline-first architecture**: Platform designed for contested environments where communications are denied or degraded—a critical differentiator for military use cases.
- **Government partnerships**: Active CRADA with U.S. Army and partnership with Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, providing real-world validation and integration pathways.
- **AI-native approach**: Machine-learning based estimation and predictive analytics replace manual, analog processes with machine-speed decision support.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling the TyrOS platform, deepening partnerships with U.S. military branches, establishing data standards for military logistics (aligned with Army's UDRA and MOSA principles), and expanding support for allied nations.
- **Growth direction**: Moving from experimentation and integration into emerging programs of record within the Department of Defense.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Directly contribute to national security and military effectiveness—"Logistics wins wars. Rune wins logistics."
- **High-growth environment**: 260% headcount growth in the past year with 20 open positions across engineering, product, design, and talent.
- **Elite team**: Work alongside veterans from Anduril, Palantir, Amazon, and the military special operations community.
- **Technical challenges**: Build cutting-edge AI/ML systems, offline-first architectures, and mesh networks for the most demanding operational environments.
- **Culture**: Combines Silicon Valley software engineering rigor with deep operational experience in defense.
- **Location**: Headquarters in Arlington, VA with presence in Canada. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible given talent distribution.
- **Open roles include**: Full Stack Software Engineer, Backend Software Engineer (Maps & Routing), Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Product Manager, Senior Product Designer, Information Systems Security Engineer, Technical Recruiter.

## Sources
1. [runetech.co](https://www.runetech.co/)
2. [runetech.co/about](https://www.runetech.co/about)
3. [runetech.co/news/crada-mcwl](https://www.runetech.co/news/crada-mcwl)
4. [linkedin.com/company/runetech](https://www.linkedin.com/company/runetech)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/runetech](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/runetech)

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