--- title: 'Mission Success Director at Virtualitics, Inc' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/mission-success-director-virtualitics-inc-picatinny-zc9hjgz9rg84' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Mission Success Director at Virtualitics, Inc - **Company:** Virtualitics, Inc - **Location:** Picatinny, NJ - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/virtualitics/01a59060-d841-4533-b425-e7a183237ead ## Job description Location: Picatinny, NJ  area preferred; willing to travel onsite to customer locations This position may work on Army projects related to the Department of War and/or the Intelligence Community. You must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship with the ability to obtain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required by the DoW and IC for security clearance. *Secret clearance required, TS-SCI preferred Our team is excited to find our next Mission Success Director to join the company. ## What You Will Be Doing - Lead and manage a team of Solution Leaders and Mission Support Specialists delivering Virtualitics Readiness AI solutions across a portfolio of defense and intelligence customers - Serve as the Delivery Operations Manager for a capability area or customer portfolio, owning delivery timelines, resource allocation, risk management, and cross-project coordination - Drive portfolio-level strategy by aligning customer objectives to product roadmaps, identifying expansion opportunities, and ensuring renewal readiness across all accounts in your portfolio - Oversee stage-gate delivery processes (IOC/FOC) and OKR-based health scoring to ensure consistent, measurable progress across customer programs - Provide executive-level reporting to senior customer leadership, C-Suite stakeholders, and internal Virtualitics leadership on delivery health, risks, and strategic outcomes - Build and scale high-performing delivery teams by hiring, coaching, and developing Solution Leaders and Mission Support Specialists who operate autonomously in demanding customer environments - Own margin and resource accountability for your portfolio, ensuring delivery efficiency while maintaining the highest standards of mission impact - Represent Virtualitics at the senior leadership level with customer organizations, building trust-based relationships with program managers, senior military leaders, and government executives - Coordinate cross-functional delivery across engineering, data science, product, and solutions teams to ensure customer commitments are met - Establish and enforce delivery standards, stage-gate processes, and operational readiness criteria across your portfolio - Maintain portfolio-level operational visibility across integrated systems including Salesforce, Jira, and Google Workspace to drive data-informed delivery decisions ## What We Are Looking For - 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in defense, intelligence, or federal technology programs - 5+ years in a people-management role leading delivery, program management, or customer success teams - Proven experience managing a portfolio of concurrent programs or accounts, not just single-project delivery - Track record of building and scaling teams that deliver results in high-stakes, operationally demanding environments - Strong executive communication skills, comfortable briefing general officers, SES-level civilians, and C-Suite executives - Deep familiarity with DoW and IC organizational structures, acquisition processes, and operational culture - Experience with P&L or margin accountability in a services or software delivery context - Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment - Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance (U.S. citizenship required) What Are Our Preferred Requirements - Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus - Active TS-SCI clearance - Prior military service at the field-grade officer (O-4+) or senior civilian (GS-14/15) level - Experience in enterprise software or AI/ML platform delivery for defense customers What Are Some Valued Skills - Domain expertise in one or more defense operational areas such as logistics, readiness, intelligence, weapons systems, or sustainment - Experience transitioning from uniform to the defense technology industry - Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies in classified or accredited environments - Understanding of FedRAMP, IL4/IL5/IL6 deployment environments and associated compliance requirements - Experience with OKR frameworks, delivery readiness tracking, and stage-gate program governance ## About Virtualitics, Inc ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Virtualitics is the Mission AI company delivering AI-native readiness solutions for defense and national security organizations, built on a decade of Caltech research. - **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding rounds or valuation; bootstrapped or venture-backed status not publicly available) - **Headquarters**: Pasadena, California, USA - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Michael Amori (CEO) and a team of researchers from Caltech and NASA/JPL ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Defense, National Security, Artificial Intelligence, Government & Public Sector - **Target customers**: B2G – U.S. Department of Defense, military branches (all service branches), defense agencies, and enterprise government contractors; also serves Fortune 500 private-sector firms - **Mission or purpose**: “Advancing frontline readiness and operational certainty through industry-leading AI” — making complex data understandable and actionable for mission-critical decisions ## Products & Services - **Virtualitics Iris**: A single-platform AI-native readiness application that integrates Generative AI and specialized Readiness AI Agents. Covers four readiness domains: - **Maintenance**: Predict and prevent asset failures - **Materiel**: Manage supplies and equipment - **Mission Modernization**: Generate courses of action in minutes - **Personnel**: Track force capability at scale - **Type**: SaaS platform with AI agents, purpose-built for defense workflows ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – Not publicly available; notable growth: **quadrupled revenue over four years** (from about page); ranked #2,732 on Inc. 5000 list (2026) with **153% 3-year growth** - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors not listed; partners include U.S. Department of Defense, Caltech, NASA/JPL (research heritage) - **Growth Signals**: - 100–250 employees (conflicting reports: Built In lists 93, Inc. lists 100–249) - Multiple awards in 2026: Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company, Best Workplaces 2026, Globee Awards, Titan Business Awards, NATSEC100 - Selected by Built In as a Best Place to Work in 2026 - Remote-first with offices in Pasadena, CA and Washington, D.C. ## Competitive Advantages - **Unique heritage**: Born from Caltech and NASA JPL research – patented AI technology with a decade of R&D - **Deep defense domain expertise**: Deployed across all branches of the U.S. military; built by scientists, strategists, and service members with real mission experience - **AI-native and mission-aware**: Unlike retrofitted commercial tools, the platform is purpose-built for fragmented defense systems and rapidly shifting mission conditions - **Ethical AI commitment**: Stresses safety, accessibility, and actionable insights in mission-critical environments ## Strategic Focus - Continue leading the “readiness AI” category with an agent-driven approach - Expand across all defense readiness domains (maintenance, materiel, mission modernization, personnel) - Scale the platform with deeper integration of Generative AI and predictive analytics - Attract top AI, engineering, and defense talent to support rapid growth ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Mission-first culture” where work directly supports national security; team comes from top universities (Caltech, MIT, Berkeley) and leading companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft, C3.ai, Epirus) - **Work environment**: Remote-first with hybrid options; regular company-wide virtual meetings and in-person team and all-company offsites - **Notable perks**: - Unlimited PTO - Fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and dependents - 401(k) plan - Learning stipend for professional development - Competitive pay and equity options - Employee stock purchase plan - **Recognition**: Named a Best Place to Work by Built In (2026); multiple industry awards ## Sources 1. [Virtualitics Careers Page](https://virtualitics.com/careers/) 2. [Virtualitics Homepage](https://virtualitics.com/) 3. [Virtualitics About Us](https://virtualitics.com/about-us/) 4. [Inc. 5000 Profile](https://www.inc.com/profile/virtualitics) 5. 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