Aerospace, Aviation & Defense Executive Roles
More than 390 executive roles classified in Aerospace, Aviation & Defense, with 31 new this week. Executive leadership at primes, OEMs, MRO, space, and defense systems companies — engineering- and program-management-heavy.
Tier breakdown
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Founder40
C-Suite247
VP6
Sr Director97
DirectorWhat this category covers
Aerospace, Aviation & Defense covers executive roles at primes, OEMs, MRO providers, space companies, and dual-use defense tech. The talent mix skews engineering, program management, and operations leadership.
Includes new-space companies (launch, satellites), commercial aviation services, and defense-software firms when their primary customer is government.
Across the 390 active roles in this category, the largest tier is VP. The classifier weighs company size, scope, and reporting line — not just the title prefix — so the tier mix reflects real responsibility, not vanity titles.
Sample Jobs (10 of 390)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Director, Facility Security Officer Collibra Public Sector LLC (CPS) The Director, Facility Security Officer will serve as the principal security advisor to CPS’s Government Security Committee and the company's primary interface with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Responsibilities include developing and ensuring compliance with the Insider Threat Program and maintaining FOCI compliance. Director | Remote, East Coast USA Remote |
| Director of Autonomy HavocAI Lead the technical direction, execution, and growth within HavocAI’s autonomy organization, focusing on autonomous vehicles in maritime environments. Director | Greater Boston Hybrid |
| Chief of Staff Redwire Space The Chief of Staff supports the EVP Space Europe and the EU Senior Leadership Team in delivering Redwire Europe’s strategic, operational, and financial objectives. The role involves coordinating executive operating rhythms, preparing decision-ready materials, and facilitating communication across the EU organization and with US leadership. C-Suite | Kruibeke, Belgium Onsite |
| Director of Proposals CesiumAstro Responsible for developing and leading the proposal operations function at CesiumAstro, working closely with executives and engineers to develop proposal responses. Director | El Segundo, CA Onsite |
| T901 Product Support Leader GE Aerospace Lead a cross-functional team to support the T901 engine program for the U.S. Army, ensuring supportability, readiness, and sustainment infrastructure. Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience. VP | Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America Onsite |
| NPI Military Program Operations Leader GE Aerospace The role involves defining program priorities, managing reporting to senior leadership, and ensuring performance management across program streamlines. It includes supporting the Program Business Leader in managing escalations and preparing meetings with external stakeholders. VP | Rivalta di Torino, Torino, Italy Hybrid |
| Associate General Counsel, Policy Anduril Industries Lead Anduril's federal and state policy initiatives across defense technology, procurement reform, cybersecurity, manufacturing, export controls, and AI regulation. VP | Washington, District of Columbia, United States Onsite |
| Head of Finance & Administration Quantum Frontline Industries Lead finance, admin, and governance at Quantum Frontline Industries (QFI) as Head of Finance & Administration. Responsible for managing, developing, and scaling all commercial functions within the joint venture. VP | Wessling, Bayern, Germany Onsite |
| VP, Sales & Service Wheels Up The VP, Sales & Service will drive sales performance, manage key metrics, and lead a team to achieve revenue growth and client satisfaction. VP | Unknown Unknown |
| Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer Planet Labs The role involves driving the strategic evolution of Planet’s information security landscape, architecting a sophisticated security strategy, and overseeing departmental budgets and results. VP | San Francisco, CA Hybrid |
How classification gets to this category
Aerospace, Aviation & Defense classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other category, with category-specific signal at three stages:
- Title recognition. Direct title hits resolve fast — common variants are recognized immediately, including the senior, VP, and Director-tier flavors.
- Compensation threshold. An exec-tier base-comp floor filters out individual-contributor roles that share the title language. Roles below the floor in unambiguous category titles are flagged for manual review rather than auto-classified.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the JD for program-management authority, security-clearance signals, and government-customer focus. The classifier weighs program scope and contract responsibility heavily. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
Negative filters explicitly block adjacent IC and analyst roles whose titles can resemble executive ones. The result: Aerospace, Aviation & Defense as a category in your inbox is the executive cut, not the entry-level cut.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Aerospace, Aviation & Defense is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Aerospace + VP-tier and above and you see Engineering VPs and Program leaders at primes and OEMs — your inbox shows the intersection, not the union. You won't see roles that match only one of the filters and not the other.
Tier filtering layers on top. If you only want VP-tier and above in this category, the seniority-tier filter does that cleanly. Restrict further to C-suite only to see the most senior seats, or open it up to Director-tier to widen the funnel during early-stage exploration.
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