Aerospace, Aviation & Defense Executive Roles
More than 532 executive roles classified in Aerospace, Aviation & Defense, with 39 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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Founder43
C-Suite367
VP16
Sr Director106
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 532 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 532)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Head of Safety and Certification RTX The Head of Safety and Certification is responsible for leading a team of System Safety, Certification, and Environmental specialists at Raytheon UK, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards. VP | Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom Hybrid |
| Regional Offloads Operations Leader GE Aerospace Responsible for leading operational execution across a defined region of offload partners, ensuring alignment to business priorities, operational standards, and customer commitments. VP | Dubai, United Arab Emirates Onsite |
| Business Development Director, US Government Markets Apex Technology, Inc. Responsible for driving growth with US Government prime contractor accounts, managing deals, and developing account strategies. VP | Los Angeles Onsite |
| Vice President, Land & Joint Mission Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems Lead and grow a global portfolio of integrated land and joint mission capabilities, oversee strategy, customer engagement, program execution, engineering, and operations. VP | Calgary, AB, Canada Onsite |
| Director, Ship Systems Integration & Sustainment (SSIS) RTX Lead strategic execution, customer engagement, and long-range planning for the SSIS portfolio. Manage performance across engineering, depot, production, sustainment, modernization, and fleet-emergent operations. VP | Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States of America Onsite |
| Director, Learning & Development Ursa Major The Director of Learning & Development will build and lead strategies, programs, and capabilities to develop Ursa Major’s talent and leaders. This role involves partnering with the Leadership Team and People Operations to establish a learning culture that supports business growth and strengthens organizational capability. VP | Berthoud, Colorado Onsite |
| Director, Sales & Service, West Wheels Up Responsible for managing member acquisition and retention for commercial and wholesale segments. Collaborate with VP, Sales and Service and other teams to enhance member experience. Director | Unknown Unknown |
| Director of Airspace Policy and Regulatory Affairs Zipline The role involves leading airspace policy and regulatory affairs, working with global aviation authorities, and ensuring compliance with aviation regulations. VP | Unknown Unknown |
| Private Markets Leader - Insurance GE Aerospace Seeking a Private Markets Leader with insurance company experience for a $45 billion insurance investment portfolio. Responsibilities include originating, structuring, and executing investments across asset classes and structures. VP | Remote, United States of America Remote |
| Program Director - Talon A Stratolaunch The Program Director is responsible for leading strategic program initiatives, overseeing execution, and engaging with customers and stakeholders. The role requires extensive experience in aerospace program management and the ability to obtain a TS security clearance. VP | Mojave, California, United States Onsite |
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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