Head of National Security

Aslan

125d • Hybrid

About The Position

Aslan builds autonomous agents to counter modern threats that are faceless, borderless, and beyond human reach. The company has achieved live operational tasking and pilots within twelve months and has raised $20M from notable venture capital firms. This role is crucial for institutionalizing Aslan's proven capability within national security and law enforcement agencies.

Requirements

• Ran an operational division, a program, a combatant command directorate, or a policy-and-resourcing organization from the top, with ownership of doctrine, budget, personnel, and execution
• Former DoD senior official or flag officer operating within or across counter-narcotics, special operations, homeland defense, or special programs missions
• Former DHS senior executive from a component's operational or intelligence leadership, with a particular focus on counter-TCO, cyber and operational technology, and counter-threat finance
• A record of leading a mission, division, or directorate at the executive level, with authority over its people, budget, and execution
• Deep, current standing with the senior operators and principals who set agendas and rank priorities in the relevant mission communities
• Fluency in how requirements are validated, ranked, and resourced at the enterprise level, and instinct for where and when executive weight changes an outcome
• The judgment to operate cleanly within your post-government obligations and to know that credibility, not favors, is the asset
• Active or recent S, TS, or TS/SCI

Nice To Haves

• Standing relationships spanning both the DoD and DHS sides of the counter-transnational-threat mission
• Familiarity with the executive-level resourcing and program-review bodies that govern funding and acquisition decisions
• A history of championing non-traditional capability into a legacy enterprise
• SES/flag-equivalent tenure

Responsibilities

• Set the strategy for how Aslan is positioned and understood across the mission communities we serve
• Build and run the executive socialization campaign that establishes Aslan as a recognized priority among senior agency decision-makers
• Shape how the requirement is understood by the principals and forums that validate and rank it, so it's seen for what it is rather than left to advance on its own
• Provide executive top-cover to the working-level capture and resourcing effort, and sequence the two into one enterprise campaign
• Open and hold the senior-level doors that the working level cannot, and know when to spend your own standing to move a decision
• Advise leadership on how decisions are really made at the executive altitude, where the leverage points are, and how to time them
• Serve as a senior face of Aslan to the agencies, in coordination with the capture, resourcing, and government-relations efforts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed