Partner Project Management
The role is a Deployment Strategist position — a forward-deployed, field-facing role at a defense technology company (the bullets match Picogrid's public job posting for this title). In plain terms, the job is about getting a defense tech platform out of the office and into the hands of military and government users in real operational environments. The person in this role: Plans and runs field deployments of the company's platform alongside senior strategists, making sure mission outcomes actually get delivered to DoD customers Acts as a translator between what warfighters need and what engineers build — turning operational requirements into concrete execution tasks, checklists, and field observations Coordinates across teams (engineering, government solutions, customer-facing) to track work, unblock issues, and keep everyone aligned during a deployment Designs demos, exercises, and test events that prove the platform works in realistic scenarios, and feeds what's learned back into the product roadmap It's well-suited to a transitioning service member because it leans heavily on military operational fluency — understanding how DoD customers think, how exercises and deployments actually run, and how to operate calmly in ambiguous, travel-heavy environments. The technical translation piece matters more than coding ability; you need to talk credibly with both operators and engineers.