Account Executive - Army

This position offers a base salary of $145,000 - $185,000 ($290,000 - $370,000 OTE).

Role Description

Defense Unicorns is seeking mission-driven Account Executives to spearhead full-lifecycle capture and business development efforts across the Army and USASOC ecosystem. In this high-impact role, you will shape and lead strategic pursuits that align Defense Unicorns ' unique strengths, including secure software delivery, DevSecOps, tactical edge enablement, and cybersecurity, with emerging government needs.

You will own the acquisition of new Mission Heroes (our customers) from early qualification through proposal. This includes driving win strategies, forming key partnerships, maintaining disciplined pipeline hygiene, and aligning technical solutions to mission outcomes. This is a pivotal role within our growth team that directly influences the company's pipeline, revenue targets, and national security impact.

Qualifications

Background in Army operations, USASOC operations, or Army aviation areas.

Startup or high-growth technology company experience.

Working knowledge of Army acquisition processes, including FAR-based contracts, OTAs, SBIR, IDIQs, and other relevant pathways.

Familiarity with software factory environments, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, tactical edge deployments, secure software delivery, or compute/software infrastructure.

Experience translating technical capabilities into mission-aligned value propositions and persuasive win themes.

Active security clearance.

Existing relationships across Army, USASOC, primes, or relevant defense technology ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Drive new Mission Hero acquisition across the Army and USASOC ecosystem, ensuring alignment with Defense Unicorn’s strategic growth objectives and solution capabilities.

Background in Army operations, USASOC operations, or Army aviation areas.

Develop and execute capture plans, win strategies, and competitive positioning to secure new business.

Engage early with government stakeholders, primes, and ecosystem partners to shape opportunities ahead of solicitation.

Understand customer pain points, acquisition timelines, and funding paths across multiple branches of the DoD.

Identify and lead teaming arrangements that enhance technical capabilities, socio-economic positioning, or incumbent advantage.

Translate technical capabilities—such as the Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), cATO acceleration, and edge deployments—into persuasive win themes.

Support RFI/RFP responses with market intelligence, SWOT analysis, and pricing strategy input.

Prepare regular reports on business development activities, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and analyze the effectiveness of various strategies. Use data-driven insights to refine approaches and achieve better results.

Represent the company at industry and government events to raise visibility and gather market intelligence.

You are measured by

Number and quality of qualified Army and USASOC opportunities identified and advanced.

Achievement of annual bookings target and contribution to overall proposal win rate.

Development and execution of capture strategies, including capture plans, customer shaping, and teaming.

CRM discipline, pipeline accuracy, and consistent use of data to inform account and opportunity strategy.

Travel Expectations/Requirements: 30-45%

The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

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Who We Are

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation.

Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.

What We Do

We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners.

Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.

Who We Serve

Defense Unicorns ’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.

What We Work On

Kubernetes

Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)

Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)

Continuous Delivery and automation tooling

GitOps

Containers

CNCF projects and open source products and packages

Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping

Building and improving security delivery

Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications

Health

Medical/Dental/Vision

Premiums are 100% Company Paid

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Financial

401k Retirement Plan

Company Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Leave

We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s

Paid Parental Leave

Learning

Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions

Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.

At Defense Unicorns , we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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