Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies.
With offices and facilities across the U.
, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.
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The role is accountable for the performance of international (non-U.
) sites after project turnover, including regional and site operations, maintenance and asset reliability, workplace services, vendor delivery, budgets, customer experience, and operational risk.
This is a hands-on leadership role.
The successful candidate will establish clear regional accountability, standardize service delivery without losing local responsiveness, develop internal talent, and build strong operating partnerships with Manufacturing, Engineering, Px, IT, EH&S, Security, Real Estate, Capital Delivery, Finance, and Procurement.
The leader must be equally comfortable in an executive review, on a manufacturing floor, and in a facility incident response.
What you'll do: INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP Own day-to-day and lifecycle performance across the international facilities portfolio after formal project turnover.
Establish and lead a regional operating model across company regions with clear site accountability and escalation paths.
Develop annual site operating plans, service models, staffing approaches, and priorities based on site tier, mission criticality, hours of operation, and risk.
Serve as the senior international escalation point for facility reliability, workplace service, landlo.