Project Lead — Maritime Consortium

Job overview

The Project Lead — Maritime Consortium role is hybrid in Palo Alto, CA, with compensation of $105,000–$165,000 per year. The role includes monthly travel, especially to locations where government problem owners are based. BMNT applies commercial innovation methods to national security challenges and may manage a maritime-domain consortium. The lead builds relationships with Navy program offices, labs, and operating units, then translates operational needs into actionable problem statements for consortium companies. The role also supports member value and organizes industry days, curation sessions, workshops, and demonstrations to accelerate prototype development.

What you'll do

• Build relationships with Navy program offices, labs, and operating units
• turn operational problems into consortium problem statements
• help execute rapid member onboarding and member resources
• translate between government operators and engineers and entrepreneurs
• assess problems for real users, urgency, authority, and prototyping funds
• lead industry days, curation sessions, white paper workshops, demo events, and follow-up.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

project lead

maritime consortium

navy

undersea systems

littoral operations

autonomous and robotic systems

defense innovation

hybrid

palo alto ca

bmnt

$105k–$165k/year

monthly travel

u.s. citizenship required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Maritime-domain experience and government acquisition experience involving OTAs, consortia, SBIR, accelerators, or federal business development are sought. Active Secret clearance is preferred; eligibility for TS/SCI and U.S. citizenship are required. Monthly travel is specified.

About the employer

BMNT is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.