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General Manager - Aerospace & Defense

P-1 AI· Aerospace & Defense
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RemoteFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Build and grow P-1 AI's aerospace & defense business from the ground up with full P&L ownership, end-to-end customer journey, and strategic partnerships. Lead go-to-market, product roadmap collaboration, and establish P-1 Defense in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

  • Build and execute the strategy for P-1 AI's expansion into aerospace & defense, including customer acquisition, partnerships, market positioning, and long-term growth.
  • Own the P&L for the aerospace & defense business, including revenue targets, growth initiatives, budgeting, and operational performance.
  • Build relationships with engineering leaders, executives, program managers, and government stakeholders across aerospace & defense primes, startups, and government customers.
  • Identify, negotiate, and manage strategic partnerships that accelerate customer acquisition, program execution, and data access.
  • Work closely with customers and forward deployed engineers to translate real-world engineering problems into product requirements and new capabilities for Archie.
  • Stand up the people, processes, and systems required to operate in regulated defense environments, including ITAR, NISPOM, and other industrial security requirements.
  • Build the foundations of P-1 Defense, including team structure, customer workflows, and operating rhythms as the business scales.

Qualifications

  • You've owned P&L for a business unit, startup, or major program.
  • You've taken products, programs, or books of business from 0→1 (and ideally 0→10) and know how to create momentum where none previously existed.
  • You've negotiated and closed complex deals involving multiple stakeholders and long sales cycles.
  • You can credibly engage with engineers, operators, executives, and government customers without changing who you are in the room.
  • You've built and maintained senior relationships across defense primes, government organizations, or strategic industry partners.
  • You’re fluent in modern AI and have relationships across the AI ecosystem.
  • You move with exceptional urgency, autonomy, and a strong bias toward action.
  • You're eligible for a US government security clearance. An existing clearance is a plus.

Skills

Required:P&L ownershipStrategic partnershipsSales and business developmentRegulated defense operations

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • meaningful equity ownership
  • healthcare
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401(k) match
  • unlimited PTO
Last updated Aug 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About P-1 AI

We are building an AI engineer agent for the physical world. His name is Archie. We try to maximize Archie’s anthropomorphism so that he fits seamlessly into existing engineering teams and workflows.

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