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Forward Strategist

Helsing· Deployed Engineering
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Hybrid (Munich; Paris)full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Forward Strategists at Helsing work at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and Operations to turn ambiguous, high-stakes technical problems into structured, executable plans. They embed deeply in technical and product work, own outcomes end-to-end, and build tooling, processes, and documentation to scale beyond their tenure.

Responsibilities

  • Take a poorly-defined technical or product problem, establish what it actually is, and build a structured path to resolution, setting direction through the ambiguity
  • Deliver on that path end-to-end, prioritising ruthlessly, working across product, engineering, operations, commercial, hardware, and legal domains, and owning the outcome until it ships
  • Make sound, well-evidenced calls on technical and product trade-offs under uncertainty, commit to them, and adapt when the facts change, without deferring decisions or sitting on the fence
  • Work close to the codebase and system architecture, translating ambiguous requirements into technical specifications that engineering teams can build against
  • Build alignment across product, engineering, and operations teams without relying on formal authority, communicate a clear technical vision, and coach others toward it
  • Leave the organisation permanently better, building tooling, processes, and technical documentation that scale beyond what you can personally produce

Qualifications

  • Track record of turning ambiguity into shipped, structured outcomes
  • Experience building tools, systems, or software that outlasted involvement
  • Ability to reason from first principles in unfamiliar technical domains
  • Experience making clear, well-reasoned calls and holding to them under changing facts
  • Proven ability to align engineering and product teams without formal authority
  • Comfort working close to codebase, engineering trade-offs, and technical roadmaps, even if not writing production code

Skills

Required:Product strategy in ambiguous environmentsTechnical problem solving with system/architecture awarenessCross-functional alignment without formal authorityCodebase proximity and engineering trade-offs

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and stock options (VSOP)
  • Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
  • Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
  • Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
  • Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances
  • Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
  • Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work
Last updated Oct 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Helsing

Helsing | Artificial intelligence to protect our democracies

AI for electronic warfareAI-enabled precision mass and autonomous systemsAutonomous air dominanceMass defence manufacturingRecce strike softwareUnderwater autonomous massliquid-ai-recruiting-target
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