Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI’s technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,X, YouTubeand Instagram.
Based out of Abu Dhabi, Shield AI’s International Team handles all strategy and business development activity in the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. The International Team works closely with U.S. based Growth, Product, Operations and other internal functions as well as a variety of international partners and entities. It is our responsibility to build Shield AI’s business around the globe, source opportunities, win deals, and execute international programs.
For this role, you will be located in Canberra, Australia. You will be responsible for both creating and executing the strategy to close deals in order to meet specific annual orders (sales) quotas primarily focused on the Hivemind business. These deals must be set up for successful, programmatic execution in order to achieve overall revenue targets for the company in the following year(s). You will also be accountable to support your team members in achieving the overall annual targets of the Senior Director responsible for the region.
As a key leader on our Business Development team, you will play a pivotal role in positioning Shield AI as the leading provider of AI-driven autonomy solutions for commercial, national security, and defense applications. This is an opportunity to shape a new market, collaborate with technical experts, and deliver state-of-the-art AI solutions that make a real-world impact.