Leads Shield AI’s Ukraine V-BAT customer training program, overseeing daily training operations, instructor readiness, aircraft availability, student progression, deployments, logistics, intelligence fusion, force protection, export compliance, and operational risk mitigation. Coordinates with Ukrainian and NATO counterparts, internal technical and program teams, and customer stakeholders. Develops instructor capability, integrates new technologies, resolves operational issues, and improves course delivery and mission outcomes in dynamic or austere environments.
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.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
The Ukraine Training Manager is responsible for the leadership, management, and execution of Shield AI's V-BAT customer training program supporting Ukraine. This position oversees all aspects of training operations, ensuring instruction is delivered safely, effectively, and in accordance with approved Programs of Instruction (POIs) while meeting contractual requirements and customer expectations.
The Ukraine Training Manager serves as the primary operational liaison for all Ukraine training activities, providing oversight of instructor staffing, personnel readiness, aircraft availability, student progression, and day-to-day course execution. Working closely with the Ukraine Senior Manager, Fleet Support, Curriculum Development, Engineering, Security, Program Management, and the customer, this individual identifies operational risks, develops personnel courses of action, and ensures training teams have the resources required to accomplish the mission.
This role is responsible for developing and standardizing the Ukraine instructor cadre while continuously improving course delivery, student outcomes, and operational effectiveness.
What you'll do:
- Lead and supervise the daily execution of training and sustainment operations in coordination with the Managing Director and field teams.
- Serve as a critical interface with Ukrainian and NATO customer counterparts, facilitating planning, mission execution, and issue resolution.
- Manage deployment cycles and theater movement of company personnel, ensuring all operational and logistical requirements are met.
- Oversee intelligence and operations fusion, ensuring timely collection, analysis, and dissemination to support mission planning and situational awareness.
- Ensure implementation of force protection measures, export compliance, and operational risk mitigation procedures.
- Support and supervise the integration of new technologies into operational environments.
- Facilitate coordination across training, logistics, and sustainment lines of effort to enable successful outcomes.
Required qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of operational leadership experience in military, defense contracting, or international field operations.
- Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring operational teams in dynamic or austere environments.
- Proven ability to coordinate across diverse stakeholders in support of mission-critical activities.
- Strong organizational, reporting, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with force protection, export compliance, and logistics operations in deployed environments.
- Technical acumen to manage field-level integration of new technologies.
Preferred qualifications:
- Previous operational or advisory experience in Ukraine.
- Leadership experience in a combat zone or forward-deployed theater.
- Experience working with NATO or partner nation forces in an official capacity.
- Fluency or working knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian language.
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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