Company Overview

Orbis is a technology company that delivers sovereign intelligence and decision capabilities to the United States Government and its allies. We convert complex information and operational systems into decisive outcomes, giving public institutions and critical enterprises the tools to move faster, see clearer, and act first in an increasingly contested world.

We are not a consulting firm and not a systems integrator. Every Orbis team is built around practitioners who have operated at the mission edge, and every engagement is judged on one thing: whether it produces working capability, not slide decks. Solutions forged from experience; that is how we build, and it is how we hire.

Job Summary

Orbis Operations is building its international and commercial business, and this Vice President is its principal technical authority. You will shape, win, and provide accountability for the delivery of complex technology programs for allied-nation, coalition, and commercial clients, owning each engagement from solution design through sustained operations.

More than an architect, this is the leader the executive team leans on for the technical judgment that drives client outcomes and firm growth. You work at the intersection of technology, mission, and business, translating what Orbis builds into what clients need and delivering on every commitment.

The credibility this role requires

Orbis sells into rooms where credibility is established in the first five minutes or not at all. The person in this seat has sat on the other side of the table. You have watched a decision get made late, or wrong, because the data that would have informed it was locked behind a boundary nobody had the authority, the mechanism, or the appetite to cross. Different network. Different classification. Different partner. The data existed. It could not move.

That is the problem Orbis solves. You have to be able to speak to it from experience, not from a briefing. Recent and relevant, not a career that ended a decade ago.

Travel: 30–40% globally, CONUS and OCONUS, frequently on short notice.

Key Responsibilities

GROW. Serve as principal technical strategist for Orbis’s international and commercial portfolio, shaping solution strategy and positioning Catalyst, Pulse, and Discovery to win new business.
LEAD. Own the technical standards governing end-to-end delivery across international and commercial programs, serving as final technical approver on solution designs and driving programs to on-time, on-budget, on-mission delivery.
MANAGE. Own program-level accountability for technical quality and client satisfaction, and lead and develop technical delivery leads and solutions architects, including the Principal Solutions Architect.
CONNECT. Build trusted relationships with senior technical stakeholders across allied-nation defense and intelligence organizations, commercial partners, and industry peers, representing Orbis executive leadership internationally.
EVOLVE. Evaluate emerging technology for integration into Orbis solutions and shape product prioritization with Product Managers based on client feedback and market demand.

Required Qualifications

15+ years of combined operational and technical experience across defense, intelligence, international, or commercial technology programs
Meaningful time in special operations, the intelligence community, or federal law enforcement, such as USSOCOM and its subordinate commands.
Recent and relevant operational exposure; able to speak to current mission problems, current clients, and current technology in the same conversation
Direct experience with the data access and sharing problem: information that could not reach the operator or analyst who needed it, and what that cost
5+ years in a senior technical leadership role (VP Engineering, Principal Architect, Chief Engineer, or equivalent) with direct ownership of delivery, technical strategy, and client relationships
Current passport and the personal flexibility to travel on days’ notice