Capability Lead - Defence Vertical - Aviation/UAS

Position: Capability Lead (Defence Vertical) - Delhi

Overall/Total Experience: 12 - 16 years

Location: Delhi

Working Days: 6 Days working from office

Notice Period Requirement: 30 Days (Maximum)

Client's Company Size: Startup/Small Enterprise

- Includes Field Travel

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Translate operational requirements and user problem statements into ConOps, capability briefs and technical specifications.

- Own relationships with Army/Air Force/Navy formations, directorates and evaluation teams for the tactical and logistic use cases.

- Shape and drive responses to RFIs, RFPs and trial directives; guide user trials and field evaluations end to end.

- Feed structured field requirements back to engineering, closing the loop between the user and the product.

- Represent the company in policy and procurement forums under DAP 2020, Atmanirbhar Bharat and IDDM frameworks.

Candidate Requirements:

- Strong Capability Lead Profile, a retired armed-forces veteran with user-side defence-acquisition and aviation/UAS experience.

- Must have 12 - 16 years of total experience, primarily in the Indian Armed Forces (Air Force, Navy, or Army) or paramilitary (retired), with hands-on exposure to user-side defence acquisition, capability development, trials, or evaluation, along with at least 6 months of corporate / private sector experience.

- Must have an aviation or UAS domain background (flying branch, ATC, aviation logistics, air operations, or equivalent).

- Must be able to translate operational requirements and user problem statements into ConOps, capability briefs, and technical specifications that engineering can build to.

- Must be able to engage credibly with serving senior officers, directorates, and evaluation teams, owning these relationships and representing the company in procurement and evaluation forums.

- Must be able to shape and drive responses to RFIs, RFPs, and trial directives, guide user trials / field evaluations end to end, and feed structured field requirements back to engineering to close the loop between user and product.