About Shieldai
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Shieldai
Founded in 2015, 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 and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. 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.
Shield AI’s International Business & Strategy team is hiring a Middle East regional Director to accelerate growth and support the adoption of its autonomy ecosystem: X-BAT, V-BAT, ViDAR, and Hivemind across the region.
The Director of Business Development will lead Shield AI’s Middle East growth strategy, building out a team that is responsible for significant annual orders targets. The Director must have deep defense, national security, or aerospace experience in the region (strong preference for Arabic language fluency), established government relationships, and a track record of closing complex defense programs (ideally across both hardware and software).
You will operate with significant autonomy and ownership, shaping region wide and country-level strategies, leading major pursuits, and building long-term defense partnerships. You will report to the VP of International Business & Strategy (Middle East & Asia Pacific) and work closely with international business development colleagues around the globe, as well as product, engineering, and operations teams, to deliver mission-relevant autonomy capabilities at scale.
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Working in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's second-most populous city, after Dubai. The city is situated on a T-shaped island, extending into the Persian Gulf from the central-western coast of the UAE.
What people say about Shieldai
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Recent news
- Drone crashes and severed fingers at a $13 billion Silicon Valley military startup - Reuters
- Shield AI awarded U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft mission autonomy - Shield AI
- Ex-Shield AI Worker Sues Over ‘Profane, Egregious’ Acts by Senior Official - Claims Journal
- Poland weighs joining X-BAT autonomous vertical-takeoff fighter program - Defense News
- Shield AI and UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía partner to expand Hivemind autonomy across European unmanned systems - sUAS News
Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
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