Lead the next frontier of uncrewed maritime dominance. As Director of Uncrewed Maritime Systems, you will serve as the executive business and program leader for our Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) and Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) portfolios — setting strategic direction, driving growth, and delivering mission-critical solutions to the U.S. Navy and allied partners.

THE WORK

You will own a diverse portfolio spanning R&D, production, and sustainment, uniting advanced autonomy, AI/ML, and digital analytics into integrated maritime platforms. The selected candidate will also own strategic external partnerships with defense and commercial companies, including the recently announced collaboration between LM and Saildrone, to form the winning team that will ultimately deliver acquisition requirements of domestic and international Customers seeking UUV/USV capability. This is a highly visible role operating at the intersection of technology, operations, and business execution — steering the enterprise toward next-generation uncrewed maritime capability. This role will also have Executive responsibilities for the RMS Palm Beach site.

Who We Are

“Our customers are world-wide and so is our reputation for creating original solutions with the latest technologies. Our products keep our customers safe and bring them home to their families at night.

We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus – if you have the resourcefulness and perseverance to work hard, then we want to create a better tomorrow with you.”

Who You Are

Shape the Strategy: Define and execute the long-range roadmap for uncrewed maritime systems, aligning capture strategy, technology investment, prototyping, demonstrations and program delivery to drive enterprise growth goals.
Lead a Portfolio: Overall responsibility for disruptive strategies to create a new market, new business campaigns to extend our backlog, while simultaneously managing the P&L programs on contract. Ensure seamless integration between autonomy, platform engineering, and mission execution.
Grow the Business: Partner with Business Development and Capture teams to identify new opportunities, lead pursuits, and win competitive captures across U.S. Navy, international, and commercial markets.
Deliver Excellence: Drive flawless execution — meeting or exceeding orders, sales, EBIT, and cash objectives while maintaining schedule integrity, technical rigor, and customer satisfaction.
Advance Autonomy: Collaborate with Corporate and other LM Business Areas for a OneLM approach to advancing autonomous capabilities to drive business growth across the enterprise.
Represent the Enterprise: Serve as the senior interface for UUV/USV programs, fostering trusted Customer relationships across the US Navy and International stakeholders. Additionally, represent LM across strategic relationships with industry partners such as Saildrone
Lead People & Culture: Inspire and develop a high-performing, cross-functional organization across multiple sites; build a culture of innovation, accountability, and operational excellence.

WHY JOIN US

We believe that owning your career and having the freedom to make critical business decisions is key to making a real impact.

With the autonomy to use your skills and expertise in innovative ways, you can take on exciting challenges and help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.