Field Operations Manager
Alta Ares
Field Operations Manager
Alta Ares
Autonomous AI defense and ISTAR platform
Alta Ares is an air defense Neoprime. We build AI-guided interceptors to counter drones and cruise missiles, along with the software platform that powers them.
Our customers are NATO-aligned militaries and defense institutions, and our systems are regularly deployed during live exercises and operational demonstrations across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Founded in 2024, we have grown to 90 people, raised over $60M, and increased revenue 40× this year. We are now entering a new phase of international expansion, industrial scaling, fundraising, and product development.
Role and Mission:
• Lead in-depth presentations and product demonstrations, field trials, and proof of concepts across UK MoD stakeholders, potential integration partners and defence engineering firms. This applies across Alta Ares’ ISR, C-UAS and AI portfolio
• Author technical responses to capability briefs, solicited and unsolicited proposals, completing detailed compliance matrices; tailoring bespoke product descriptions and presentations.
• Support the Sales Director with Business Development across UK stakeholders by becoming a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Alta Ares’ product portfolio, this will require initial technical onboarding experience in locations across France, and potentially Ukraine
• Liaise between Sales and Products & Engineering, ensuring that customer requests are technically supportable (and able to meet timelines requirements)
• Monitor and understand the competitor landscape in the UK across similar platforms to the Alta Ares product portfolio
Candidate Profile:
• 3+ years of experience in technical sales and product demonstrations in the Defence market
• Military Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and/or Counter-UAS (C-UAS) experience (or relatable civilian experience)
• General Visual Line of Sight Certificate (GVC), Remote Pilot Competency Level 1
• Experience working with munitions and ordnance
• Proven and robust logistical planning skills
• Highly-effective communicator (oral and written)
• Willingness to travel overseas if required
Nice to Have:
• Remote Pilot Qualifications (RPC-L1 to RPC-L4)
• Experience in a Defence start-up, neo-prime or prime
• Former UK Military Service (NCO)
Alta Ares builds an autonomous AI defense stack for air defense and ISTAR missions, combining hardware interceptors, software for sensing and decision-making, and a mission-management layer to operate in GNSS-denied environments. It includes Black Bird, a turbojet interceptor for mid-long range threats, and X-Lock, a multirotor interceptor for drone swarms, both with AI-guided terminal guidance that works under jamming. Its software lineup features Pixel Lock for counter-UAS detection and guidance, Gamma ISTAR for real-time edge video intelligence, and Cyclops for sensor fusion and mission planning. The company positions itself as a sovereign European builder serving allied nations from the Baltic to the Indo-Pacific, aiming to provide interoperable, rapidly deployable defense capabilities and to grow its sovereign industrial base; it has a €50M Series A in June 2026 and was the first investment of Airbus-backed E2D defence fund.
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