Senior operator: Typically 12 or more years of experience, including at least 5 in senior leadership roles leading business operations or strategy and operations, or serving as chief of staff to a CTO, CPO, GM, or senior government official, in a high-growth technology, biotechnology, or public-sector organization. Make every engagement deal-ready: Before major partner, government, and investor engagements, assemble the cross-organizational fact base, pre-clear what we can commit to with the leaders who will deliver it, and equip the CTO and our partnerships and national security teams to act in the room.