Executive Officer Business, Brand & Strategic Projects

ph3About the role /h3 pMost careers today are optimized for comfort. We are interested in people optimized for the trajectory. /p pBefore you read further: this is a working role, not a title to collect. "Executive Officer" here means the second pair of hands behind the Chief Business Brand Officer — the person who drafts, chases, fixes, briefs, and owns the unglamorous problems nobody else has time for. Roughly 80% of it is doing the work yourself, not having other people do it for you. If proximity to power interests you more than responsibility, close this tab. /p pDestinus is a European defense manufacturer building scalable strike and air‑defence systems for European and allied armed forces. At Destinus, engineering, autonomy, industrial scale, and European security collide. The pace is fast, the stakes are real, and nobody is here to manage your career for you. /p pWe are looking for an Executive Officer who is not here for the title. /p pThis is not an assistant role. This is not calendar management with better branding. This is not corporate coordination theatre. /p pThis is an operator role. /p pYou will work directly with the Chief Business Brand Officer across business development, partnerships, communications, external positioning, strategic projects, events, research, and problem‑solving. /p pYour mission is simple: /p pCreate leverage. Remove friction. Help important things move faster. /p pOne week, you may prepare a strategic briefing before a government meeting. The next, you may help coordinate a partnership discussion, support a media response, shape external communication, research a new market, prepare an event, or solve an operational problem that nobody else has time to own. /p pThis role is for someone who wants to become unusually capable by taking responsibility for difficult problems that do not fit neatly into a job description. /p h3What You’ll Do /h3 ul liOwn and drive strategic projects across business, brand, communications, partnerships, and external positioning /li liSupport business development initiatives, customer discussions, partner engagement, and market research /li liPrepare briefings, memos, presentations, talking points, and follow‑ups for senior‑level meetings /li liHelp turn complex technical, commercial, and geopolitical information into clear decisions and communication /li liCoordinate high‑priority work across teams, countries, and functions /li liIdentify problems early and push solutions to completion /li liRepresent the office in selected meetings and ensure actions actually happen /li liHelp prepare events, press moments, external engagements, and stakeholder interactions /li liBuild structure where there is chaos, without waiting for someone else to invent the process /li liAct as a force multiplier for the Chief Business Brand Officer /li /ul h3What You’ll Need /h3 ul liOwn and drive strategic projects across business, brand, communications, partnerships, and external positioning /li liSupport business development initiatives, customer discussions, partner engagement, and market research /li liPrepare briefings, memos, presentations, talking points, and follow‑ups for senior‑level meetings /li liHelp turn complex technical, commercial, and geopolitical information into clear decisions and communication /li liCoordinate high‑priority work across teams, countries, and functions /li liIdentify problems early and push solutions to completion /li liRepresent the office in selected meetings and ensure actions actually happen /li liHelp prepare events, press moments, external engagements, and stakeholder interactions /li liBuild structure where there is chaos, without waiting for someone else to invent the process /li liAct as a force multiplier for the Chief Business Brand Officer /li /ul h3Who You Are /h3 pYou are a builder. /p pNot an operator of old systems. Not a corporate coordinator. Not someone who is merely good at interviews. /p pYou take responsibility before anyone gives it to you. You figure things out without supervision. You execute without drama. You stay coherent under pressure and ambiguity. You care about outcomes, not appearances. /p pYou might be young. You might have a trail of things that failed. You might have zero experience in defence. /p pFine. /p pYou do not need to know everything. You need to learn absurdly fast. /p pThe strongest candidates usually have a history of building things before anyone gave them permission: projects, companies, prototypes, communities, code, systems, campaigns, experiments. Anything. /p pWe care about slope, not credentials. About output, not corporate fluency. /p h3Nice to have /h3 ul liExperience building something from scratch: a company, product, campaign, project, community, or system /li liExposure to business development, strategy, communications, entrepreneurship, consulting, operations, defence, aerospace, or deep tech /li liAdditional European languages /li liExperience working close to founders, executives, or senior decision‑makers /li liAbility to read technical material and ask intelligent questions without pretending to understand everything /li /ul /p #J-18808-Ljbffr