About Onebrief
Onebrief builds collaboration and AI-powered workflow software for military planning and operational coordination.
Today, many critical planning workflows still rely on fragmented systems, static documents, and disconnected tools that make collaboration and decision-making unnecessarily difficult. Onebrief brings modern software, AI, and real-time collaboration into those environments, helping teams operate with greater clarity, coordination, and adaptability in situations where decisions carry real-world consequences.
We are a distributed team of builders from military, operational, and technology backgrounds who care deeply about improving how important work gets done. Some team members work remotely, while others work directly alongside customers in operational environments around the world.
Founded in 2019, Onebrief is backed by leading investors including General Catalyst, Battery Ventures, Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Human Capital. Valued at more than $2 billion, we continue to invest in product innovation, AI capabilities, and team growth.
About the RoleThis is an impactful position, working closely with planners around the world, conducting thorough research to elicit requirements and translate them into effective solutions.
About YouYou’re a “product person” who knows how to build software products.
You speak the language of engineers and designers, yet you don’t rely too heavily on them to devise and evaluate solutions.
Intellectual honesty, personal integrity, curiosity, and EQ shape how you work with end users and elicit non-obvious requirements.
Async or IRL, you style-flex to meet your audience where they’re at, distill complexity to simplicity, and have an “owner’s mentality.”
What You’ll DoYou will lead product initiatives that make military staffs superhuman and bring people home safely. You will work alongside the operators who imagined and built Onebrief - the product they needed.
Our team is highly specialized, and the core skillset for this role is a deep-thinker who understands complex systems and workflows.
You will work across our squads, rotating fluidly across domains, using a product perspective to create a seamless user experience.
What We Look ForYou have a comprehensive understanding of the current state of web technologies and best practices, and are forever experimenting with what’s “next”
You are naturally inclined to apply a design thinking approach to problem solving, and iteratively seek to understand your users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems and create innovative solutions which you can prototype and test
Attention to detail and pragmatism
Crisp, clear, concise communications, both written and orally.
You have an “owner’s mentality” and are comfortable sharing your ideas and perspective with the C-suite, and you take accountability when they reflect in the real-world
Experience developing B2B/SaaS products using modern collaboration tools
Most importantly:
You are collaborative, work iteratively, and are scrappy and solutions-oriented
You have an understanding of or interest in the military and defense tech space
You thrive as a self-starter, embracing autonomy and ambiguity
You are a U.S. citizen
Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies
Please note that Onebrief does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement Onebrief explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Onebrief.
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