Head of Supply

Location: Columbus, Ohio (In-Person)

Company: Mission Sciences

Compensation: $150,000 – $175,000 base + performance incentives + equity

Mission Sciences is building a new model for how capabilities are sourced, structured, and delivered to meet mission demand.

We are hiring a Head of Supply to own the full lifecycle of supply creation, onboarding, and optimization across General Wisdom . This is not a traditional vendor management or procurement role. It is a system-level role responsible for ensuring that high-quality, mission-ready capabilities are available, structured, and deployable against demand.

You will build and operate the Supply Engine .

Convert fragmented capabilities into structured, deployable supply across four phases:

1. Sourcing – Identify and engage supply (companies, products, capabilities)
2. Qualification – Validate technical, operational, and mission readiness
3. Packaging – Structure into SKUs, mission kits, or deployable units
4. Activation – Make available for matching and rapid transaction

You own supply readiness, quality, and responsiveness to demand.

• Build and manage the supply ecosystem:
• Defense tech companies
• Traditional primes and subcontractors
• Startups and emerging capabilities
• Internal Mission Sciences products
• Identify high-value supply aligned to mission needs
• Continuously expand and refresh the supply base

• Evaluate suppliers across:
• Technical capability
• Mission relevance
• Security and compliance posture
• Deliverability and scalability
• Establish standards for:
• “Mission-ready” certification
• Interoperability with other capabilities
• Rapidly assess fit against emerging demand

• Convert capabilities into:
• Mission kits
• SKUs
• Service offerings
• Integrated solutions
• Standardize how supply is described, priced, and delivered
• Ensure supply is easily matchable to demand

• Ensure supply is:
• Discoverable within General Wisdom
• Ready for rapid deployment
• Aligned with known demand pathways
• Coordinate with Head of Demand to:
• Close capability gaps
• Pre-position supply for anticipated opportunities

• Track and optimize:
• Supply utilization rates
• Time-to-activation
• Match success rates with demand
• Build systems to:
• Maintain supply quality
• Remove underperforming or irrelevant supply
• Develop dashboards and operational cadence

• Use AI to:
• Identify emerging technologies and suppliers
• Analyze supply-demand gaps
• Generate capability summaries and comparisons
• Accelerate onboarding and qualification workflows
• Integrate AI into the Supply Engine
• Continuously improve supply readiness and coverage

High proficiency in at least one:

• Claude
• ChatGPT
• Grok
• Perplexity
• Gemini

Preferred experience with at least one:

• Claude Code
• Perplexity Computer
• Hermes
• Windsurf
• Cursor

You should be able to:

• Synthesize supplier capabilities into structured offerings
• Build AI-assisted workflows for onboarding and qualification
• Use AI to identify gaps and improve supply coverage

• 7–15+ years in:
• Supply chain, procurement, or vendor management
• Defense, national security, or federal markets preferred
• Strong experience with:
• Evaluating and onboarding suppliers
• Structuring offerings for delivery
• Managing complex partner ecosystems
• Understanding of:
• Defense technology landscape
• Government compliance and acquisition constraints
• Proficiency with Google Workspace
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and impose structure

• High-quality, mission-ready supply available at all times
• Rapid onboarding of new capabilities in days, not months
• Clear mapping between supply and demand
• Strong utilization of supply across opportunities
• AI embedded in sourcing, qualification, and packaging

Supply is the foundation of General Wisdom.

This role determines how effectively the company converts capability into revenue, and revenue into mission impact .

You are not just managing vendors.

You are building the system that ensures the right capability is always ready when demand appears.