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# Program Director, Hacking for Defense® at bmnt

Compensation

$155,000 – $200,000/yr

**Location**
: Arlington, Virginia

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Aug 28, 2026

## Description

BMNT is hiring a Program Director to run Hacking for Defense® for the Department of the Interior’s Innovation with Academia portfolio. The role owns the client relationship, sources real-world defense problems, coordinates universities, educators, student teams, mission partners, nonprofits, and contractors, drives post-course commercialization and funding transitions, manages program economics and growth, and supervises project leads and innovation analysts. The position requires extensive experience in complex, multi-stakeholder defense-innovation programs, U.S. citizenship, and occasional travel; it is based in the Washington, D.C. metro area and pays $155,000–$200,000 plus benefits.

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