Favorite Parts Of Working In The Aerospace And Defense As An Associate Director Contracts
Daria, an Associate Director at a Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense company, finds the most rewarding aspect of her career is collaborating with "some of the most brilliant people in the world" on products that "help protect those and protect us." The knowledge that their work contributes to making "the world a safer place," particularly exemplified by the Stinger missile, provides immense meaning and motivates the extra effort required on such impactful projects.
Defense Industry, National Security, Meaningful Work, Teamwork, Leadership
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Daria Sayan
Associate Director, Contracts
Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense Company
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Arizona, MBA
Legal & Policy, Business Management & Admin
Aerospace, Aviation & Defense, Government & Public Sector
Operations and Project Management
International Student, Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Working with brilliant people on products that protect people.
2. The work is meaningful because it contributes to making the world a safer place.
3. The opportunity to work on projects, such as the Stinger missile, that have a direct impact on protecting freedom and sovereignty is rewarding.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
I get to work with some of the most brilliant people in the world. Our products themselves help protect them and protect us, which is not something you take lightly.
Ultimately, whenever we do something or are having a hard day, you can stop, take a step back, and ask yourself: "What is the goal at the end of this?" The goal is to help make the world a safer place.
Specifically, with one of the products in my company, the Stinger missile, you see a lot of people working overtime on programs like that. It's out of production, but it's going back into production, and people are working really hard on it.
You know why they put in the extra hours. You see it being used in the field to help protect someone's freedom, their homeland, their sovereignty. So, it's really meaningful work from that perspective.