u/Surfaholic189

I have been interested in transitioning into Defense/Aerospace/Space sector - I live in an area with a significant amount of companies in this space. However, my career has been primarily sales in marketing services industry.

I have an MBA and PMP but no technical degree and no specific experience within these industries. Additionally, I’d like to move out of sales and into project management/ops/people as those would be where I have the most transferable skills. My current role is more like a managing director where I manage cross functional teams, stakeholder management, manage budget for different internal projects and also responsible for revenue.

I don’t know anyone within the defense sector to talk through this with. Mainly just been talking with different LLMs to gauge transition viability but AI definitely has blind spots. Information online is ambiguous, many job listings are showing a preference of experience within industry although not necessarily a requirement however, there seems to be a strong preference in technical degrees.

What is the actual viability of a transition into the defense sector with no prior defense experience and no technical degree?

I currently have a Bachelors of Liberal Studies from UMPI and an MBA ITM from WGU. Additionally, I have a PMP certification.

I have been in sales (marketing services) my entire career with my recent position of 4 years taking on much greater responsibilities as essentially the managing director of the organization. My goal is to get out of sales and transition into a project management/operations role in defense/space/government. These roles often require a technical degree which I do not have.

I have done some research on the viability of using this degree to fulfill the requirements. I was hoping to hear graduates of BS Cloud and Networking Engineer their experience.

Had the BS Cloud and Networking Engineer degree not being ABET certified held you back?

Has anyone gotten into these sectors with this degree?