• Active Secret security clearance.
• Minimum of eight years of experience supporting Department of War capability development, requirements analysis, acquisition, program management, systems integration, testing, equipment fielding, or life-cycle management activities.
• Experience supporting U.S. Special Operations Forces, a Special Operations Command organization, or another operationally focused Department of War mission partner.
• Demonstrated experience identifying operational capability gaps and translating user needs into documented equipment, system, or technology requirements.
• Experience assessing potential solutions based on operational utility, technical performance, integration, interoperability, cost, schedule, sustainment, and risk.
• Experience supporting requirements, acquisition, integration, test and evaluation, procurement, material fielding, or life-cycle replacement processes for military equipment.
• Experience serving as a subject matter expert or program integrator for assigned capabilities, equipment portfolios, or Programs of Record.
• Ability to develop and present executive briefings, decision papers, cost and schedule analyses, risk assessments, procurement plans, fielding plans, and program-status products.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across operational users, senior leaders, acquisition personnel, engineers, logisticians, testers, resource managers, technical teams, and industry partners.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Teams, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, and SharePoint.
• Ability to independently manage multiple concurrent programs, requirements, stakeholder actions, and deadlines in a high-tempo environment.
• Ability to travel periodically in support of testing, assessments, demonstrations, fielding activities, and stakeholder engagements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, program management, business administration, logistics, acquisition management, military studies, or a related discipline.
• Prior military service within U.S. Special Operations Forces or another operationally focused Army organization.
• Experience supporting a G-3, G-8, force-modernization organization, capability-development office, program executive office, program management office, or Army Futures Command organization.
• Working knowledge of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, Army requirements-development processes, DOTMLPF-P analysis, Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution, and Department of War acquisition pathways.
• Experience developing capability development documents, capability production documents, operational needs statements, requirements matrices, test plans, acquisition strategies, or fielding plans.
• Experience with Soldier systems, weapons, communications, sensors, robotics and autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, data, electronic warfare, protection, mobility, or other emerging combat technologies.
• Experience planning or supporting developmental testing, operational testing, user assessments, experimentation, rapid prototyping, or operational demonstrations.
• Experience supporting rapid acquisition, middle-tier acquisition, urgent capability, commercial solutions opening, or other accelerated capability-delivery processes.
• Project Management Professional, Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act certification, or comparable program-management, acquisition, testing, or systems-engineering credential.

Target Competencies

• Requirements development and capability-gap analysis
• Capability modernization and life-cycle planning
• Systems integration and interoperability
• Test, evaluation, experimentation, and user assessment
• Procurement and material fielding planning
• Program of Record coordination
• Cost, schedule, performance, and risk analysis
• Executive communication and stakeholder integration

Target salary range: $111,000-$192,000

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

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