Surveillance & Navigation Architecture Performance Associate Director

The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace's strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The division leverages a broad array of engineering disciplines against a dynamic portfolio of programs, customers, and national challenges. EED spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment to application of space-enabled mission effects.

The Surveillance and Navigation Architectures Performance Department (SNAPD) aspires to be the premier force advising the evolution of national security and civil space enterprises, leveraging our modeling and simulation expertise to evaluate architecture performance. SNAPD supports our customers in requirements definition/verification, analyses-of-alternatives (AoA), and end-to-end performance evaluations of customer space-based architectures across various mission areas. We are seeking an Associate Director for this department, who will be responsible for coordinating across customers, building capabilities and skillsets in the department, and directing analyses that empower our teams and staff to deliver differentiated and context-informed insights.

Work Model:

This full-time position requires 100% onsite work in Chantilly, VA or Colorado Springs, CO.

What You'll Be Doing

• Partnering with the director to cultivate a vision for the organization, including identifying opportunities for growth, engaging with customers to facilitate that growth, and developing new areas of technical expertise to meet evolving need

• Guiding the development of MS&A capabilities and products to support recommendations for research, development, and acquisition decisions of legacy and emerging space-based architectures

• Fostering a center of excellence for the supporting the following mission areas: geo-spatial intelligence, signals intelligence, space surveillance, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems, space protection, and communications/ground infrastructure supporting defense, intelligence, and civil capabilities

• Recruiting, on-boarding, and developing front office staff through formal and informal performance management, evaluation, mentoring, and coaching across a national organization

• Building and maintaining a strong base of customers and collaborators for the office through effective working relationships with colleagues, government customers, and contractor teammates

• Creating an organization that promotes innovation, developing and maintaining relationships with peer organizations, creating and leading teams of multi-discipline analysts

• Coordinating complex technical tasks among customers, managing resources to efficiently staff and execute projects, and ensuring quality and accuracy of work products

• Working closely with the broader subdivision leadership team to cultivate an effective, efficient, and cohesive national organization

• Monitoring, directing, and improving the organization's processes, functions, compliance, and safety awareness

What You Need to be a Successful Associated Director:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with demonstrated experience or Master's degree in aerospace, astronautical, or electrical engineering, computer science, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a related field of science or engineeringfrom an accredited institution

• 6 years demonstrated experience leading MS&A teams, coordinating complex technical tasks among team members, and translating customer needs into viable instructions for analysts/development teams

• Demonstrated strength in modeling, simulation, and analysis for architecture evaluations

• Ability to flex communication styles for productive interactions with staff, collaborators, and customers

• This position requires a current and active TS/SCI clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• A graduate degree or extensive work experience in the fields of study mentioned above

• Knowledge across Intelligence Community or U.S. Department of Defense business practices, acquisition policies, or space mission portfolios

• A history of navigating collaborations between technical experts across multiple fields

• Prior management or leadership experience in hiring, mentoring, training, or development of personnel

• Experience in identifying, prioritizing, and resolving technical and/or personnel issues