Director – Space & Missile Growth

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NextGen Federal Systems

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2011

🏛️ Government

🎖️ Defense

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Government • Defense • Artificial Intelligence

NextGen Federal Systems is an award‑winning IT solutions and services provider that delivers modern software engineering, AI/ML, digital engineering, and complex mission support to U. S. federal, defense, and intelligence customers. The company develops cloud‑native, DevSecOps-driven software and mission platforms — including ReadiChat (agentic AI), StratusML (ML/MLops platform), Weather Analyst/Space Weather Analyst, SADIE™, and the Digital Arsenal — to support predictive analytics, operational AI agents, model‑based systems engineering, simulation, and electronic warfare/communications analyses. NextGen emphasizes cleared technical staff, GovCloud/hardened deployments, and rapid R&D to provide mission-focused engineering, integration, and operational support for aviation, maritime, law enforcement, and defense/intelligence programs.

📋 Description

• Support strategic customer engagement, business development, capture leadership, opportunity shaping, and technical solution development across the national security space and missile defense community • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, capture teams, proposal teams, program managers, and government customers • Expand NextGen’s presence within the national security space and missile defense community • Strengthen strategic customer relationships across government, military, intelligence, and industry organizations • Support pursuit and capture of high-value contracts and strategic opportunities • Increase visibility of NextGen capabilities across key mission areas and customer organizations • Provide trusted technical leadership contributing to customer success and corporate growth • Develop and maintain relationships across national security space, missile defense, aerospace, and intelligence communities • Engage government stakeholders to understand mission requirements, acquisition priorities, and emerging opportunities • Represent NextGen at customer meetings, industry conferences, technical exchanges, industry days, and strategic forums • Identify, qualify, and shape opportunities aligned with corporate growth objectives • Support account planning, pipeline development, and long-range growth strategies • Provide customer and market insight for corporate investment and positioning decisions • Support capture teams in customer-focused solutions and winning strategies • Lead or support proposal development, technical solutioning, color team reviews, and executive presentations • Develop discriminators, technical approaches, teaming strategies, and partnership opportunities • Provide senior-level subject matter expertise across space systems, missile defense systems, systems engineering, acquisition programs, modeling and simulation, test and evaluation, mission engineering, and operational concepts • Support customer programs through technical advisory services, assessments, strategic consulting, and select contract execution activities • Mentor technical staff, business development personnel, capture managers, and future leaders • Provide executive leadership with assessments of market trends, customer priorities, competitive landscapes, and emerging technologies

🎯 Requirements

• Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with SAP eligibility at time of hire • 15+ years of experience supporting national security space, missile defense, aerospace, intelligence, or related Department of War programs • Demonstrated experience within organizations such as the United States Space Force, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, Space Systems Command, Space Development Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, Intelligence Community, AFRL, Combatant Commands, or related organizations • Experience serving in technical leadership, acquisition, operations, engineering, program management, or advisory positions • Proven ability to engage senior government, military, and industry stakeholders • Experience supporting customer engagement, opportunity development, business development, capture activities, strategic planning, or proposal development • Strong understanding of defense acquisition processes, space architectures, missile defense systems, command and control, and/or mission engineering principles • Excellent briefing, communication, and relationship-building skills • Bachelor’s degree in related technical discipline • Master’s degree preferred • Former senior military officer, senior enlisted leader, GS-15/equivalent government civilian, program manager, chief engineer, technical director, division chief, or comparable industry leader • Graduate of USAF Weapons School – 328th Weapons Squadron (Space Superiority WIC) • Experience supporting SSC, SDA, Space RCO, MDA, AFRL, NRO, US Space Force Combat Forces Command (CFC), STARCOM, or other operational space organizations • Existing professional relationships across the national security space, missile defense, and intelligence communities • Experience supporting classified programs, special access programs, strategic pursuits, captures, and proposal development • Understanding of Space Domain Awareness, Missile Warning and Tracking, Satellite Systems, Space Control, Modeling and Simulation, Digital Engineering, and/or Hypersonic Mission Areas

🏖️ Benefits

• Play a key role in shaping the future growth of NextGen within the national security space market • Influence strategic pursuits and customer relationships across critical defense missions • Contribute both technically and strategically to high-impact programs and opportunities • Collaborate directly with company leadership to help define future market direction and growth priorities • Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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