Director, Naval Special Warfare Programs

🔥 12 hours ago

🏄 California, Virginia – Remote

🏄 California – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $150k - $230k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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LMI

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1961

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

🎖️ Defense

Logistics • Healthcare • Defense

LMI is a forward-thinking company that focuses on reimagining the path from insight to outcome through innovative solutions in various sectors, including applied AI and digital health. They provide advanced analytics, engineering support, and performance optimization across defense, health, and civilian markets, with a strong commitment to enhancing mission effectiveness for government clients. With a focus on collaboration and research, LMI aims to drive positive change through its diverse capabilities and partnerships.

📋 Description

• Serve as LMI’s senior leader and accountable portfolio owner for programs, projects, personnel, and growth activities supporting Naval Special Warfare • Lead execution of active NSW programs against schedule, technical, contractual, security, and quality requirements • Own customer satisfaction and mission outcomes across the NSW portfolio • Build and sustain relationships with NSW headquarters, operational units, requirements organizations, program offices, acquisition personnel, test organizations, technical leaders, and mission partners • Develop and execute an integrated NSW portfolio strategy and annual operating plan • Translate mission needs into roadmaps spanning robotics and autonomous systems, uncrewed systems, command and control, mission software, data, AI, experimentation, training, fielding, and sustainment • Lead distributed program managers, technical leads, site personnel, engineers, operators, product teams, subcontractors, and corporate functions • Establish portfolio governance, decision rights, operating rhythms, performance metrics, and accountability mechanisms • Own workforce planning, staffing, recruiting, onboarding, performance management, professional development, succession planning, retention, and team culture • Mentor and develop emerging leaders • Oversee technical and operational integration of LMI, government, commercial, and partner capabilities • Plan and oversee demonstrations, experiments, exercises, test events, fielding, training, and operational assessments • Provide decision-ready reporting to NSW and LMI leadership • Identify customer needs and lead account growth, capture, solution development, proposals, staffing strategies, and teaming • Develop strategic relationships with technology companies, manufacturers, research organizations, and mission partners • Coordinate product, engineering, autonomy, software, data, operations, contracts, talent, security, and growth leaders • Ensure compliance with contract requirements, security policies, cybersecurity standards, export controls, property accountability, safety requirements, and LMI governance • Represent LMI at senior customer engagements, industry events, demonstrations, and relevant forums

🎯 Requirements

• An active Top-Secret security clearance • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, business, program management, operations, or a related field; four additional years of directly relevant experience may be substituted for the degree requirement • Fifteen or more years of progressively responsible experience leading complex Department of Defense, national security, technology, or mission-support programs • Ten or more years of direct experience supporting Special Operations Forces • Experience leading a multi-program or multi-project portfolio with accountability for delivery, customer relationships, personnel, risk, and growth • Ability to lead geographically distributed, cross-functional teams • Recent experience supporting NSW organizations at Coronado, California; Little Creek, Virginia; or other NSW operating locations • Prior military service in Naval Special Warfare, Joint Special Operations Command, a Special Operations communications or mission-systems organization, or another directly relevant SOF assignment • Direct experience integrating robotics, autonomous systems, uncrewed systems, tactical communications, command and control, ISR, electronic warfare, data platforms, or mission software • Experience translating complex mission requirements into integrated technical and operational solutions • Working knowledge of robotics and autonomous systems, uncrewed systems, mission command and control, communications, mission software, data integration, artificial intelligence, test and evaluation, fielding, training, or sustainment • Strong program and portfolio management skills, including schedule, performance, staffing, subcontractor oversight, risk management, quality assurance, and executive reporting • Experience supporting federal-market business development, capture, proposal development, solutioning, pricing, teaming, or organic account growth • Knowledge of Department of Defense acquisition, contracting, security, cybersecurity, requirements, test, and operational approval processes • Exceptional communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and executive briefing skills • Ability to travel regularly to NSW commands, supported units, test locations, demonstrations, and other mission sites