EMC Support Specialist

Company Overview 

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

Position Summary

Reporting into the Head of Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (H/EM&C) and supporting the EM&C Director of Programs, the EM&C Support Specialist is responsible for (1) Assisting in supporting the project and program management and business operations of the EM&C, i.e. that of designing and building best-in-class program and project management methodologies in the business units to include processes, systems, and people, as well as (2) supporting the management of multiple EM&C programs, provide guidance in Metrea business practices to the team, and act as a liaison to other entities within Metrea. The EM&C Support Specialist is a member of Metrea Aerospace Management (MAM) and is a key contributor to the formation and execution of enterprise strategies to EM&C business units. As a member of the EM&C, the Support Specialist’s responsibilities demand clear communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to develop trusting relationships with senior and junior teammates across the enterprise This position provides the opportunity to grow business knowledge in a dynamic, ever-evolving aerospace company.

The EM&C Support Specialist supports and coordinates with Metrea business units while ensuring transparency in Program and Project Management and business methodologies and processes across Metrea.

What You’ll Do

• Process, Systems & Frameworks Development: Assist in the design, development, and management of the EM&C business operations with particular focus on the implementation of effective, efficient, and scalable processes that assist in execution of the business, customer and mission support, and development of new technologies. Develop the necessary program and project management frameworks and models and acquire and implement the systems that will best facilitate process automation and decision support from tactical to strategic levels across the group. 
• People Development: Identify areas of growth in the EM&C’s knowledge, skillsets, and attitudes, and develop a systematic approach to professional development and talent acquisition to build a high-performing team.
• Technology Development: Identify areas of the technology roadmap framework related to program and project management for EM&C and its business units.
• Teammate Responsibilities: Providing support Capacity across MNetrea (“IN”)
• Strategy BCA: Support the Strategy (STRAT) capability area to inform enterprise strategy with key EM&C considerations and remain an active participant on all major enterprise strategy decisions, to include the commencement of new business lines or the cessation of extant ones, the acquisition or disposal of key assets or business units, and all investment decisions for all kinds of assets (hardware, software, technologies, IP, businesses, etc.). 

• Work closely with the STRAT/Investment team to support potential investment assessments, where these involve strategic acquisitions. Support the STRAT/Research team in areas of research requiring related subject matter experts (SMEs). Direct the research team to conduct supporting research for EM&C-related projects or interests. 
• Support the STRAT/Risk team by informing all programmatic, portfolio, or business risk exposure dashboards with Group risks, as well as by supporting risk mitigation efforts. 

• Operations BCA: Work closely with EM&C Portfolio Development to inform the design, implementation, and further development of Metrea’s Program and Project Management methodologies and to support EM&C’s growing system needs. 
• Legal BCA: In coordination with the EM&C Portfolio Development, provide LE