Systems Director - Office of Secretary of War (OSW)

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems.

The Pentagon and Multi-Domain Division provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders at the highest levels of government on space architectures, policy and strategy, developmental planning, system of systems engineering, and threat reduction to help shape the future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise.

As a Systems Director in the Office of Secretary of War (OSW) Support subdivision, you will lead a diverse organization providing deep technical expertise and analysis-based decision support to senior leaders within the Pentagon’s Office of the Secretary of War. The successful candidate will provides leadership, planning, and direction of technical office staff and operations. Assigns resources, determines staffing needs, and coordinates activities and operations among subordinate units. Communicates and coordinates activities to counterpart organizations, management, and customers in following organizations within OSW:

• Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security. (OUSW(I&S))
• OSW Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
• Department of War Chief Information Officer (DoW/CIO)
• Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E))
• Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW(A&S))

Do you want to do work that literally impacts the Nation and makes a positive difference? This is the opportunity!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide direct support to senior-level Department of War customers, staff, and Aerospace management, to identify and fulfill customer needs, consistent with the Aerospace FFRDC role
• Translate customer’s needs and direction into actionable support for Aerospace’s Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) and other key resources.
• Find, create, lead, mentor, and manage a diverse, interdisciplinary team of technical professionals within the Aerospace backplane, to include ETG and other program offices
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of technical analyses, simulation models, threat assessments, etc within the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW)
• Participates with Aerospace higher management in determining organization’s structure and staff and supports resource needs. Participates in budget planning and allocation of resources. Implements policies, practices, and operating processes and recommends improvements to higher management. Reports organization’s activities, progress and achievements through written and oral reports to management, subordinates, and customers.
• Identifies and assigns sub-organization and staff functional responsibilities. Assigns and coordinates work activities within organization; monitors workload, work progress and schedules, ensures completion of organization’s work assignments within cost and schedule guidelines
• Communicates frequently with OSW customer to coordinate and report work progress, issues, and results

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, which will require presence in the Pentagon or Pentagon Reservation, as needed. On site at the Aerospace facility in Chantilly VA will