Northeast Asia S&T Program Operations Lead

Amentum is seeking a dynamic Northeast Asia Science and Technology (S&T) Operations Lead with experience in planning and organizing programs in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) J85 Science and Technology (S&T) Division at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.

You would be an excellent candidate for this position if you:

• Have planned and/or managed programs with a wide range of sizes and purposes;
• Always ensure program runs smoothly and on budget;
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;
• Have experience as a project manager and can work independently to successfully achieve objectives; and
• Have the ability to integrate USINDOPACOM activities with various stakeholders to ensure collaboration during planning and coordination during execution.
• Have experience working with International Allies and Partners and experience in exercise planning and execution.

Duties include:

• Lead operational planning efforts and participate in international science and technology (S&T) and experimentation activities in both OCONUS and CONUS conducted exercises and/or individual test events.  Frequent travel required. The individual must demonstrate the ability to plan, manage, and execute multiple, large S&T and experimentation events throughout the year.  An experimentation team may consist of over 40 personnel.
• Provide planning, coordination, and execution support for International S&T Engagement initiatives, to include the Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) Conference, and other innovation/S&T workshops and engagements.
• Provide external stakeholder coordination, project/program planning and milestones, logistics, topic inputs, documentation, and capture and documentation of key engagement results.
• Support the USINDOPACOM S&T office with normal staff activities, such as facilitating international visits/meetings, maintaining connections within the broader S&T community within Department of Defense (DoD) and with Allies and Partners, and maintaining project documentation for planning, execution and after-action reports.   
• Assist the government with travel planning for OCONUS and CONUS requirements, in support of engagements supporting region of responsibility.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder, sponsor, venue and vendor contact lists for each engagement/test location. 
• At the conclusion of each S&T engagement, compile an operations-specific after-action report detailing the specific objectives met, vendors, lessons learned, and recommendations for future S&T engagements for areas of improvement. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in a scientific field (examples, but not limited to: engineering, physics, chemistry, operations research, math, computer science)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficient at authoring analytical and/or policy documents
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing to provide information, articles, written reports, and presentations to include delivering executive summaries to flag and general officers (FO/GO), Senior Executive Service (SES) level equivalents, and international partners
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in military plans, including U.S. military exercises. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects, including managing project plans, schedules, cost, manning, etc.
• Must have the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, or Graduation from a military command and staff college

• 5 or more years of experience in military plans, including U.S. military exercises.  Joint experience desired.
• 3 years' experience working in the USINDOPACOM area of responsibility (AOR)
• Active Program Management Professional (PMP) Certification or similar
• 3 to 5 years’ experience working with international allies and partners (A/P) in the USINDOPACOM AOR
• 1 to 3 years’ experience planning, managing and executing multiple, large S&T experiments

Compensation & Benefits

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $150K - $170K (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: