Associate Principal Director

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.

At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration – to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.

Do you have passion and experience for helping senior leaders make better data driven decisions to improve acquisition outcomes?  Do you like solving multiple problems and exploring novel ideas? Do you enjoy driving analysis/analytical products that influence decision makers on strategic national security challenges and draw engagement/visibility from senior stakeholders, including the White House, Congress, the US Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community?  Do you want to lead a highly motivated and capable team that plays an increasingly particularly pivotal role at a time of unprecedented change in the Space enterprise? If so, join our team of Space acquisition and analysis experts at Aerospace.

In an era of dynamic change in space, Aerospace is addressing a once in a generation set of complex challenges as the Space ecosystem undergoes rapid and unprecedented evolution. The Aerospace Corporation operates the only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Our technical experts span every discipline of space-related science and engineering. Join our team and thrive in a career that matters to the world and to you personally.  AAPS is the one stop shop for space related acquisition challenges supporting key stakeholders in the US Government and Commercial working for the national benefit.

Job Summary

Aerospace invites highly qualified candidates to apply to be the AAPS Associate Principal Director and leader of our Economic and Market Analysis Center (EMAC).   This position requires a dynamic and collaborative senior leader with a demonstrated record of successfully leading a large, matrixed engineering organization with considerable expertise in the business and systems engineering activities associated with system acquisition, deployment, and sustainment. This highly leveraged position will be responsible for Aerospace support to program offices across the acquisition spectrum including traditional and non-traditional contract structures, traditional and new-entrant suppliers as applied to programs for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Civil customers. The subdivision is geographically dispersed with the majority of personnel centered in Northern Virginia or Southern California.  The APD position can be executed out of any of Aerospace’s facilities.

A major responsibility for the new APD is scaling and growing EMAC. EMAC plays a critical role in informing Aerospace’s customers and stakeholders on current industry market conditions, performs analytics on specific market segments, and conducts due diligence assessments on individual companies. EMAC is a unique and evolving capability that supports a wide range of customers in the National Security, civil, commercial, and international space communities to inform acquisitions and in particular, for high demand and transformational commercial space portfolios. The ideal candidate for this position brings experience from the investing community, a strong engineering or analytical background, a proven track record of building and leading high performing teams, and a demonstrated ability to successfully engage with internal and external executive leaders.   

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with the Principal Director to effectively lead, manage, and direct resources and overall operations of a dynamic and geographically dispersed team of world class engineers, business professionals and technical support personnel
• Work across AAPS and Aerospace to develop solutions that enable enterprise mission success, deliver technical excellence, people excellence, and operational excellence.
• Develop and implement the EMAC’s strategy, grow department capabilities, shape and respond to demand signals, and guide the department's research and development portfolio.
• Work with other organizations across Aerospace to deliver Corporate and Division priorities
• Enable high performance teams to deliver acquisition and systems engineering planning and integrate business and market intelligence to infor