VP, Space Chief Mission Engineer

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented VP, Space Chief Mission Engineer to join our Space Solutions business sector.

This will be a remote role that will be located in in the Northern Virginia/DC Metro region

The Vice President of Space Mission Engineering, Space Solutions is the senior leader responsible for bridging our customers hardest problems with our engineers and products to drive growth, shape strategy, and ultimately delivery innovative solutions for our customers.  The role demands an executive with deep expertise in space mission operations, and/or acquisitions across the D&I market, to guide business development efforts, engineering solutions, corporate investments, mature the opportunity pipeline, and drive new product development. The position requires strategic vision, operational excellence, and the ability to forge strong relationships with U.S. Space Force, Intelligence Community, and other critical stakeholders. The candidate is located near major corporate hubs or customer locations.

In this role you will operate at the front end of the business, directly interfacing and partnering with Defense and Intelligence community customers to identify key mission challenges and then guiding teams of Parsons’ engineers in solutioning efforts to develop and/or modify current products to achieve new capabilities that solve our customers hardest problems. You will serve to bridge the technical and operational mission elements between our customers, our growth team and our engineers.  In this capacity, you support our growth team in creating and identifying new opportunities by applying your mission and operations knowledge; everything from guiding proposals that differentiate us in the market, to helping translate operational requirements into technical requirements. With a focus on mission capabilities, you will play a key role in shaping our organization’s success and driving sustained growth.

The Vice President, Space Mission Engineering will be accountable for:

Strategic Leadership:

• Define and support the implementation of the Space Strategic Plan, identifying growth focus areas and aligning short- and long-term strategies with the Defense & Intelligence Strategic Roadmap.

• Drive product strategy, integrating key solutions to enhance offerings and accelerate sales.

• Lead market expansion through targeted marketing campaigns, technology investments (IR&D), and staffing strategies.

Pipeline & Capture Management:

• Support shaping strategies, solutioning, and assist our engineering teams with translating mission requirements into technical requirements.

• Contribute to opportunity qualification, capture strategies, proposal development, and conversion of tactical (e.g., on-contract growth, TDLs) and strategic pursuits.

• Partnerships & Market Positioning:

• Identify/cultivate strategic partners to strengthen market position and individual pursuits.

• Evaluate potential M&A targets to bolster capabilities and market share.

Team Leadership:

• Guide business development/capture team engagement with customers by assisting with customer briefings, translating our products presentations into customer aligned objectives.

Key Relationships:     

• Reports to: SVP, Growth, Space Solutions

• Internal: Collaborate with enterprise engineers, BD/capture teams, business unit leaders, and functional heads (e.g., Contracts, Finance).

• External: U.S. Space Force (SSC, SpOC, STARCOM), Space Development Agency (SDA), Space RCO, NSIC, U.S. Space Command, NRO, and other federal agencies. Research & Transitional Agencies, to include DARPA, Research Labs, DIU/NSIN, SCO. In collaboration with Federal and Critical Infrastructure teams, emerging markets, to include NASA, Space Commerce/NOAA, DHS/CISA, DOI, State, DOT, DOE, DTRA, USDA, and others.

Desired Outcomes:

• Improved win rates for new opportunities and contract renewals.

• New product concepts, product innovations or technologies.

• Increased conversion of pipeline opportunities into awarded contracts.

• Enhanced market recognition for Space growth focus areas.

• Strengthened str