Information Knowledge Management Support (MAGTF C2)

Description

Primary Location: Twentynine Palms, CA, US

Must be a U.S citizen

Security Clearance: Secret with the ability to obtain Top Secret

Job Summary

The USMC Program Manager for MAGTF C2’s mission is to acquire, field, and sustain MAGTF C2 capabilities that enable all-domain Situational Awareness for mission planning and execution. The MAGTF Training Command (MAGTFTC) mission is to Manage the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Program (MAGTFTP) and conduct service level Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) combined arms training to enhance the combat readiness of the operating forces and support the Marine Corps’ responsibilities to national security. The Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group (MCTOG) mission is to provide standardized advanced training and certification to Ground Combat Element (GCE) Operations Officers, Operations Chiefs, and select other GCE training specialists in GCE operations, combined arms planning and integration, and unit readiness planning at the company, battalion, and regiment levels to support GCE Training and Readiness (T&R) events.

The Information Knowledge Management Support (IKMS) [MAGTF C2] position will provide Information and Knowledge Management support across three efforts: primarily supporting the MAGTF C2 PM office coordinating and translating their activities to the MAGTFTC, MSTP, and MCTOG programs. Secondarily, the candidate will support MWX exercise events under MAGTFTC and MCTOG and finally providing support to the Obsidian internal IT and Communications requirements. The preferred candidate will be responsible for working closely with stakeholders of the MAGTF C2 PM product management, engineering, and Manpower, Personnel, & Training (MPT) teams and the service training organizations to better understand the user community across the FMF and to communicate those aspects and build common understanding across all stakeholders involved.

The IKMS MAGTF C2 position will support the internal Obsidian communications and IT technical requirements that support drone, MWX, and other contracted support teams.

Requirements

Key Accountabilities

MAGTF C2 PM Support:

• Participate in user data collection including interviews, surveys, workshops, observations, and data analysis capture/document insights into user processes, workflows, and information requirements.
• Identify key user roles, personas, responsibilities, and interaction patterns as consumers of data for consumption, visualization, or decision making.
• Operational Use Case Analysis:
• Analyze existing user activities, processes, and workflows to identify pain points, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Document current state activities or prescribed processes using flowcharts, diagrams, and narratives to provide a comprehensive understanding for engineering/design considerations.
• User Information Requirements:
• Collaborate with external SMEs to identify critical information needs for decision-making within the Maneuver, Command and Control, and Fires environment.
• Provide input to the program teams as they define the information architecture, including data models, information flows, content and MPT principles to support FMF use cases.
• User-Centered Design Integration:
• Work closely with the design team in the development of operational use cases by translating user needs through the development of operational scenarios, identification of CCIRs (and similar), and information exchanges between commands/staff/units along with the MPT considerations.
• Participate with the Product Management team in the conduct usability testing, user feedback sessions, and iterative design reviews to validate and refine design solutions based on user feedback.
• Documentation and Reporting:
• Develop comprehensive documentation, including user roles, personas, process maps, information requirements, and design rationale to support decision-making and future system enhancements.
• Provide regular progress updates, reports, and presentations to project stakeholders to ensure alignment with user-centered design goals and objectives.
• Planning, Testing, and User Event Participation:
• Participate in Planning Interval (PI) Planning to translate the voice of the customer, assist with prioritization of PI objectives, assist with identification and mitigation of risks, and assist with identification of dependencies.
• Participate in User Community Events (e.g., Ops Chief Symposium, etc.) to gain insight and feedback from users for issues, and new features.
• Participate with the Product Management team in test events (usability testing, user evaluations, etc.) to gather and translate user feedback.