Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert

Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Job Category:
Military Operations & Training

Requisition Number: OPERA
001244

WWC Global, an operating firm of Command Holdings, is seeking an Operational Planning & Posture Subject Matter Expert (SME) to staff a position at MARFORPAC G-5 within Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM). The Operational Planning & Posture SME is the branch's technical/functional authority for deliberate planning support and posture-related planning integration. The role defines and sustains planning-support rigorstandards, quality gates, and expert advisoryso high-visibility products remain coherent, defensible, and aligned with guidance across the Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC).

Unlike the Senior role, the SME does not own daily suspense tracking/battle rhythm execution; the SME intervenes where complexity, risk, or ambiguity threatens outcomes.

• Defining planning-support standards (templates, quality gates, staffing checklists, traceability expectations, version-control conventions) for branch-wide use.
• Advising government leads on complex planning-support approaches (staffing strategy, integration paths, decision points, adjudication methods).
• Performing senior technical review of high-visibility briefs, information papers, and final planning documents to ensure clarity, consistency, and decision-readiness.
• Resolving the hardest integration problems (conflicting guidance, misaligned assumptions, incomplete inputs) and recommending defensible tradeoffs and mitigation paths.
• Translating policy/guidance into actionable planning inputs and posture initiative implications (as directed by government leads).
• Strengthening Operational Planning Team (OPT)/working group outcomes by shaping narratives, analytical framing, and decision-quality criteria (not meeting administration).
• Coaching senior and junior staff on advanced staff writing, editorial judgment, and staffing discipline through targeted reviews and exemplars.
• Assessing systemic bottlenecks and recommending repeatable improvements to reduce rework and improve first-pass acceptance (without taking over daily execution).

This position is contingent on award. Anticipated salary range: $113,000 - $135,000

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.
• Ability to work in confined areas.

• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to sit, stand, talk, and hear.
• Employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to operate a computer.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 11-20% / Occasional travel.

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• Master's Degree in a relevant field//OR//Bachelor's Degree and 14 years of relevant experience.
• Current, active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Career level and intermediate level military education (Expeditionary Warfare School, Marine Corps Command and Staff College (other service equivalents)).
• 10+ years deep experience supporting joint/service planning and senior-leader decision support, including production and critical review of staff products.
• Demonstrated mastery of JPEC planning forums and staffing dynamics (e.g., OPTs, joint planning groups (JPGs)).
• Knowledge and application experience in the Marine Corps Planning Process (MCPP) and Joint Planning Process (JPP).
• Expert capability drafting/editing planning products and enforcing consistency, traceability, and formatting discipline.
• Ability to comply with government workplace requirements and obtain/maintain any required access/eligibility
• Outstanding communication skills, influencing abilities, and client focus.
• Professional proficiency in English is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in using all Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to access federal facilities in compliance with Real  information about Real  be found here: and at
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. WWC Global will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Intermediate or top-level operational planning…