Senior Campaign Planner

THE MISSION

The Indo-Pacific theater demands world-class campaign planning. As a Senior Campaign Planner supporting the Joint Taiwan Task Force within INDOPACOM J5, you'll develop, refine, and synchronize theater-level campaign planning products that directly support combatant command priorities. This role puts your operational planning expertise at the strategic level, where your work shapes real-world operations and drives alignment across the entire theater.

• Develop, revise, and synchronize theater and contingency campaign planning products for the Joint Taiwan Task Force within INDOPACOM J5
• Translate strategic and theater guidance into operationally executable planning frameworks, including objectives, lines of effort, supporting activities, decision points, and assessment mechanisms
• Lead cross-component synchronization among INDOPACOM staff, service components, functional components, SOF elements, joint task forces, and mission partners
• Align campaign planning across headquarters, subordinate components, and operational stakeholders to reduce friction, resolve disconnects, and accelerate staff integration
• Apply the Joint Planning Process (JPP/JOPP) to campaign and contingency planning efforts, including mission analysis, COA development, plan refinement, and senior leader decision support
• Produce high-quality planning outputs, including campaign support plans, synchronization matrices, operational approaches, executive summaries, briefing materials, and decision-quality staff packages
• Integrate SOF, conventional, interagency, allied, and partner considerations into campaign planning frameworks

Salary: $113,000 - $133,000 per year

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree required
• 10+ years of relevant military, joint, interagency, or defense planning experience
• 5+ years of experience in joint, combined, combatant command, component command, or task force-level planning
• Recent Indo-Pacific experience required, including direct support to INDOPACOM, subordinate component, TSOC, service component headquarters, joint task force, or equivalent theater mission
• Demonstrated experience with campaign planning, theater planning, contingency planning, or operational design at the operational or strategic level
• Proven ability to distinguish practical planning execution from purely conceptual or doctrinal knowledge
• Experience developing planning products that were staffed, briefed, approved, exercised, or used to inform operations
• Strong experience in cross-component coordination and operational synchronization
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior leaders and convert broad guidance into actionable planning direction
• Familiarity with campaign planning tools and processes, including operational design, synchronization matrices, campaign assessment frameworks, decision support products, and staff planning workflows
• Active TS/SCI clearance or ability to satisfy mission access requirements immediately upon assignment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in Strategic Studies, Defense Analysis, Security Studies, Business Administration, Public Policy, or Operations Research
• Advanced Operational Planning Schools such as JAWS, SAMS, MAWS, JCWS, JPME
• Senior PME such as CGSC, ILE, USMC CSC, MAGTF, NCSC, War College
• Professional Certificates such as PMP, CMP
• Background working within or alongside USINDOPACOM, another Combatant Command staff, Service component staff, or HQ element
• Special Operations Forces (SOF) background strongly preferred
• Significant experience serving as a campaign planner in joint, combined, or theater-level headquarters
• Experience supporting Taiwan-related planning, deterrence planning, crisis response planning, or campaigning in contested environments
• Experience integrating SOF capabilities, authorities, access considerations, and partner-force relationships into broader campaign frameworks
• Background in joint or combined operations involving allies, partners, and interagency stakeholders
• Experience leading planning teams or synchronization efforts under compressed timelines and senior-level visibility
• Demonstrated success in accelerating alignment between INDOPACOM headquarters and subordinate components

WHY K2

At K2, you join a mission-focused team that puts operational excellence first. We're building world-class teams for DoD's most critical missions, and we believe in empowering our people to make a real impact. You'll work alongside other high-performers who understand that the mission comes first, always. K2 is a proud SBA 8(a) Native Hawaiian Organization committed to building lasting partnerships and generational impact.