Senior Project Manager, J3

Job Title:

Senior Project Manager, J3

Job Category:
Project and Program Management

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 25%

Type of Travel:
Local

• Serve as the primary operational representative supporting the assigned mission partner headquarters.
• Maintain continuous engagement with J3, J35, J39, Operations Centers, and mission planning staffs.
• Translate mission partner operational requirements into actionable support requirements.
• Represent mission partner priorities within the Mission Integration and Operations Cell (MIOC).
• Ensure operational objectives are aligned with capabilities and resources.
• Facilitate rapid issue resolution between mission partners and functional organizations.
• Provide operational updates and mission status reporting to senior government leadership.

• Synchronize support activities across Logistics Services, Facilities & Infrastructure, Platform Solutions, Knowledge Management, Security Services, Training, and Emergent Operations.
• Coordinate operational requirements across multiple mission partners simultaneously.
• Ensure operational priorities are incorporated into planning cycles and execution activities.
• Lead mission synchronization meetings and operational integration forums.
• Coordinate support requirements during exercises, campaigns, contingency operations, and crisis response activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among government, contractor, coalition, and partner nation stakeholders.

• Support campaign planning efforts throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
• Participate in Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), Joint Operational Planning Teams (JOPTs), and Mission Planning Conferences.
• Coordinate logistics and sustainment support requirements supporting exercises and operational events.
• Support rehearsal activities, mission analysis, operational assessments, and after-action reviews.
• Synchronize mission partner exercise requirements with support capabilities.
• Monitor exercise execution and identify operational risks and mitigation actions.

• Support rapid response planning and execution during contingency operations.
• Coordinate emergent operational requirements through the MIOC.
• Assist in activating crisis response teams, surge personnel, and expeditionary support capabilities.
• Synchronize mission partner requirements during natural disasters, humanitarian assistance missions, contingency operations, and conflict scenarios.
• Monitor operational impacts affecting mission execution and recommend corrective actions.
• Support contested logistics and distribute sustainment operations across the theater.

• Monitor operational performance metrics supporting assigned mission partners.
• Ensure contractual support activities remain aligned with operational priorities.
• Support development of operational dashboards, readiness assessments, and mission effectiveness measures.
• Coordinate operational reporting and executive briefings.
• Support identification and implementation of process improvements.
• Evaluate operational effectiveness and recommend enhancements to increase mission success.

• Coordinate with Combatant Commands, Service Components, Special Operations Forces, Joint Staff organizations, coalition partners, interagency organizations, and host nation stakeholders.
• Support strategic engagement activities supporting theater security cooperation objectives.
• Facilitate operational coordination among geographically dispersed organizations.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with mission partner leadership.

• Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, National Security Studies, Military Science, Logistics, International Relations, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Relevant military or government operational experience may be substituted for education requirements.
• Minimum 12 years of operational, program management, military planning, mission integration, or enterprise support experience.
• Minimum 8 years supporting Joint, Combatant Command, Service Component, Special Operations, or Theater-level organizations.
• Experience supporting operational planning, campaign planning, contingency operations, or crisis response activities.
• Experience coordinating complex activities across multiple organizations and stakeholders.
• Experience managing operational execution in dynamic environments.
• Demonstrated ability to brief and advise senior military and government leaders.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed operations across multiple locations.
• Experience leading integrated teams supporting large-scale government programs.

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, National Security…