Strategic Planner, Senior

Strategic Planner, Senior Staff

What You Will Be Doing

As a Strategic Planner, Senior Staff within Aeronautics Strategic Planning’s Strategic Studies Group (SSG), you will play a critical role in shaping the future of global airpower. You will analyze the most pressing challenges faced by our domestic and international customers and translate those insights into actionable studies, strategies, and recommendations. Your work will directly support Aeronautics’ strategic priorities, influence major program decisions, and help guide force structure and capability planning across the U.S. services, partners, and allies.

• Lead the development, execution, and communication of strategic studies addressing customer needs, market opportunities, threat environments, and future force structures.
• Build, maintain, and deepen relationships with key domestic and international customers aligned to Aeronautics’ strategic priorities.
• Interpret, shape, and translate customer requirements into meaningful analyses and recommendations.
• Distill complex, technical, or large-scale bodies of work into clear, strategic messages tailored to senior audiences.
• Drive growth opportunities across Aeronautics markets by identifying trends, gaps, and strategic pathways for capability development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple sites to support force mix assessments, threat evaluations, and long-range planning efforts.
• Provide strategic planning support across any Aeronautics program or platform as needed within the Strategic Studies Group.

From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

You are a strategic thinker with strong analytical instincts and a passion for solving complex defense and aerospace challenges. You excel at building relationships, navigating ambiguity, and leading multidisciplinary teams toward clear, actionable outcomes. With excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic, you thrive in dynamic environments where your ability to synthesize information, influence stakeholders, and drive strategic insights makes a measurable impact.

• Greater than 10 years of combined defense industry, US military, and DoD strategy/acquisition experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field (e.g., engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science) or a Bachelor’s degree or higher with extensive operational experience/military strategy development.
• Experience with analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as experience working in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Experience with Lockheed Martin’s products and services.
• Current Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret with special access programs.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite.

• Previous experience in a strategy organization.
• Experience analyzing customer requirements and future war fighting needs.
• Knowledge of military systems, weapon systems and the operation of threat air, space & ground systems.
• Ability to formulate structured approaches for analyzing complex problems involving multiple domains and articulate problems/possible solutions.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills with demonstrated ability to lead and work in cross-functional teams, across business units and corporate organizations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to clearly articulate strategies at multiple levels of business and government. Experience organizing and presenting data to senior/executive management.

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

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