Senior Mission Manager

Position Summary

Senior Mission Manager – responsible for coordinating sensitive intelligence, ISR, and collection operations in a 24/7 mission operations center in the Northern Virginia area. Rotating shift work may include nights, weekends, holidays, and surge support. Travel may be required as determined by the Customer.

• Lead coordination, resourcing, execution, and oversight of persistent collection operations supporting defined intelligence requirements.
• Direct sensitive missions and develop operational approaches that maximize collection effectiveness and resource utilization.
• Coordinate with in‑house teams, geographically dispersed elements, mission partners, and other organizations to support intelligence and operational objectives.
• Assess operational risk, mission priorities, collection gaps, resource constraints, and tactical‑to‑strategic implications of mission decisions.
• Make time‑critical recommendations and operational decisions under pressure.
• Apply knowledge of collection platforms, ISR capabilities, command‑and‑control systems, and mission‑management tools to support operational outcomes.
• Integrate information from multiple sources, including intelligence reporting, operational feeds, collection systems, and mission partner inputs.
• Support all‑source intelligence and collection workflows, including SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, open‑source information, and other relevant sources.
• Lead or support mission partner coordination in a 24/7/365 watch‑floor or operations‑center environment.
• Build operational understanding of assigned targets, areas of responsibility, mission tools, and customer tradecraft.
• Support the development of assessments, briefings, operational summaries, and senior‑level recommendations.
• Mentor junior personnel and support team development, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness.
• Support domestic and international travel, exercises, or short‑duration deployments as required.
• Perform other mission leadership or operational support duties as assigned.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, or ability to obtain and maintain required clearance and polygraph eligibility based on contract requirements.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, military, law enforcement, intelligence, or operational experience.
• 6+ years of experience in intelligence, DoD, federal law enforcement, military operations, tactical operations, ISR, collection operations, aviation operations, crisis response, or other high‑consequence operational environments.
• Experience coordinating or leading sensitive missions, persistent collection operations, mission integration activities, ISR operations, or related intelligence operations.
• Experience making complex operational decisions in high‑stress or high‑risk environments.
• Experience working with tactical ground operations, tactical air operations, command‑and‑control tools, mission‑management systems, or operational platforms.
• Experience coordinating multi‑organizational teams, mission partners, or geographically dispersed operational elements.
• Knowledge of collection requirements, resource allocation, mission execution, and operational tradecraft.
• Ability to work rotating shifts in a 24/7 operations center, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to communicate complex operational information clearly through briefings, written products, recommendations, and shift turnover materials.
• High school diploma or GED.

• Bachelor’s degree in intelligence studies, national security, international affairs, military studies, aviation, criminal justice, emergency management, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Prior mission management, watch‑floor leadership, program leadership, team lead, or operations leadership experience.
• Experience with mission integration, dynamic ISR operations, collection management, or all‑source intelligence operations.
• Experience supporting strategic‑level targets, national‑level threats, or assigned areas of responsibility.
• Experience applying customer or sponsor tradecraft to operational…