- Pay
- $224–336k
- Where
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Level
- Senior
The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.
Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems.
Within DSG, our Space Warfighting Directorate provides high-quality analytic support to the United States Space Force (USSF), United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), and the USSF Space Component Field Commands. We are looking for an Associate Principal Director – Space Warfighting Operations to serve as Aerospace's senior integrating leader across our support to USSPACECOM's Joint Staff and to US Space Forces – Space (S4S)/CJFSCC's Operations Centers. These organizations sit on the front lines of the nation's efforts to achieve and maintain space superiority, operating the command and control centers responsible for detecting, characterizing, and responding to threats in an increasingly contested and congested space domain. This role is critical to ensuring Aerospace delivers coherent, high-impact technical support to the leaders and operators defending the nation's space capabilities during competition, crisis, and conflict.
What You’ll Be Doing
Serve as Aerospace's senior integrating leader for support to USSPACECOM's Joint Staff and S4S/CJFSCC's Joint Operations Centers (CSpOC, NSDC, JOPC), ensuring Aerospace's technical depth is focused on the most consequential problems facing space warfighters. Operates Strategically by anticipating and generating integrated solutions ahead of customer need.
Lead a geographically distributed, technical team including a Systems Director currently supporting these customer sets, ensuring coherent prioritization and resource allocation across the combined portfolio. Engages with Impact by building trust across all levels of the organization and developing talent ahead of need.
Serve as the senior Aerospace relationship-holder with USSPACECOM Joint Staff leadership and S4S/CJFSCC/Delta-level leadership, representing the Directorate in strategic planning venues critical to space domain operations. Leads Change by effectively influencing multiple stakeholders whose interests and priorities are not always aligned.
Identify opportunities to maximize warfighter impact by applying varied experiences and inviting different perspectives to solve the hardest operational and technical challenges facing these organizations. Fosters Innovation by challenging conventional approaches to deliver decision-quality support at the speed of operations.
Coordinate with Aerospace personnel supporting other USSF Component Field Commands to identify synergies,…