Director, Special Programs & Engineering Strategy

U.S. Pacific Fleet; Pearl City (HI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Pacific Fleet seeks a Director of Special Programs at the GG-15 grade to lead about 50 military and civilian personnel within the Special Programs division and the SSEP organization, overseeing long-term strategic planning and budgeting for COE and GDIP budgets.

The role requires directing a technical team, budget management, policy development, and coordination across diverse partners, with the ability to brief senior leaders and shepherd projects from concept to program of record.

Qualifications

• Directing a technical team by managing budgets, setting strategic goals, and overseeing all workforce management functions.
• Providing expert technical oversight for the lifecycle of complex engineering projects, from design to final evaluation.
• Developing and implementing policies for special programs, analyzing performance, and recommending operational improvements.

Responsibilities

• Directing a technical team by managing budgets, setting strategic goals, and overseeing all workforce management functions.
• Providing expert technical oversight for the lifecycle of complex engineering projects, from design to final evaluation.
• Developing and implementing policies for special programs, analyzing performance, and recommending operational improvements.
• Getting consensus from very diverse organizations with their own priorities.
• Shepherding a new project from concept, to funding, to building it, to testing, to turnover to a program of record.
• Ability to brief very senior leaders

Skills

Budget management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Team oversight

Job description

The U.S. Pacific Fleet seeks a Director of Special Programs at the GG-15 grade to lead about 50 military and civilian personnel within the Special Programs division and the SSEP organization, overseeing long-term strategic planning and budgeting for COE and GDIP budgets.

The role requires directing a technical team, budget management, policy development, and coordination across diverse partners, with the ability to brief senior leaders and shepherd projects from concept to program of record.