DoD Innovation Portfolio Lead (ROI & Strategy)

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 20 days + 10 holidays

6% 401k match

ESOP

Educational reimbursement up to $10, 0

Bonus eligibility (semi-annual)

Health insurance

Job summary

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) seeks a Portfolio Manager to support the ARCWERX Innovation Center by overseeing a diverse portfolio of innovation projects sourced from ARCWERX engagements with Air Reserve Component units, industry partners, academia, and other DoD innovation cells.

The role ensures alignment with ARCWERX objectives and tracks outcomes with standardized evaluation and analytics tools.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting technology or innovation portfolios within DoD, government, or commercial environments.
• Proficiency in portfolio management, project tracking, metrics design, and results-based evaluation.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams including industry, academia, military operators, and government stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, including briefing leadership and translating technical insights into decision-ready information.
• Familiarity with ARCWERX, AFWERX, AFRL, or other DoD innovation organizations (preferred).
• Comprehensive understanding of FAR

Responsibilities

• Manage, organize, and evaluate a multi-project innovation portfolio across technology development, education programs, experimentation, and industry engagement.
• Establish and apply a framework for measuring project effectiveness, mission impact, deterrent value, and ROI.
• Maintain situational awareness of active projects, dependencies, risks, timelines, and resources.
• Facilitate communication across ARCWERX leadership, end users, industry partners, DoD hubs, and academic collaborators.
• Track portfolio data using standardized reporting tools; ensure data is accurate and actionable.
• Provide analyses, trend identification, and prioritization recommendations across the ecosystem.
• Coordinate with Tech Scouts to align discovered technologies with portfolio needs and objectives.
• Support education program metrics and integration into portfolio evaluation.
• Assist in designing and optimizing dashboards and analytics tools to visualize status and outcomes.

Skills

Portfolio management

Project tracking

Metrics design

Results-based evaluation

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Briefing leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 18+ years experience

Master’s degree with 10 years experience

Job description

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) seeks a Portfolio Manager to support the ARCWERX Innovation Center by overseeing a diverse portfolio of innovation projects sourced from ARCWERX engagements with Air Reserve Component units, industry partners, academia, and other DoD innovation cells.

The role ensures alignment with ARCWERX objectives and tracks outcomes with standardized evaluation and analytics tools.