Force Modernization Lead: Autonomous & J9 Strategy

LMI Government Consulting

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 178,000 - 220,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

LMI Government Consulting in Washington, DC seeks a Force Management Operations Lead to support a DoD mission partner J9, transitioning validated autonomous capabilities into enduring force structures, doctrine, and modernization plans. The role develops roadmaps and coordinates with Joint Staff, combatant commands, and service offices.

The ideal candidate has TS/SCI clearance, 8+ years in force modernization, and strong analytic writing, briefing, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in force management, military studies, national security, or related field.
Eight+ years of experience in force modernization, force design, capability development, or related DoD function.
Active TS/SCI clearance.
Knowledge of Joint and Service force development, modernization, requirements, and institutional change processes.
Experience converting operational needs, lessons learned, and technology assessments into modernization roadmaps and transition plans.
Ability to coordinate complex actions across combatant commands, Military Services, Joint Staff elements, program offices, and operational organizations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

Lead force modernization and force management activities that transition validated autonomous capabilities into enduring Joint and Service structures.
Develop modernization roadmaps aligning concepts, requirements, experimentation, acquisition, fielding, doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy.
Coordinate with Service modernization commands, the Joint Staff, combatant commands, requirements organizations, capability developers, program offices, and operational users.
Translate operational lessons, threat developments, experiments, and technology assessments into force design and institutionalization recommendations.
Synchronize J9 modernization priorities with J8 portfolio, requirements, acquisition, and resourcing decisions.
Develop concepts of operation, force design options, organizational constructs, transition plans, implementation schedules, and measures of effectiveness.
Conduct Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy assessments and identify integration gaps.
Support concept development, capability-based assessments, requirements documentation, force design updates, and modernization governance forums.
Track transition criteria, decisions, milestones, dependencies, risks, and ownership from experimentation through fielding and institutional adoption.
Prepare decision papers, modernization assessments, roadmaps, briefings, and executive summaries for senior leaders.
Identify policy, doctrine, organizational, training, or personnel changes required to employ autonomous systems effectively.
Represent LMI in force modernization, futures, concept development, force design, and capability integration working groups.