Remote Senior Human Performance Advisor SOF Readiness & Well-Being

Maximus; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 88,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement with company match

PTO and holidays

Disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Senior Human Performance Advisor to serve as a principal technical expert supporting the POTFF program at USSOCOM. This role provides strategic guidance, programmatic oversight, and technical expertise to plan, develop, and synchronize Human Performance services for SOF personnel and their families.

The position requires U.S. citizenship and a Secret security clearance (or eligibility).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5-7 years of experience consulting within designated function.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Develops solutions to highly complex problems which require ingenuity and innovation.
• Solutions may serve as precedent for future decisions.
• Viewed as an expert in field within the organization.
• Master’s degree from an accredited program in exercise science, health science, physical education, dietetics, physical therapy, sports psychology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of demonstrable accumulated experience, including at least five (5) years embedded in USSOCOM POTFF.
• Experience developing long- and short-range planning and coordinating sport- and/or mission-specific performance programs with attributable results for individual athletes and groups at the NCAA Division I, Olympic, professional sports, and/or SOF Operator levels.
• Creditable specialized experience in functional program planning and coordination, HPA work with positive attributable results, collegiate and/or professional athletic environments, and multi-domain programming.
• Experience delivering lectures, multimedia instruction, and practical hands-on training related to strength, conditioning, performance nutrition, and team dynamics.
• Current certifications/licensure such as CSCS, SCCC, Physical Therapist, CC-AASP, RD, or RDN.

Responsibilities

• Review cases and summarize the facts of each case and assess issues involved in the case to certify or non-certify requested treatments.
• Provide written clinical rationales for Workers Compensation cases.
• Review, organize and identify all medical records provided for workers comp cases.
• Monitor timeliness of reviews to ensure applicable standards are met.
• Consistently meet production and quality standards.
• Perform special projects as assigned such as legal research, general medical research, etc.
• Work on special projects to improve the project or other special projects as assigned.
• Become a subject matter expert (SME) using job aides and learning tools.
• Function as an enterprise-wide technical authority for the assigned area of expertise within the POTFF Program at HQ USSOCOM.
• Assist the supervisory domain lead with domain program oversight for Components, HQ, and Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs).
• Perform primarily administrative duties; may be authorized to work limited hours at HQ and SOCCENT POTFF to maintain professional licensure, if time permits and as desired by the HPA.
• Lead strategic planning, policy development, and data integration efforts to advance technical readiness across global SOF units.
• Direct and mentor a network of embedded operational health and/or performance professionals.
• Drive the creation and dissemination of advanced training, research, and communications in support of mission-critical human performance initiatives.
• Provide expert consultation to senior leaders across USSOCOM and the Department of War (DOW), ensuring human performance strategies align with operational demands and emerging threats.
• Champion innovation, interagency collaboration, and evidence-based practices to optimize SOF Service member human performance.
• Support mitigation, treatment, management, and preservation of the cognitive, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being of Service Members and their families.

Skills

Strategic planning

Program oversight

HP expertise

Leadership

Policy recommendations

Education

Master’s degree in Exercise Science/Health Science

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Senior Human Performance Advisor to serve as a principal technical expert supporting the POTFF program at USSOCOM. This role provides strategic guidance, programmatic oversight, and technical expertise to plan, develop, and synchronize Human Performance services for SOF personnel and their families.

The position requires U.S. citizenship and a Secret security clearance (or eligibility).