Senior Army Plans and Operations Lead

Kwaan Bear Technology; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kwaan Bear Technology in Fort Belvoir, VA seeks a Senior Plans and Operations Lead to serve as the operational integrator for a prospective Army cyber program. This role turns leadership priorities into coordinated actions, schedules, decisions, and cross functional execution across the program office.

You will manage the integrated operating rhythm, translate priorities into taskers and due dates, and maintain visibility across capability development, software releases, integration, testing,

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship, active Top Secret clearance, and SCI eligibility.
• 8+ years of plans, operations, integration, or program management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience coordinating program, acquisition, financial, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and operational stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the integrated operating rhythm, plans, master schedules, synchronization products, milestones, and decision points.
• Translate leadership priorities into clear taskers, owners, actions, backlogs, and due dates across teams.
• Maintain visibility across capability development, software releases, integration, testing, and fielding.
• Facilitate working groups, integrated product teams, synchronization meetings, and leadership reviews.
• Advance Agile adoption by aligning priorities with backlogs, dependencies, and government feedback.
• Use government AI and automation tools (Claude, Power BI, Dataverse) to improve PMO tasks and dashboards.
• Plan and synchronize demonstrations, exercises, assessments, releases, and capability fielding.

Skills

Executive briefing

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile adoption

Task management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Power BI

Dataverse

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Claude AI tools

Job description

Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia | Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Position Summary

We are seeking a senior Plans and Operations Lead to serve as the operational integrator for a prospective Army cyber program. This position turns leadership priorities into coordinated actions, schedules, decisions, and cross functional execution across the program office.

What You Will Do

• Manage the integrated operating rhythm, plans, master schedules, synchronization products, milestones, and decision points.
• Translate leadership priorities into clear taskers, owners, actions, backlogs, and due dates across functional and technical teams.
• Maintain visibility across capability development, software releases, integration, authorization, testing, fielding, sustainment, and emerging mission demands.
• Facilitate working groups, integrated product teams, synchronization meetings, leadership reviews, and operational planning sessions.
• Advance Agile adoption by connecting leadership priorities, team backlogs, dependencies, impediments, delivery metrics, and recurring Government feedback without replacing product level Scrum Masters.
• Use Government approved AI and automation tools, including Claude for Government, Power BI, Dataverse, SharePoint, and Teams where available, to improve task management, meeting products, decision tracking, dashboards, reporting, and knowledge sharing.
• Plan and synchronize demonstrations, exercises, operational assessments, test events, releases, and capability fielding.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship, active Top Secret clearance, and eligibility for SCI access.
• Eight or more years of directly relevant plans, operations, integration, or program management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent additional professional experience.
• Army, Department of War, headquarters, program office, or comparable national security operations experience.
• Experience coordinating program, acquisition, financial, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and operational stakeholders.
• Strong executive briefing, decision product, action tracking, schedule integration, and operational planning skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Army or broader Department of War experience supporting Offensive Cyberspace Operations, Defensive Cyberspace Operations, cyber capability development, or related mission programs.
• PMP, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or comparable process management credential.
• Experience leading practical Agile adoption and using AI, automation, analytics, or collaboration tools to improve PMO operations.

Kwaan Bear Technology (KBITS), is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. KBITS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at KBITS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. KBITS will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.