Senior Effects Planner

Prescient Edge; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan (no vesting)

Tuition reimbursement

Networking opportunities

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Effects Planner to support a Federal Government client. The role involves leading cross-functional planning efforts, integrating operations, and advising staff on plans, orders, and guidance.

Location is HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL, with a contingent availability depending on contract award. The candidate will develop and staff CONPLANs, OPORDs, and related guidance, while delivering formal assessments and senior-level briefings.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years experience with 5+ years since 2020 as a Planner at O-6+ level within USSOCOM Enterprise or equivalent.
• Experience leading cross-functional planning teams.
• Experience facilitating working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between commands.
• Ability to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system.
• Skilled at translating complex operational problems into clear, concise briefings and reports.
• Works with a high degree of autonomy to tackle difficult and ambiguous planning scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan.
• Facilitate working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between subordinate commands and staff sections.
• Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess operations.
• Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leaders outlining proposed or current plans.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Facilitation

Briefings

Autonomy

Vulnerability analysis

Education

Master’s degree in Public Policy

War College graduate

Job description

Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Effects Planner to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Sr. Effects Planner

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• Effects Planner shall facilitate and coordinate all aspects of operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration.
• They provide planning support encompassing analytics, assessments, target development, and planning advocacy for subordinate commands.
• Planners refine and align priorities with national-level objectives, ensuring operational goals are nested within strategic directives.
• They draft special operations related documents, including plans, orders, and authoritative guidance, and advise military staff on their interpretation and application.
• Should perform tasks such as:
• Lead cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan.
• Facilitate working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
• Conduct analysis to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
• Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess whether an operation is achieving its intended results.
• Lead the operational-level target development process, nominating specific targets or actions that support the overall campaign plan.
• Analyze the results of ongoing operations and provide formal assessments to leadership on their effectiveness.
• Analyze national-level strategic guidance to ensure all operational plans and priorities are nested within and supportive of strategic directives.
• Refine, prioritize, and advocate for the plans and resource requirements of subordinate commands during higher-level planning conferences.
• Draft, write, and staff major special operations related documents, such as Concept of Operations (CONPLANs), Operations Orders (OPORDs), and formal planning guidance.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on a published plan, advising military staff and subordinate units on its interpretation, application, and intent.
• Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leaders on the details of a proposed or current plan, outlining the intended effects and synchronization.

Requirements

Desired experience:

• Minimum 15 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 5 years since 2020 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning teams.
• Experience facilitating working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
• Ability to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
• Skilled at translating complex operational problems into clear, concise briefings and reports that directly inform planning and operations.
• Works with a high degree of autonomy to tackle difficult and ambiguous planning scenarios.

Education:

• Master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or War College graduate; or a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline with 5 additional years of senior-level experience; or 15 years of military experience as a Planner.

Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI and with the ability to obtain a CI Poly if needed.

Location:

• HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL.