Senior Effects Planner - Strategic Operations Lead

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

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Effects Planner to lead operational-level planning across commands, aligning efforts with national objectives and strategic directives. The role requires 15+ years in planning, with at least 5 years since 2020 at the O-6 level within USSOCOM Enterprise or equivalent, plus TS/SCI clearance.

You will draft CONPLANs, OPORDs, and provide senior-level briefings. Location: HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL, with a performance-based compensation package and clear pathways for

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 CONPLANs, 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.

Skills

Lead cross-functional planning

Cross-functional leadership

Facilitate working groups

Identify vulnerabilities

Translate operational problems

Autonomy in planning

Education

Master’s degree in Public Policy / Government / Intl Affairs orWar College graduate

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Effects Planner to lead operational-level planning across commands, aligning efforts with national objectives and strategic directives. The role requires 15+ years in planning, with at least 5 years since 2020 at the O-6 level within USSOCOM Enterprise or equivalent, plus TS/SCI clearance.

You will draft CONPLANs, OPORDs, and provide senior-level briefings. Location: HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL, with a performance-based compensation package and clear pathways for