Senior Homeland Security Exercise Lead

Cadmus; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadmus is seeking an experienced professional to lead the design, execution, and evaluation of homeland security exercises for diverse public and private sector clients. You will work on scenarios spanning terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural hazards, with frequent collaboration across government and industry partners. The role supports policy analysis and strategic planning, with some travel required.

A U.S. citizen with ability to obtain a favorable clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, homeland security, national security, public policy, political science, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in exercise planning, emergency management, homeland security, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Extensive experience leading design, delivery, and evaluation of complex HSEEP exercises.
• Experience directing multidisciplinary teams and providing senior-level review of deliverables.
• Ability to travel domestically as required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior exercise planning and HSEEP subject-matter expert supporting government exercise programs.
• Provide technical direction for design, conduct, evaluation, and continuous improvement of complex homeland security, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure exercises.
• Advise clients on exercise strategy, program priorities, stakeholder engagement, scenario design, evaluation methodology, and improvement planning.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder exercises involving federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, private-sector, and critical infrastructure participants.
• Oversee multiple exercise workstreams or project teams and ensure consistency across products, schedules, methodologies, and communications.
• Lead planning meetings and facilitate executive briefings, workshops, tabletop exercises, and after-action discussions.
• Establish exercise design approaches and provide final technical and QA review of major deliverables.
• Guide development of scenarios, objectives, evaluation criteria, injects, AARs, and Improvement Plans.
• Resolve complex issues with project and client leadership.
• Coach and mentor exercise planners and promote application of HSEEP standards.
• Support project leadership with planning, resource coordination, risk management, and client relationship management.
• Contribute to development of exercise methodologies, tools, templates, lessons learned, and program-level recommendations.

Skills

Leadership

Facilitation

Client engagement

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Briefing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management / Homeland Security

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

HSEEP

Job description

Cadmus is seeking an experienced professional to lead the design, execution, and evaluation of homeland security exercises for diverse public and private sector clients. You will work on scenarios spanning terrorism, cybersecurity, and natural hazards, with frequent collaboration across government and industry partners. The role supports policy analysis and strategic planning, with some travel required.

A U.S. citizen with ability to obtain a favorable clearance is required.