Strategic Planner

Mb Solutions, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mb Solutions, Inc. seeks a Strategic Planner to support planning, programming, and resourcing efforts that enable Army Materiel Command to deliver critical insight into sustainment and logistics requirements across installations, AORs, and training exercises, as well as strategic initiatives.

The Strategic War Planner will help ensure SA/CSA suspense deadlines are met by identifying risks and supporting mitigation, while providing analysis to AMC leadership and DoD stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of senior-level Army experience in strategic planning.
• Minimum 5 years developing and integrating complex planning products.
• Experience reviewing national strategy, joint doctrine, and OPLANs/CONPLANs.
• Experience in crisis action planning and deliberate planning cycles.
• Exceptional communication and analytical skills for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic planning to translate requirements into actionable plans.
• Coordinate updates, risks, and impact assessments to meet suspense timelines.
• Analyze SRM mission and ARSU processes across stakeholders.
• Track implementation effects and adjust plans as needed.
• Provide broad strategic analysis at ASCC or CCMD levels.
• Advise senior leaders with clear recommendations.

Skills

Senior Army experience

Strategic planning

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Crisis action planning

Interagency coordination

Education

Master's Degree in Strategic Studies / Business Logistics

Job description

Mb Solutions seeks a Strategic Planner to support planning, programming, and resourcing efforts that enable Army Materiel Command to deliver critical insight into emerging sustainment and logistics requirements, including installations, AORs, and training exercises, as well as strategic, operational, and sustainment initiatives. The Strategic War Planner will help ensure AMC meets key suspense requirements for Secretary of the Army (SA)/Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) updates by identifying and supporting mitigation of risks and impacts tied to HQs AMC Sustainable Readiness Module (SRM) mission planning and execution, while also providing support to the Army Readiness Synchronization Update (ARSU).

Key Responsibilities

• Support AMC strategic planning efforts to translate emerging ASCC requirements into actionable planning, programming, and resourcing recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with SA/CSA suspense timelines, including timely development and coordination of updates, risks, and impact assessments.
• Provide analysis and planning support for HQs AMC SRM mission and the ARSU process, including:
  • Coordination of plans/activities across stakeholders
  • Identification of risks, gaps, and required support capabilities
  • Tracking execution impacts and necessary adjustments
• Evaluate emerging strategic conditions and rapidly assess effects on AMC priorities, footprint, and resource shifts.
• Conduct deliberate planning and crisis action planning (CAP) cycles to inform AMC readiness and sustainment posture.
• Analyze national strategy, Joint doctrine, COCOM posture statements, and OPLANs/CONPLANs to identify AMC equities, risks, and capability requirements.
• Support enterprise-level improvement by evaluating the effectiveness of:
  • Policies, programs, missions, functions
  • Staffing and organizational workload
• Provide broad, interdisciplinary strategic analysis at the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) or Combatant Command (CCMD) level.
• Support senior leader decision-making by communicating complex strategic issues clearly and recommending courses of action.
  

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of senior-level Army experience in:
  • Joint Staff strategic planning, sustainment operations, and/or enterprise-level analysis
• Minimum 5 years developing, integrating, and managing complex planning products aligned with:
  • Theater Campaign Plan
  • Department of War (DoW) and HQDA strategic guidance
• Minimum 5 years reviewing/analyzing:
  • National strategy
  • Joint doctrine
  • COCOM posture statements
  • OPLANs/CONPLANs to identify AMC equities, risks, and required support capabilities
• Experience evaluating the effectiveness of enterprise functions, including:
  • Policies/programs/missions/functions/staffing/workload to support improvement
• Experience providing broad interdisciplinary analysis at the ASCC or CCMD level
• Experience in crisis action planning and deliberate planning cycles
• Exceptional:
  • Communication and analytical skills
  • Ability to translate complex strategic issues into clear recommendations for senior Army and DoD leadership
    

Education & Clearance

• Master's Degree: Strategic Studies / Business Logistics / related discipline
• Security Clearance: Active Top-Secret