Strategic Program Integration Lead

Agile Defense, Inc.; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense seeks a Senior Program Integration Lead to accelerate software delivery for high‑priority DoD missions. Embedded with the Cadre program within CDAO, you will connect mission requirements with executable software outcomes, coordinating across Combatant Commands, JFN leadership, and services to align priorities and drive delivery.

The role requires strong operational judgment, program leadership, and executive communication to translate direction into coordinated action and strategic

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience in military operations, program or portfolio leadership, acquisition, capability development, national security.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex programs involving multiple organizations, disciplines, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to translate strategic guidance and senior‑leader priorities into executable plans, priorities, or program activities.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior program and operational integration partner to A&S leadership within CDAO.
• Coordinate across Combatant Commands, JFN program leadership, Joint Staff, Services, acquisition organizations, technical teams, and other mission partners to maintain alignment around shared priorities and outcomes.
• Translate strategic direction and senior‑leader priorities into executable program objectives, roadmaps, backlogs, and activities.
• Develop and maintain an integrated view of program priorities, dependencies, decisions, risks, and execution across participating organizations.
• Manage the integrated program backlog, connecting operational demand with acquisition and software delivery priorities.
• Coordinate and sequence Cadre‑supported activities across JFN and associated Golden Hammer programs, including ARGO, JSDT, THUNDERFORGE, and ETA.
• Identify cross‑program dependencies, competing priorities, resource constraints, and issues requiring leadership attention.
• Develop concise, decision‑ready options that communicate issues, tradeoffs, dependencies, and implications for senior leaders.
• Establish and maintain effective operating rhythms for stakeholder communication, decisions, actions, commitments, and follow‑through.
• Provide executive reporting and briefings that give CDAO leadership visibility into progress, barriers, emerging needs, and required decisions.
• Connect individual software efforts and near‑term execution priorities to broader JFN and CDAO strategic objectives.
• Identify opportunities to apply and scale the Cadre software acquisition pathway against validated operational software needs.
• Drive unresolved issues toward closure by engaging the appropriate stakeholders and determining when working‑level resolution, cross‑organizational alignment, or senior Government decision is required.
• Capture recurring mission, acquisition, and execution patterns and translate relevant lessons into reusable organizational knowledge.
• Share field‑informed insights with company leadership to support strategic planning and continued maturity of software acquisition, delivery, partnerships, and mission‑integration capabilities.

Job description

Agile Defense seeks a Senior Program Integration Lead to accelerate software delivery for high‑priority DoD missions. Embedded with the Cadre program within CDAO, you will connect mission requirements with executable software outcomes, coordinating across Combatant Commands, JFN leadership, and services to align priorities and drive delivery.

The role requires strong operational judgment, program leadership, and executive communication to translate direction into coordinated action and strategic