Job Location: Alexandria, VA

Travel Requirement: up to 50%

Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (TS preferred)

Sherpa 6 is seeking an Operations and Acquisitions Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) in the integration, assessment, acquisition, and operationalization of fixed-site counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS). The SME will serve as a trusted advisor to the Fixed Site Capability Manager and a member of the broader JIATF 401 support team. 

The position connects operational requirements to acquisition decisions and mission-ready capability. The SME will help establish capability baselines, advise on requirements and vendor solutions, coordinate integrated testing and operational events, analyze results, and drive corrective actions through transition from initial capability to fully operational capability. The successful candidate will be comfortable working across government, industry, engineering, operations, and acquisition communities in a rapidly changing technology environment. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Strategic Planning and Portfolio Integration 

• Support organizational-level strategic planning, synchronization, and integration efforts across JIATF 401 Fixed Site to align portfolio activities with leadership priorities, modernization objectives, and mission requirements. 
• Lead capability identification, mapping, and analysis activities to establish portfolio visibility, identify capability gaps, and inform strategic decisions. 
• Serve as a strategic integrator across JIATF 401 Fixed Site Capability Manager to ensure alignment of priorities, initiatives, resources, and outcomes. 
• Coordinate with higher headquarters, external organizations, and mission partners to support strategic initiatives and enterprise-wide collaboration. 

Governance and Executive Management 

• Develop, implement, and institutionalize governance frameworks, decision-making processes, organizational battle rhythms, and executive oversight mechanisms. 
• Establish and support governance boards, councils, integrated product teams, working groups, and review forums to synchronize activities and drive organizational priorities. 
• Draft and maintain governance charters, strategic plans, policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), executive communications, and decision-support documentation. 
• Monitor strategic initiatives, executive action items, and organizational objectives to ensure accountability, continuity, and timely execution. 

Stakeholder Engagement and Organizational Coordination 

• Facilitate coordination among government personnel, contractors, external stakeholders, and mission partners to promote unity of effort across the portfolio. 
• Coordinate with technical, functional, and operational stakeholders to translate leadership priorities into executable requirements, initiatives, milestones, and tracking mechanisms. 
• Develop stakeholder engagement strategies and communication plans to support organizational objectives and transformation efforts. 
• Support fixed-site surveys and assessments, including site constraints, environmental thresholds, mounting and power considerations, coverage, zone architecture, and operator workflow impacts. 

Process Improvement and Organizational Effectiveness 

• Analyze organizational processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. 
• Recommend and implement process enhancements that strengthen transparency, operational effectiveness, and cross-functional integration. 
• Support organizational change management initiatives through governance development, implementation frameworks, and stakeholder engagement activities. 

Executive Communications and Decision Support 

• Develop executive-level briefings, information papers, decision papers, white papers, and strategic communications for senior leadership. 
• Design and maintain portfolio management dashboards, reporting tools, metrics, and visualization products that provide leadership insight into capabilities, initiatives, dependencies, risks, and performance. 
• Prepare leadership for governance reviews, strategic engagements, and executive decision forums. 

• Active Secret security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Organizational Leadership, Management, Public Administration, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. 
• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting DoD, Army, acquisition, modernization, program management, or strategic operations organizations. 
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing governance frameworks, strategic plans, and executive decision-making processes. 
• Experience supporting senior executive leaders, General Officers, SES personnel, or equivalent leadership teams. 
• Strong knowledge of Army acquisition, modernization, portfolio management, and organizational operations. 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience producing executive-level products. 
• Ability to facilitate cross-functional collaboration among technical, operational, and organizational stakeholders. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Strategic Studies, Organizational Leadership, Public Administration, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline. 
• Knowledge of Joint and Service governance processes, capability development, requirements management, and portfolio management practices. 
• Experience supporting joint, interagency, Army, or other DoD counter-unmanned systems organizations. 
• Experience with capability-based planning, requirements management, market research, source-selection support, or rapid capability acquisition. 
• PMP, DAWIA/Back-to-Basics certification, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci Change Management, or related professional certification. 
• Active Top Secret clearance. 

About Sherpa 6: 

At Sherpa 6 we love to solve problems and provide the best solutions for our customers. Our approach to a problem is to find a user-focused and design-driven solution that is simple yet functional and effective. We are a group of enthusiastic forward-thinkers who are excited to build amazing solutions with bleeding-edge technology. We hire people who are forward thinkers, passionate about what they do, love to collaborate and want to constantly learn. We enjoy what we do and we're not afraid to put the extra effort in to accomplish the mission; call us Sherpas. As a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, we know what it means to serve. We have made it our mission to be the leaders in solutions that protect and give our Warfighters the edge they need when put into harm's way.

Background Screening/Check/Investigation: 

Successful completion of a background screening/check/investigation will/may be required as a condition of hire. 

ADA: 

Sherpa 6 will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990. 

EEO/AA: 

Sherpa 6 does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, height, weight, or marital status in employment or the provision of services and is an equal access/opportunity/affirmative action employer. 

Benefits: 

We offer a competitive benefits package, covering the cost of medical for you and your family; we also offer dental, vision, health and wellness benefits and a generous retirement savings plan. We believe that our employees can manage their workload and their personal life, therefore we extend a generous PTO policy. This allows our employees to balance their lives as they see fit. 

Salary Range

The proposed salary range is reflective across all Sherpa 6 locations, years of experience, and skill levels. Salary negotiations will be based on a host of factors including but not limited to your geographic location, prior experience, relevant skills, education, and certifications.