Contractor Senior Technical Director

Overview Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Contractor Senior Technical Advisor in support of Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology and Logistics’ (SOF AT&L) Program Executive Office for Maritime (PEO-M). PEO-M leads a diverse maritime portfolio that develops, fields, and sustains SOF-unique surface and undersea mobility and mission solutions—spanning crewed and uncrewed platforms, combat diving systems, and mission equipment. Through close collaboration with Naval Special Warfare operators and strong government/industry partnerships, PEO-M drives modernization, integration, testing, and lifecycle replacement to ensure maritime forces retain lethality and survivability advantages in denied and contested environments. The organization also transitions emerging technologies into operational use, advancing navigation, communications, situational awareness, and training capabilities across the SOF maritime enterprise.   This is a full-time opportunity located at MacDill AFB, FL Responsibilities Serve as senior acquisition advisor to PEO-M on cross-portfolio integration and execution (i.e., Surface, Undersea, Combat Diving, PMS 340, and PMS 390 programs of record) Provide portfolio-level to PEO-M leadership on cost/schedule/performance risk, integration, and industrial base execution strategies for high-visibility programs Develop, implement, and refine a PEO-M acquisition program manager development approach (e.g., playbooks, battle rhythms, review templates, escalation paths, metrics) to improve consistency and execution discipline across multiple PMOs Advise PEO-M leadership on governance and performance frameworks that strengthen accountability, transparency, and first-time quality with industry partners (shipyards, OEMs, integrators), including use of incentives and outcome-based performance measures Provide strategy-to-execution alignment support: translate leadership intent into actionable execution guidance (e.g., acquisition strategies, execution plans, risk reduction plans, integrated master schedules) Develop and review acquisition and program documentation: acquisition strategies, briefings, issue papers, decision memos, program status reports, and other milestone artifacts Support congressional/OSW-level engagement by developing materials and rehearsals (e.g., Q&A books, program narratives, performance metrics, industrial base risk framing) Facilitate cross-portfolio lessons-learned (e.g., vendor management, schedule recovery, production readiness, sustainment planning) and coordinate best practices among PMOs Advise on sustainment and lifecycle considerations early in acquisition planning (product support strategy, readiness outcomes, logistics feasibility), consistent with SOF AT&L lifecycle management expectations Provide senior-level support to program reviews, PMRs, and leadership touchpoints; recommend corrective actions and execution improvements based on trend analysis and root-cause analysis Coordinate and integrate inputs across internal stakeholders (engineering, contracting, logistics, finance) to support Government decision-making Assess and advise on integration risk across platform segments (hull/mechanical, C5ISR, autonomy, navigation, comms, payloads, support equipment), including cross-program commonality opportunities and interface standardization. Support Government-led technical reviews and decision forums (as applicable): SRR/SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA/PCA readiness, and production readiness reviews—focusing on “what leadership needs to know” (risk, decisions, off-ramps, resourcing). Advise on verification, validation, and test strategy coherence (DT/OT alignment, measures of effectiveness/suitability, test resource constraints, instrumentation/data rights considerations). Provide senior advisory support to open systems architecture / modularity decisions (e.g., MOSA-like approaches), including assessing vendor proposals for upgradeability, interface control, and long-term sustainment impacts. Evaluate and recommend approaches for technical debt management on rapid acquisition efforts (e.g., MTA-like rapid prototyping/fielding), ensuring engineering discipline scales with ACAT-I-like visibility/budget. Qualifications Minimum Experience: Citizenship: Must be a US citizen  Clearance: TS/SCI Certifications: DAWIA Practitioner Equivalency (Warfighting Acquisition University "WAU" Practitioner equivalent), in the Engineering, Program Management, or Science and Technology (S&T) fields Education: MS in relevant Engineering degree Years of Experience: Minimum of 20+ years of relevant position experience, including: Expert knowledge of DoD/Joint/Navy acquisition and governance, including DoDI 5000-series principles and Adaptive Acquisition Framework pathways, including MTA fluency Demonstrated ability to operate at the senior executive level: concise executive writing, decision framing, and leading high-stakes discussions with senior stakeholders Superior skills in enterprise program execution across multiple programs: risk management, performance management, prioritization, and portfolio-level tradeoffs Strong experience in industrial base / shipyard vendor management: shaping accountability mechanisms, performance metrics, quality management approaches, and schedule recovery strategies Ability to build repeatable management systems: governance models, standard work, review cadences, and KPI dashboards that improve portfolio execution Strong understanding of financial and budget execution factors (appropriations awareness, cost realism, affordability framing) sufficient to support leadership decisions Ability to draft and quality-control programmatic products (briefings, reports, issue papers) and ensure they are coherent, data-grounded, and leadership-ready Proven ability to work across diverse teams and stakeholders and integrate technical, contracting, logistics, and program inputs