Capability Developer

Thompson Gray is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong work ethic to support the U.S. Army in Orlando, Florida as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Capability Developer for the Future Training Directorate (FTD). This role involves leading the full lifecycle of capabilities development for Army-wide collective training systems.

Responsibilities

• Independently initiate, manage, and conduct comprehensive Capabilities Based Assessments (CBAs) to identify, isolate, and analyze critical capability gaps spanning the Army's full doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF-P) domains.
• Synthesize complex and frequently conflicting findings from studies, user feedback, prototype results, and technical experiments to formulate and recommend innovative—and often unprecedented—DOTMLPF-P solutions.
• Author key sections of doctrinal publications and formally staff training development packages and leader education courses.
• Exercise significant influence over the Army-wide integration of FTD capabilities, ensuring alignment with U.S. Code, DoD directives, JCIDS policy, and strategic Army objectives for Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). Decisions and recommendations establish precedent and shape the Army's collective training enterprise.
• Perform a broad range of analytical tasks influencing the Army's most advanced operational and organizational concepts.
• Originate the analytical framework for Other Transaction Authority (OTA) consortium actions and similar rapid-acquisition initiatives, defining study parameters, key research questions, and evaluation methodologies where no precedent exists.
• Lead Soldier-centered user experimentation and technical demonstration efforts, translating ambiguous operational needs into concrete, executable technical requirements for industry partners.
• Develop and author Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) documents and other critical requirements documentation that define the future of Army training systems and directly influence major resourcing and acquisition decisions.
• Manage the development and integration of the FTD portfolio requirements documents, including Initial Capability Documents (ICDs) and Capability Development Documents (CDDs), spanning a portfolio from the individual Soldier to Army Service Component Commands.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for coordinating these documents across all Army Centers of Excellence, Combined Arms Command (CAC), Future Concepts Command (FCC), Army T2COM, Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA), the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) (ASA(ALT)), and Joint organizations.
• Provide independently developed recommendations for senior leadership to negotiate complex equities and resolve conflicts among stakeholders holding competing authorities and priorities.
• Represent the FTD, CAC-T, FCC, and Army T2COM as an authoritative expert at high-level Joint working groups, study advisory panels, and General Officer-level forums.
• Coordinate across Army, Joint, inter-agency, and industry organizations to achieve consensus and drive implementation of innovative training solutions.
• Critically review and advise senior leadership on adjudication concepts, doctrine, and requirements documents originating from other agencies and commands.
• Prepare and deliver decisive oral briefings and detailed written analyses on complex technical and operational issues to senior leaders, including General Officers and members of the Senior Executive Service (SES).
• Maintain routine engagement at the 1- and 2-star General Officer level and develop products consumed at the 3- and 4-star level that inform the Army's most critical resourcing decisions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 2+ years' experience as an SME in the US Army Capability Development field.
• Mastery of analytical and evaluative methods sufficient to provide leadership on, and to independently complete, extremely broad and difficult capability-development projects spanning the FTD portfolio.
• Comprehensive, precedent-setting knowledge of a wide range of regulations, policies, JCIDS procedures, and acquisition authorities (including OTA) governing the capability-development process.
• Expert knowledge of major FTD program goals, milestones, decision methods, and alternative approaches, and expert knowledge of Army, Joint, and inter-agency military organizations, their functions, operational facilities, and interoperability relationships.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required, preferably in Business Administration.
• Preferred: Army Capability Requirement Course.

Must have an active Secret clearance. Full-time on-site position (5 days per week, 40 hours/week) in Orlando, FL. Telework may be authorized.

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on your qualifications.
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• TG Swag – receive company-branded items during onboarding and seasonal shipments to your home.
• Dependent Scholarship Program – supporting the education of employees' children.
• Tuition Assistance for furthering your own education.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Generous time-off policies, including 18 days of paid time off and 11 Federal Holidays.
• Annual donation to the charity of your choice.
• Regular team-building events, such as lunches, after-hours gatherings, seasonal family-friendly events, and an annual holiday party.