Defense Specialist

About the role

The Defense Specialist supports the Global Defense Team through competitive intelligence, strategic planning, program management, market analysis, and delivery of cross-line-of-business defense initiatives. The role provides actionable insights, manages strategic projects, and coordinates activities across regional, functional, and business unit teams to support growth, customer engagement, and executive decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer, partner, and competitor intelligence to inform strategy, business development, and capture activities.
• Manage and coordinate defense initiatives across multiple Oracle lines of business.
• Lead program and project management activities, including planning, milestone tracking, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and status reporting.
• Drive collaboration across sales, business development, product, engineering, legal, security, compliance, marketing, and regional teams.
• Prepare executive briefings, market assessments, reports, presentations, and leadership updates.
• Support pipeline development and capture planning through opportunity tracking, account research, and stakeholder mapping.
• Coordinate inputs for strategic planning, operational reviews, and leadership governance activities.
• Analyze global defense, national security, and technology trends across priority markets and regions.
• Monitor defense spending, procurement programs, policy developments, and mission requirements to identify opportunities and risks.
• Track progress against key objectives, escalating risks, dependencies, and issues where appropriate.
• Support customer engagements, industry events, and executive meetings through research and briefing preparation.
• Contribute to annual planning, forecasting, and business reviews through data-driven analysis and recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable security, regulatory, and confidentiality requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Military, national defense, national security, and/or defense industry experience.
• Experience managing programs, projects, or strategic initiatives within a matrixed organization.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience preparing executive-level presentations, reports, and briefing materials.
• Strong program management, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Active national security clearance or ability to obtain a lapsed clearance.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain NATO Secret clearance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting defense business development, capture management, strategy, or market intelligence activities.
• Experience in international environments.
• Knowledge of defense procurement processes and government acquisition environments.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives across multiple business units.
• Familiarity with cloud computing, cyber security, artificial intelligence, data platforms, or related technologies.
• PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, or equivalent project management certification.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline.