Mission Partner Advocate, SME

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operational representative supporting the assigned mission partner headquarters.
• Maintain continuous engagement with J3, J35, J39, Operations Centers, and mission planning staffs.
• Translate mission partner operational requirements into actionable support requirements.
• Represent mission partner priorities within the Mission Integration and Operations Cell (MIOC).
• Ensure operational objectives are aligned with capabilities and resources.
• Facilitate rapid issue resolution between mission partners and functional organizations.
• Provide operational updates and mission status reporting to senior government leadership.
• Synchronize support activities across Logistics Services, Facilities & Infrastructure, Platform Solutions, Knowledge Management, Security Services, Training, and Emergent Operations.
• Carefully coordinate operational requirements across multiple mission partners simultaneously.
• Ensure operational priorities are incorporated into planning cycles and execution activities.
• Lead mission synchronization meetings and operational integration forums.
• Carefully coordinate support requirements during exercises, campaigns, contingency operations, and crisis response activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among government, contractors, coalition, and partner nation stakeholders.
• Support campaign planning efforts throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
• Participate in Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), Joint Operational Planning Teams (JOPTs), and Mission Planning Conferences.
• Coordinate logistics and sustainment support requirements supporting exercises and operational events.
• Support rehearsal activities, mission analysis, operational assessments, and after-action reviews.
• Synchronize mission partner exercise requirements with support capabilities.
• Monitor exercise execution and identify operational risks and mitigation actions.
• Rapidly respond to contingency operations.
• Coordinate emergent operational requirements through the MIOC.
• Aid in activating crisis response teams, surge personnel, and expeditionary support capabilities.
• Synchronize mission partner requirements during natural disasters, humanitarian assistance missions, contingency operations, and conflict scenarios.
• Monitor operational impacts affecting mission execution and recommend corrective actions.
• Support contested logistics and distribute sustainment operations across the theater.
• Maintain operational performance metrics supporting assigned mission partners.
• Support development of operational dashboards, readiness assessments, and mission effectiveness measures.
• Carefully coordinate operational reporting and executive briefings.
• Support identification and implementation of process improvements.
• Evaluate operational effectiveness and recommend enhancements to increase mission success.
• Carefully coordinate with Combatant Commands, Service Components, Special Operations Forces, Joint Staff organizations, coalition partners, interagency organizations, and host nation stakeholders.
• Support strategic engagement activities supporting theater security cooperation objectives.
• Facilitate operational coordination among geographically dispersed organizations.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with mission partner leadership.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, National Security Studies, Military Science, Logistics, International Relations, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of operational, military planning, mission integration, or enterprise support experience.
• Minimum 8 years supporting Joint, Combatant Command, Service Component, Special Operations, or Theater-level organizations.
• Experience supporting operational planning, campaign planning, contingency operations, or crisis response activities.
• Experience coordinating complex activities across multiple organizations and stakeholders.
• Experience managing operational execution in dynamic environments.
• Demonstrated ability to brief and advise senior military and government leaders.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed operations across multiple locations.
• Experience leading integrated teams supporting large-scale government programs.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, National Security Studies, International Relations, Military Science, Strategic Studies, Public Administration, or related discipline preferred.
• Prior experience supporting SOCPAC, USSOCOM, INDOPACOM, PACAF, PACFLEET, MARFORPAC, USARPAC, 8th TSC, Joint Staff, or Geographic Combatant Commands.
• Experience serving as a J3 Operations Officer, Chief of Operations, Operations Planner, Campaign Planner, Mission Manager, or Program Manager.
• Experience supporting Operational Planning Teams (OPTs), Joint Operational Planning Teams (JOPTs), Campaign Planning Teams, or Crisis Action Teams.
• Experience supporting Indo-Pacific operations and theater security cooperation activities.
• Experience supporting Special Operations Forces, Joint Force operations, or multinational operations.
• Experience supporting contested logistics, distributed operations, Agile Combat Employment (ACE), Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), or Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO).
• Experience integrating military operations with logistics, infrastructure, security, communications, and sustainment functions.
• Experience utilizing operational and mission command systems such as GCCS-J, C2IE, JOPES, JTIMS, JLLIS, SharePoint, Power BI, or similar operational planning tools.
• Experience supporting operational readiness assessments, campaign synchronization, and theater-level execution management.
• PMP, PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, Joint Planner (JPME), or equivalent professional certifications preferred.