PSYOP Planner, Senior

About the role

As a defense mission professional, you will shape the integration of influence activities across joint and combined operations by developing PSYOP plans aligned to commander's objectives and operational phases. You will conduct in-depth target audience analysis to identify behavioral drivers, vulnerabilities, and desired influence outcomes, using those insights to craft effective concepts, themes, and narratives.

Responsibilities

• Synchronize PSYOP activities with joint, interagency, and coalition partners to ensure information-related capabilities are aligned and mutually reinforcing.
• Integrate PSYOP planning into operational orders, annexes, and supporting plans while assessing the operational environment to identify information opportunities, risks, and adversary patterns that affect mission success.
• Coordinate message approval processes, ensuring consistent alignment for production, distribution, and dissemination across multiple platforms.
• Recommend PSYOP tasks, capabilities, and resources during planning and mission analysis, while producing measures of performance and effectiveness that evaluate the impact of influence activities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in PSYOP planning, influence operations, or operational planning fields.
• Experience developing PSYOP plans aligned to commander objectives and operational phases.
• Experience conducting target audience analysis to identify behavioral drivers and influence outcomes.
• Experience integrating PSYOP activities into operational orders, annexes, or supporting plans.
• Experience coordinating with joint, interagency, or coalition partners to synchronize information-related capabilities.
• Ability to assess operational environments to identify information opportunities and vulnerabilities.
• Ability to develop messages, themes, and narratives tailored to priority audiences.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance.
• Master’s degree and 10+ years of experience with PSYOPs, or Bachelor’s degree and 14+ years of experience with PSYOPs.

Skills

• Experience planning PSYOP at the Combatant Command level.
• Knowledge of Service component functions and Combatant Command relationships, with experience coordinating PSYOP activities through Service, Joint, coalition, and interagency channels.
• Knowledge of DoD, Joint, and Army doctrine, policies, and regulations.
• Experience with joint or service level information operations planning.
• Experience with CCMD AOR.

Benefits

• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs.
• Recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.