Senior Mission Manager

About the role

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the coordination, resourcing, execution, and oversight of persistent collection operations supporting defined intelligence requirements.
• Direct sensitive missions in a fast-paced, high-impact 24/7 operations center.
• Develop and execute operational approaches that maximize collection effectiveness and resource utilization.
• Cook up with in-house teams, geographically dispersed elements, mission partners, and other organizations supporting intelligence and operational objectives.
• Acknowledge operational risk, mission priorities, collection gaps, resource constraints, and tactical-to-strategic implications of mission decisions.
• Make time-critical recommendations and operational decisions under pressure.
• Apply knowledge of collection platforms, ISR capabilities, command-and-control systems, and mission-management tools to support operational outcomes.
• Integrate information from multiple sources, including intelligence reporting, operational feeds, collection systems, and mission partner inputs.
• Build operational understanding of assigned targets, areas of responsibility, mission tools, and customer tradecraft.
• Support the development of assessments, briefings, operational summaries, and senior-level recommendations.
• Mentor junior personnel and support team development, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness.
• Perform other mission leadership or operational support duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, or ability to obtain and maintain required clearance and polygraph eligibility based on contract requirements.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, military, law enforcement, intelligence, or operational experience.
• 6+ years of experience in intelligence, DoD, federal law enforcement, military operations, tactical operations, ISR, collection operations, aviation operations, crisis response, or other high-consequence operational environments.
• Experience coordinating or leading sensitive missions, persistent collection operations, mission integration activities, ISR operations, or related intelligence operations.
• Experience making complex operational decisions in high-stress or high-risk environments.
• Experience working with tactical ground operations, tactical air operations, command-and-control tools, mission-management systems, or operational platforms.
• Experience coordinating multi-organizational teams, mission partners, or geographically dispersed operational elements.
• Knowledge of collection requirements, resource allocation, mission execution, and operational tradecraft.
• Ability to work rotating shifts in a 24/7 operations center, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to communicate complex operational information clearly through briefings, written products, recommendations, and shift turnover materials.
• High school diploma or GED.