Senior Principal Strategy & Market Intelligence Lead

About the role

The Senior Principal Strategy & Market Intelligence Lead serves as the enterprise lead for monitoring and translating the external business environment into strategic intelligence that covers the Aerospace and Defense markets, U.S. Government and international customer priorities, the competitive landscape, and other emerging trends. As part of the Strategy and Corporate Development (S&CD) team, this role delivers mission‑critical insights that inform long‑range strategy, portfolio shaping, investment decisions, and enterprise planning. This lead provides senior leadership with a clear, data‑driven understanding of evolving government priorities, market direction, and competitive posture. These insights help ensure strategic decisions that strengthen competitiveness, anticipate opportunities, and reduce strategic risk. Key priorities include leading structured competitive intelligence programs, developing analytical frameworks, conducting scenario and market modeling, and producing executive‑ready assessments that guide enterprise decision making. Work is performed in close collaboration with Inc. Headquarters and Segment teams to advance quantitative analytic efforts across external markets, competitive dynamics, industry trends, and internal portfolio performance. The position also partners with the VP, Strategy and Planning to support enterprise strategic initiatives, as well as with the VP, Corporate Development on mergers and acquisitions activities. This position offers significant enterprise visibility and is well suited for individuals who thrive in analytical leadership, cross‑functional collaboration, and shaping strategic direction through clear, evidence‑based insight.