Description:

Lockheed Martin’s Center for Innovation (CFI), also known as The Lighthouse, represents the intersection of LM’s commitment to national defense and passion for innovation. It serves as the center for defense tech, multidomain integration, experimentation, wargaming, tabletop exercises, modeling and simulation, and decision analysis in both real and synthetic environments. It brings engineers and operators together to create innovation, and partners with government and industry teams to tackle complex problems and develop new concepts and capabilities.

The CFI is seeking an experienced Wargame Planner-Analyst. This role sits within a team of experienced operations project managers, wargame designers, and wargame analysts and reports directly to the CFI’s Senior Manager for Operations & Wargaming.

What You Will Be Doing:

In this role, you will support and drive the quality of analysis-supported interactions between Lockheed Martin business areas (BAs) and their customers, ensuring successful outcomes that substantively support and inform the BA Long Range Plans, shape customer perspectives, and build enduring partnerships and business outcomes.
Your key responsibilities will include (but are not be limited to) the following:

• Serving as a principal point of contact and liaison with the LM BAs, Corporate Engineering and Technology (E&T), and government partners on wargames, table-top exercises, workshops and studies
• Designing events ranging from conferences, to table-top exercises, to digital wargames incorporating modeling and simulation with internal, external, and globally distributed functions
• Participating in the design and development of these types of events through application of a deliberate planning and system integration process
• Managing a portfolio of concurrent projects that involve modelling & simulation applications, analysis and experimentation capabilities; monitoring and reporting on design/development planning
• Providing subject matter expert insights during peer review and consultation sessions associated with projects assigned to other CFI teams
• Participating in strategic, operational, and tactical level planning and management studies, assessments, and BA outreach
• Developing professional presentations, worksheets, and documents utilizing Microsoft Office 365 Suite of tools for executive leadership and customers

Who You Are:

This position requires a strategic thinker with the ability to identify, examine, and shape opportunities around customer needs. The work will be in a fast-paced environment and will require the individual to think in multi-dimensional space, multi-task and pay attention to details, delivering excellence in execution on all assignments. You must be able to work independently under general direction on complex problems involving all phases of event planning and execution. You must also possess strong interpersonal and communications skills and demeanor to represent Lockheed Martin and the CFI to customers, teammates, executive management, and staff.

Further Information About This Opportunity:

This is a hybrid role, requiring the majority of work to be completed onsite. Occasional travel may be required (~10%). Active Secret Clearance (with eligibility for Top Secret clearance) is required to start.
Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to design events ranging from conferences, to table-top exercises, to digital wargames incorporating modeling and simulation with internal, external, and globally distributed functions

• Analytical Event Design and Analysis experience (Wargaming, Tabletop Exercises, Experimentation)

• Established technical expertise in related areas

• Experience interfacing with military, inter-company, and industry partners at executive levels

• Experience in project or program management/leadership

• Strong customer relations expertise and excellent written and verbal communication skills sufficient to comfortably and effectively present at a senior leadership level (internal and external)

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools

• Active Secret Clearance with eligibility for Top Secret
  Desired Skills:

• Education or Background in Operations Research or Operations Analysis

• In-depth knowledge of DoD mission and concepts of operations

• Detailed understanding of digital wargaming

• Detailed understanding of modeling and simulation

• Versed in simulation environments

• Active Top Secret clearance or above
  Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level:

Top Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know Expression of Interest:

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely:

Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedules:

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position:

4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Experience Level:

Experienced Professional
Business Unit:

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Relocation Available:

Possible
Career Area:

Program Planning
Type:

Full-Time
Shift:

First