Emerging Threats Portfolio Manager

Constant Associates

$140K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience with DoD/DoW, DHS, or aligned federal missions
  • Experience leading pipeline development and capture initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to forge client and partner relationships
  • Track record in managing complex program delivery (scope, budget, staffing)
  • Eligibility for obtaining a Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Establish and expand a business portfolio within DoD/DoW and DHS
  • Develop a clear pipeline with defined growth targets
  • Convert business opportunities into successful contracts
  • Engage clients to shape opportunities before formal RFPs
  • Cultivate relationships with key decision-makers and partners
  • Lead capture efforts including positioning and solution development
  • Ensure strong delivery outcomes for clients across the portfolio

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape a portfolio in a growing mission area
  • Direct influence on national security initiatives
  • Comprehensive ownership of strategy, capturing, and delivery
  • Support from a firm recognized for effective solutions in complex environments
Full Job Description
Position Summary

We are seeking an Emerging Threats Portfolio Manager to build, scale, and lead a portfolio of work across national security and complex risk environments, primarily within DoD/DoW, DHS, and related agencies.

This is a builder role responsible for supporting pipeline development, managing capture, converting it into revenue, and delivering high-impact work. You should be able to help shape work before it exists, win it, and lead it, supported by a strong team.

What You'll Do

Build & Grow a Portfolio
  • Working with our Business Development team, establish and grow a book of business within DoD/DoW, DHS, and adjacent mission spaces
  • Inform a qualified pipeline with clear ownership of growth targets
  • Convert opportunities into wins, including new work and expansion efforts

Drive Business Development & Capture
  • Shape opportunities pre-RFP through direct client engagement
  • Build relationships with decision-makers and partners
  • Lead or support capture, including positioning, teaming, and solutioning

Deliver High-Impact Work
  • Lead execution across a portfolio, ensuring strong client outcomes, quality, and margin
  • Serve as a trusted advisor in high-consequence environments

Apply CONSTANT's Full Service Model

Deliver integrated solutions across:
  • Planning
  • Training & workforce development
  • Exercises tied to measurable improvement
  • Outreach & stakeholder engagement
  • Staffing support
  • Technology-Enabled Decision Support

Build Capability & Presence
  • Represent CONSTANT in emerging threats and resilience
  • Help evolve offerings aligned to client needs

Location
  • Must be based in the Washington, DC / National Capital Region
  • Hybrid; most work is remote with regular in-person client engagement
  • Travel outside of the National Capital Region is approximately 10%

Must-Have Qualifications
  • 10+ years supporting DoD/DoW, DHS, or aligned federal missions
  • Experience contributing to or leading pipeline development and capture
  • Proven ability to build client and partner relationships
  • Experience leading complex program delivery (scope, budget, staffing)
  • Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance

Nice-to-Have Qualifications
  • Prior management of a portfolio of projects with DHS and/or DoD/DoW related to CONSTANT's mission, capabilities, and targets
  • Proficiency with ERM and CRM tools

Compensation & Incentives
  • Base salary: $140,000-160,000
  • Performance-based bonus with meaningful upside tied to revenue generation (including expansion work), portfolio growth, and delivery outcomes

Why This Role
  • Opportunity to build and shape a portfolio in a high-growth mission area
  • Direct impact on national security and high-consequence environments
  • Ownership across strategy, capture, and delivery
  • Backed by a firm recognized for practical, mission-focused solutions for complex environments

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