Senior Effects Planner

Prescient Edge

$90K — $120K *
Tampa, FL 33647In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
  • 15+ years combined experience with 5 years in a planning role at O-6 level or higher.
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance; CI Poly preferred.
  • Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional planning teams.
  • Ability to analyze complex operational problems and present findings clearly.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate and coordinate operational-level planning and integration.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in synchronizing operational plans.
  • Develop planning documents, including CONPLANs and OPORDs.
  • Conduct analysis to identify vulnerabilities in target systems.
  • Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leadership on planning objectives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, vision, dental, orthodontia).
  • Substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
  • Tuition reimbursement and career development opportunities.
  • Positive work environment focused on employee respect and engagement.
Full Job Description
Job Title

Senior Effects Planner

Location

Tampa, FL 33621 US (Primary)

Category

Intelligence

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Staff

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Effects Plannerto support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Sr. Effects Planner

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

  • A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
  • A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
  • Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
  • A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:
  • Effects Planner shall facilitate and coordinate all aspects of operational-level planning, synchronization, and integration.
  • They provide planning support encompassing analytics, assessments, target development, and planning advocacy for subordinate commands.
  • Planners refine and align priorities with national-level objectives, ensuring operational goals are nested within strategic directives.
  • They draft special operations related documents, including plans, orders, and authoritative guidance, and advise military staff on their interpretation and application.
  • Should perform tasks such as:
  • Lead cross-functional planning teams to synchronize effects into a cohesive operational plan.
  • Facilitate working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
  • Conduct analysis to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
  • Develop Measures of Performance (MOPs) and Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to assess whether an operation is achieving its intended results.
  • Lead the operational-level target development process, nominating specific targets or actions that support the overall campaign plan.
  • Analyze the results of ongoing operations and provide formal assessments to leadership on their effectiveness.
  • Analyze national-level strategic guidance to ensure all operational plans and priorities are nested within and supportive of strategic directives.
  • Refine, prioritize, and advocate for the plans and resource requirements of subordinate commands during higher-level planning conferences.
  • Draft, write, and staff major special operations related documents, such as Concept of Operations (CONPLANs), Operations Orders (OPORDs), and formal planning guidance.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on a published plan, advising military staff and subordinate units on its interpretation, application, and intent.
  • Prepare and deliver briefings to senior leaders on the details of a proposed or current plan, outlining the intended effects and synchronization.


Job Requirements

Desired experience:
  • Minimum 15 years of combined work-related experience with minimum of 5 years since 2020 as a Planner at the O-6 or higher level within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning teams.
  • Experience facilitating working groups to deconflict resources, timing, and objectives between different subordinate commands and staff sections.
  • Ability to identify key vulnerabilities and nodes within a target system that, if acted upon, will produce the desired effect.
  • Skilled at translating complex operational problems into clear, concise briefings and reports that directly inform planning and operations.
  • Works with a high degree of autonomy to tackle difficult and ambiguous planning scenarios.

Education:
  • Master's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or War College graduate; or a Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline with 5 additional years of senior-level experience; or 15 years of military experience as a Planner.

Security clearance:
  • Active TS/SCI and with the ability to obtain a CI Poly if needed.

Location:
  • HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL.


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