Deputy Division Support Lead
About The Position
Scientific Research Corporation is seeking a Deputy Division Support Lead to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the Department of War Test Resource Management Center. The role serves as the execution-focused deputy to the Division Support Lead and helps manage the day-to-day operating rhythm of the TR-I support office. It translates leadership direction into structured staff action, synchronizes support functions, enforces follow-through, and ensures products elevated to senior leadership are timely, aligned, and ready for review. The position manages front-office operations, coordinates staff activities and priorities, identifies execution bottlenecks, and translates leadership guidance into clear tasking and suspense management. It screens executive products for completeness and alignment, supports disciplined staff workflows and recurring meetings, and maintains visibility into funding actions, spend plans, review cycles, and execution risks. It also supports improvements to workflows, management tools, and recurring business processes. The role requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, at least ten years of progressively responsible experience in defense or related staff and program environments, experience supporting senior leaders in a high-tempo defense or headquarters setting, strong communication skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and an active Secret clearance. U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Government Secret clearance are required. Travel is approximately 10 percent annually.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, program management, financial management, public administration, or a related field.
- Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, military staff operations, executive staff support, program management, defense financial management, test and evaluation organizations, or similar environments.
- Experience supporting senior leaders in a high-tempo defense or headquarters setting.
- Demonstrated ability to translate high-level guidance into actionable tasks with clear ownership and follow-through.
- Experience synchronizing multiple staff functions and managing competing priorities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
- Active Secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Government security clearance at the Secret level.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a deputy operations, executive staff integration, or front-office management role within OSD, Joint Staff, a Service staff, a PEO, defense agency, or similar headquarters environment.
- Working knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process.
- Professional certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III, Practitioner, or Advanced equivalent in Program Management, Engineering, or Financial Management.
- Experience with defense funding package workflows, spend plans, obligation tracking, or execution reviews.
- Working knowledge of defense acquisition frameworks and project management fundamentals.
- Experience using collaboration and workflow tools such as SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Power BI.
- Experience leading or mentoring multidisciplinary support teams.
- Experience improving business processes, executive support workflows, or action-management systems.
Responsibilities
- Manage the daily operating rhythm of the TR-I support office.
- Coordinate staff activities to maintain visibility into priorities, suspenses, and deliverables.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and elevate issues affecting execution.
- Translate leadership guidance into clear tasking, ownership, and suspense management.
- Monitor assigned actions and ensure timely follow-through.
- Drive resolution of overdue, incomplete, or misaligned actions.
- Review products before elevation to the Division Support Lead or Division Chief.
- Ensure materials are complete, aligned with leadership intent, and ready for executive review; return products for refinement when needed.
- Synchronize action officers and other support personnel to maintain disciplined front-office workflow and product quality.
- Maintain workflow standards across front-office support activities.
- Support recurring meetings, reviews, and executive engagements with organized inputs and read-ahead.
- Maintain awareness of funding actions, spend plans, and major execution activities affecting the division.
- Monitor funding-related packages and identify issues affecting schedules or leadership priorities.
- Support visibility into major review cycles, resource actions, and execution risks.
- Improve support-office workflows, management tools, and recurring business processes.
- Promote disciplined use of collaboration and tracking tools and improve operational efficiency, accountability, and transparency.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) with a company match.
- Life insurance.
- Vacation and sick paid time off accruals, with amounts increasing based on role and years of service.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- A work environment that encourages excellence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
