Industrial Base Assessment Lead - Clearance Required

LMI • Tysons, VA

4d • $100,000 - $200,000

About The Position

LMI is seeking an experienced Industrial Base Assessment Lead to direct assessments of whether supplier networks can meet critical production and sustainment requirements. The role guides a cross-functional team in connecting parts, assemblies, suppliers, procurement history, inventory, and technical data to identify constraints and recommend practical actions. Working with government stakeholders and technical partners, the lead establishes a repeatable assessment method, oversees rolling findings, and leads deeper investigations into priority suppliers and components. The position calls for defense industrial base expertise, analytical judgment, team leadership, and the ability to turn incomplete evidence into clear, decision-ready recommendations.

LMI is a digital solutions provider focused on accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. It invests in technology and prototypes and provides commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies. LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors and is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Active TS clearance.
• Experience leading defense logistics, supply chain, industrial base, acquisition, or sustainment analyses.
• Experience assessing supplier capability, production constraints, procurement performance, or supply chain risk.
• Ability to interpret complex technical and acquisition information and connect findings to program decisions.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing analytical work across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing senior decision makers.
• Ability to develop sound recommendations when data is incomplete or conflicting.
• Proficiency with structured analytical methods and common data analysis and presentation tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with naval, aviation, shipbuilding, or other complex defense production and sustainment systems.
• Familiarity with NSNs/NIINs, CAGE codes, bills of materials, and government logistics or procurement data.
• Experience conducting supplier engagement, industrial base surveys, or capacity assessments.
• Experience evaluating investment or procurement options against schedule and readiness outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of supply chain and industrial base assessments across complex, multilevel systems.
• Define assessment criteria, evidence standards, priorities, and review processes for a rolling parts and supplier inventory.
• Direct analysts and data specialists in linking parts and assemblies to suppliers, procurement activity, inventory, lead times, and risk indicators.
• Identify components and supplier constraints most likely to affect production capacity, delivery schedules, or mission outcomes.
• Oversee focused investigations of priority parts, suppliers, manufacturing processes, and sub-tier dependencies.
• Work with technical and acquisition stakeholders to evaluate potential actions, including procurement changes, capacity investments, alternate sourcing, and qualification activities.
• Distinguish documented facts, analytical estimates, supplier assertions, and unresolved information gaps in team products.
• Translate part-level findings into assembly-level impacts, prioritized actions, and decision briefings.
• Coordinate work plans, deliverables, and stakeholder engagement across LMI and partner teams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior