Senior Strategic Acquisition and Industry Engagement Advisor

KNIGHT FEDERAL SOLUTIONS INC • Fort Belvoir, VA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

ETA Advisors provides strategic, acquisition, programmatic, and industry-engagement support to government personnel assessing emerging technologies for Army intelligence and related mission environments. Advisors evaluate whether commercial and nontraditional capabilities are operationally relevant, acquisition-ready, affordable, supportable, and suitable for transition. Support includes assessing market conditions, business viability, intellectual property (IP), data rights, supply-chain resilience, funding, schedule, contracting approaches, and organizational readiness. This position provides advisory and decision-support services only and does not perform inherently governmental functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, acquisition management, public administration, national security studies, economics, program or engineering management, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• At least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, federal program management, technology transition, capability development, industry engagement, commercial technology, or related national-security work.
• Experience supporting federal or defense acquisition activities, including market research, requirements support, acquisition planning, and program management.
• Knowledge of acquisition, resourcing, cost, schedule, performance, and program-risk considerations.
• Experience assessing commercial firms or emerging technologies for adoption by government, defense, intelligence, or similarly complex enterprises.
• Familiarity with IP, software licensing, data rights, supply-chain risk, and vendor viability.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare executive-level products, brief senior leaders, engage credibly with government and industry stakeholders, and synthesize complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in business administration, public policy, acquisition management, national security, engineering management, economics, or a related field.
• Experience supporting the Army, Joint Force, Department of War, Intelligence Community, or another federal national-security organization.
• Experience as a program, product, acquisition, portfolio, or technology-transition manager; business-development executive; or senior defense-industry leader.
• Experience with nontraditional acquisition, commercial technology engagement, rapid prototyping, experimentation, small-business engagement, defense innovation organizations, or venture-backed technology firms.
• Familiarity with Army intelligence missions, systems, modernization priorities, data environments, or enterprise requirements.
• DAWIA, PMP, or comparable acquisition, program management, business, Agile, or project-management credential.
• Experience in business-case development, investment or affordability analysis, and portfolio management.

Responsibilities

• Support government-led engagements with commercial firms, nontraditional and traditional defense contractors, investors, academic institutions, laboratories, and other technology providers.
• Prepare engagement strategies, executive read-aheads, stakeholder maps, meeting objectives, discussion guides, vendor summaries, and follow-up trackers.
• Assess technology candidates and vendors for mission alignment, acquisition pathway, business viability, transition sponsorship, resource requirements, risks, and recommended next actions.
• Develop and maintain a technology-opportunity pipeline and support portfolio reviews, business-case analyses, and transition planning.
• Draft decision memoranda, issue papers, executive summaries, briefings, meeting records, and risk assessments for senior government leaders.
• Translate technical, commercial, financial, operational, and acquisition information into clear, decision-ready recommendations.
• Advise government personnel on industry-engagement practices that preserve fairness, impartiality, procurement integrity, organizational-conflict-of-interest awareness, and separation of market research from formal acquisition activities.

Benefits

• Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.

What This Job Offers

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