Strategic Planner, Principal

Lockheed Martin•Fort Worth, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Strategic Planner, Principal within Aeronautics Strategic Planning’s Strategic Studies Group (SSG), you will play a critical role in shaping the future of global airpower. You will be the SSG’s USAF or USN lead charged with understanding our domestic and international customers' most stressing challenges and translating those insights into actionable studies, strategies, and recommendations. Your work will directly support Aeronautics’ strategic priorities, influence major program decisions, and help guide force structure and capability planning across the U.S. services, partners, and allies. You excel at turning broad strategic challenges into structured studies, actionable insights, and compelling executive-level recommendations. Known for your ability to distill complex technical and operational concepts into clear, persuasive messaging, you confidently engage senior leaders across government and industry. You are collaborative and relationship-driven, building trusted partnerships with domestic and international stakeholders while aligning teams around shared strategic objectives. Above all, you are motivated by shaping the future of global airpower and influencing decisions that matter at the highest levels of defense planning.

Requirements

Greater than 10 years of combined defense industry, US military, and DoD strategy/acquisition experience
Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field (e.g. engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science) or a Bachelor's degree or higher with extensive operational experience/military strategy development.
Experience with current and future Air Force or Navy systems, including Lockheed Martin’s products and services
Experience working with USAF or USN organizations critical to force design, force development, and force employment
Experience with analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as experience working in a multi-disciplinary team environments
Current Secret security clearance with ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret with special access programs
Experience with Microsoft Office suite

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a strategy organization
Experience analyzing customer requirements and future warfighting needs
Knowledge of military systems, weapon systems, and the operation of threat air, space & ground systems
Ability to formulate structured approaches for analyzing complex problems involving multiple domains and articulate problems/possible solutions.
Strong interpersonal and customer relationship skills with demonstrated ability to lead and work in cross-functional teams, across business units and corporate organizations.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to clearly articulate strategies at multiple levels of business and government.
Experience organizing and presenting data to senior/executive management.

Responsibilities

Lead the development, execution, and communication of strategic studies addressing customer needs, market opportunities, threat environments, and future force structures.
Build, maintain, and deepen relationships with key domestic and international customers aligned to Aeronautics’ strategic priorities.
Interpret, shape, and translate customer requirements into meaningful analyses and recommendations.
Distill complex, technical, or large-scale bodies of work into clear, strategic messages tailored to senior audiences.
Drive growth opportunities across Aeronautics markets by identifying trends, gaps, and strategic pathways for capability development.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple sites to support force mix assessments, threat evaluations, and long-range planning efforts.
Provide strategic planning support across any Aeronautics program or platform as needed within the Strategic Studies Group.