Wargame Planner / Analyst, Sr Stf - Suffolk VA / Clearance Required
Apply NowCompany: Lockheed Martin
Location: Suffolk, VA 23434
Description:
Job Description
Lockheed Martin's Center for Innovation (CFI), also known as The Lighthouse, represents the intersection of LM's commitment to national defense and passion for innovation. It serves as the center for defense tech, multidomain integration, experimentation, wargaming, tabletop exercises, modeling and simulation, and decision analysis in both real and synthetic environments. It brings engineers and operators together to create Innovation, and partners with government and industry teams to tackle complex problems and develop new concepts and capabilities.
The CFI is seeking an experienced Wargame Planner-Analyst to support and drive the quality of analysis-supported interactions between Lockheed Martin business areas (BAs) and their customers, ensuring successful outcomes that substantively support and inform the BA Long Range Plans, shape customer perspectives, an build enduring partnerships and business outcomes.
What You Will Be Doing:
As the Wargame Planner-Analyst Sr Staff, you will be part of a team of experienced operations project managers, wargame designers, and wargame analysts. You will report directly to the CFI's Senior Manager for Operations & Wargaming. Your responsibilities will include (but not be limited to) the following:
Serving as a principal point of contact and liaison with the LM Business Areas, Corporate Engineering and Technology (E&T), and government partners on wargames, table-top exercises, workshops and studies
Designing and developing wargaming events (from establishing objectives through execution and design and analysis) through application of Lockheed Martin's LightWorx (deliberate planning and system integration) process
Managing a portfolio of concurrent projects that involve modelling and simulation applications, analysis and experimentation capabilities
Providing subject matter expert insights during peer review and consultation sessions associated with projects assigned to other CFI teams
Participating in strategic, operational, and tactical level planning and management studies, assessments, and BA outreach
Developing professional presentations, worksheets, and documents utilizing Microsoft Office 365 Suite of tools for executive leadership and customers
Who You Are:
This position requires a strategic thinker with the ability to identify, examine, and shape opportunities around customer needs. The work will be in a fast-paced environment and will require you to think in multi-dimensional space, multi-task while focusing on attention to details, delivering excellence in execution on all assignments. You must be able to work independently under general direction on complex problems involving all phases of event planning and execution. You must possess strong interpersonal and communications skills and demeanor to represent LM and the CFI to customers, teammates, executive management, and staff.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This is a hybrid role that requires mostly onsite work at the Lighthouse in Suffolk, VA
Occasional travel will also be required (~10-20%)
An active Secret clearance is required to start
Basic Qualifications
Experience with full-cycle Analytical Event Design and Analysis (Wargaming, Tabletop Exercises, Experimentation) to include establishing objectives through execution and design and analysis
Thorough understanding of military planning processes
Experience interfacing with military, inter-company, and industry partners at executive levels
Experience in project leadership
Strong customer relations expertise and excellent written and verbal communication skills sufficient to comfortably and effectively present at a senior leadership level (internal and external)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools
Active Secret Clearance, with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Desired skills
Education or Background in Operations Research or Operations Analysis
In-depth knowledge of DoD mission and concepts of operations
Experience or exposure to digital wargaming (AI & LLM)
Prior experience within a Lockheed Martin
Active Top Secret clearance or above
EEO
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Other Important Information
By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to work remotely
Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedule Information
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington or Washington DC is $128,400 - $226,435. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $147,700 - $255,990. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin's Center for Innovation (CFI), also known as The Lighthouse, represents the intersection of LM's commitment to national defense and passion for innovation. It serves as the center for defense tech, multidomain integration, experimentation, wargaming, tabletop exercises, modeling and simulation, and decision analysis in both real and synthetic environments. It brings engineers and operators together to create Innovation, and partners with government and industry teams to tackle complex problems and develop new concepts and capabilities.
The CFI is seeking an experienced Wargame Planner-Analyst to support and drive the quality of analysis-supported interactions between Lockheed Martin business areas (BAs) and their customers, ensuring successful outcomes that substantively support and inform the BA Long Range Plans, shape customer perspectives, an build enduring partnerships and business outcomes.
What You Will Be Doing:
As the Wargame Planner-Analyst Sr Staff, you will be part of a team of experienced operations project managers, wargame designers, and wargame analysts. You will report directly to the CFI's Senior Manager for Operations & Wargaming. Your responsibilities will include (but not be limited to) the following:
Serving as a principal point of contact and liaison with the LM Business Areas, Corporate Engineering and Technology (E&T), and government partners on wargames, table-top exercises, workshops and studies
Designing and developing wargaming events (from establishing objectives through execution and design and analysis) through application of Lockheed Martin's LightWorx (deliberate planning and system integration) process
Managing a portfolio of concurrent projects that involve modelling and simulation applications, analysis and experimentation capabilities
Providing subject matter expert insights during peer review and consultation sessions associated with projects assigned to other CFI teams
Participating in strategic, operational, and tactical level planning and management studies, assessments, and BA outreach
Developing professional presentations, worksheets, and documents utilizing Microsoft Office 365 Suite of tools for executive leadership and customers
Who You Are:
This position requires a strategic thinker with the ability to identify, examine, and shape opportunities around customer needs. The work will be in a fast-paced environment and will require you to think in multi-dimensional space, multi-task while focusing on attention to details, delivering excellence in execution on all assignments. You must be able to work independently under general direction on complex problems involving all phases of event planning and execution. You must possess strong interpersonal and communications skills and demeanor to represent LM and the CFI to customers, teammates, executive management, and staff.
Further Information About This Opportunity:
This is a hybrid role that requires mostly onsite work at the Lighthouse in Suffolk, VA
Occasional travel will also be required (~10-20%)
An active Secret clearance is required to start
Basic Qualifications
Experience with full-cycle Analytical Event Design and Analysis (Wargaming, Tabletop Exercises, Experimentation) to include establishing objectives through execution and design and analysis
Thorough understanding of military planning processes
Experience interfacing with military, inter-company, and industry partners at executive levels
Experience in project leadership
Strong customer relations expertise and excellent written and verbal communication skills sufficient to comfortably and effectively present at a senior leadership level (internal and external)
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools
Active Secret Clearance, with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Desired skills
Education or Background in Operations Research or Operations Analysis
In-depth knowledge of DoD mission and concepts of operations
Experience or exposure to digital wargaming (AI & LLM)
Prior experience within a Lockheed Martin
Active Top Secret clearance or above
EEO
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
*
At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.
Other Important Information
By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to work remotely
Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedule Information
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington or Washington DC is $128,400 - $226,435. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $147,700 - $255,990. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.