Partner Integration Manager - Applied Research Associates, Inc

Provides supervision and management to all Operations and Technical Subject Matter Experts; maintains and monitors all team equipment; and serves as an ambassador to operational partners which support the Department.

This position is located in Fort Belvoir, VA, and requires 25-30% travel. 

The Partner Integration Manager (PIM) is responsible for: 

• Managing and supervising all Red Team Partner Integration Ground Team Operators (GTOs) and Tech SMEs ensuring there is appropriate GTO/ Tech SME coverage for all assessment operations
• Working with the Red Cell and Authorities and Coordination Managers to track and communicate changes to Red Team policies and operations and is responsible for scheduling a bi-annual Partner Integration conference to discuss assessment practices, policies, and courses of action
• Responsible for training and certifying all GTOs 
• Tracking all changes in their respective command structures of each Headquarters and conducting or coordinating Red Team introduction briefings as needed
• The GTO/Tech SME has responsibility for the stewardship of all issued GFE/M/P 
• Will track all GFE/M/P through the Master Government Property List (MGPL) to include a specific property list for each of the five GTO outstations 
• Will be updated whenever changes occur
• Will conduct a physical inventory on an annual basis at each of the five (5) outstations. Further, the PI Manager is responsible for compiling and submitting equipment requests for the GTOs
• The PI Manager must have operational and strategic experience working at General Officer Headquarter or equivalent

Partner Integration Manager Required Skills/Qualifications: 

• An active TS/SCI clearance 
• Education/ Years of experience: A minimum of a High School diploma coupled with 16 years of experience in an operational role within the Special Operations community OR a Bachelor's degree coupled with 10 years of experience OR Master's degree coupled with 8 years of experience 
• Minimum 5 years of experience providing analytical/operations integration support to one or more SOF units or commands 
• Proficiency in understanding, analyzing, and summarizing comprehensive and complex technical, contractual, and research information/data 
• Excellent analytical, communications-both oral and written, and project management experience 
• Experience in a role commensurate with the position description and responsibilities 

Partner Integration Manager Desired Skills/Experience:

• ASOT level III
• BN Warrant Ops officer
• OPS NCOIC
• OPS SGM
• S-3 Chief of Operations BN/Grp or higher
• XO Chief of Staff BN/Grp or higher
• GTO experience
• Red Team experience
• Partner Integration Branch experience

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,282 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.

To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/

Experience

• 10 year(s): Relevant Work Experience

Education

• Bachelors or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)