Operations Team Lead

Position Summary

The Ops Team Lead is a key personnel role on the program support contract. This position serves as the primary interface to the customers operations lead and provides day-to-day leadership for a multidisciplinary team of operations planners situation awareness analysts meteorologists and software developers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead an operational team in a dynamic high-pressure high customer-visibility environment.
• Ensure team positions are fully staffed with trained and qualified specialists.
• Create manage and adjust crew schedules including non-standard shifts (nights/weekends).
• Communicate position requirements and evaluate performance to ensure personnel meet and maintain proficiency.
• Maintain team morale and foster a culture of operational excellence and accountability.
• Ensure quality control of all team products and deliverables.
• Work directly with customer counterparts and senior executives to coordinate operations resolve issues and communicate status.
• Become certified in at least one essential position on the team.
• Provide day-to-day program support including action item responses and other duties as assigned by the customer.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and managing an operations team performing responsibilities comparable to those described above.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following areas: aerospace operations; threat awareness supporting aerospace operations; electronic warfare operations; collection planning; or mission planning.
• Experience in supervising and managing schedules that encompass evenings weekends and other non-traditional shifts.
• Polygraph required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree (additional relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree) with 12 years DoD IC or customer related experience

• A minimum of 1 year of experience supporting this specific program

• Must possess a current/active TS/SCI Clearance with Poly. Candidates who do not possess the required clearance will not be considered.

• Experience leading teams that are focused on achieving timely accurate results

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 years of team lead or team management experience with shift schedules and no-notice change requests. Experience on the team can be substituted for direct management experience.

• Crew Resource Management training

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