Director, Ops Analysis (R5036)
Core
Lead a team to turn operational problems into quantitative insights that shape product strategy, engineering priorities, and mission outcomes for defense autonomy systems.
Role type
Director, Operations Analysis (Leadership IC)
Builds
Quantitative insights, analysis frameworks, and recommendations for Hivemind product strategy and mission effectiveness
Domain
Defense technology, autonomous systems, military operations, modeling and simulation
Required skills
Operations analysis, mission analysis, modeling and simulation, team leadership, military operations knowledge, quantitative methods, technical communication, product strategy alignment
Preferred skills
AFSIM, NGTS, STK, MATLAB, Python, autonomous systems analysis, defense product development, model validation, security clearance
Technologies
AFSIM, NGTS, STK, MATLAB, Python, custom simulations
Responsibilities
Lead and manage the Operations Analysis team including hiring and mentoring; Define and execute mission analysis, campaign analysis, and operational trade studies; Partner with Product, Architecture, and Strategy teams to translate operational problems into analytical studies; Develop analysis plans connecting mission objectives to system performance; Guide the use of modeling tools to evaluate mission effectiveness; Create executive-ready briefings explaining analysis results and recommendations; Support customer engagements by demonstrating operational value; Work with engineering to improve model fidelity; Build reusable analysis frameworks and metrics; Represent the function in technical reviews and roadmap discussions
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical direction