Sector Technical Director

Radiance Technologies, a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for the National Security Sector Technical Director to serve on the Radiance leadership team. This position requires a talented and experienced senior technical leader that will lead, direct, assist, strategize and develop organic growth and new business for a sector of over 500 employee-owners within the National Security arena. The Sector Technical Director will advise on the technical direction for current and future programs; help mature sector technical capabilities (internal investment; technical fellow nominations, engagement, and contributions; and identify key business pursuits); manage technical conference attendance, presentations, and exhibits; and manage the inter- and intra-sector collaboration to ensure the most comprehensive capabilities of Radiance are brought to bear to meet customers technical requirements. These tasks include market analyses/assessments, RFI/technical proposal development, and capture planning. Moderate travel may be necessary to build relevant strategies, attend customer events, present at technical conferences, represent corporate capabilities, establish strategic partnerships, and identify opportunities for pursuit.

Responsibilities:

Work with the Sector Manager and Group Managers within the Sector to:

• Develop and execute technical maturation strategies that integrates current functional and mission capabilities, targeted future capabilities based upon comprehensive customer mission analysis, and technical growth areas to bridge current and future capabilities.

• Develop Technical Track development paths for our technical employee cadre.

• Identify active and contributing customer-funded activities and proposed Internal Research and Development (IRAD) necessary for the technical growth areas.

• Assist Group capture and proposal solution architects in responsibilities and performance to ensure comprehensive technical solutions are identified and matured in a timely manner within the proposal development process and the technical solution is consistently represented across proposal volumes.

• Identify and develop strategic relationships with current and prospective customers within the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and other National Security related agencies.

• Identify and develop strategic teaming opportunities across the defense, intelligence, and commercial industrial base, aligned to the sector and corporate vision.

• Document and present current technical status, issues, opportunities, and path forward to the leadership team, Sector Managers, and Executive Leadership as necessary.

Required Skills:

• Master of Science in relevant science or engineering discipline.

• Proven ability to provide technical leadership to medium/large organizations.

• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate within a multi-disciplined team.

• Demonstrated written and oral communication proficiency for complex technical concept articulation using written journal articles, conference papers, research documentation and oral presentations.

• Experience producing strategic technical documentation and plans to establish technology maturation strategies and roadmaps, technical solutions, and operational concepts.

• Experience managing, mentoring, and growing technical personnel and providing technical tract career advancement advice to leadership and employees.

• Active TS/SCI Clearance.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 15+ years experience supporting the DoD and/or IC community.

• Experience presenting at and/or leading technical conferences and forums with a DoD focus or with technologies critical to National Security.

• Experience writing and/or reviewing technical proposals to ensure technical solution meet the desired government requirement.

• Experience developing innovative technical solutions to meet DoD and/or IC requirements.

Desired Qualifications:

• PhD in relevant science or engineering discipline.

• 20+ years experience supporting the DoD and/or IC community.

• Post-Graduate professional certificate involving a relevant technical field.

• Proven knowledge of defense, intelligence, and commercial markets.

• Relationships across the defense, intelligence, and commercial markets.

• Demonstrated proficiency coordinating internal and external investment to establish innovative, mature capabilities aligned with customer mission areas and solicitations.

• Experience with Department of Defense customers (such as, but not limited to: AFRL, NASIC, NSIC, MSIC, NGIC, ONI, DARPA, NRO, Defense Research Laboratories, MDA).

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