Concepts Strategic Planner

About the role

Amentum is seeking a Concepts Strategic Planner to support Theater Army transformation efforts through the U.S. Army-Pacific (USARPAC) Concepts Directorate on Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The role drives complex, requirement-focused analysis and coordinates with PACOM, Army transformation and training organizations, the Department of the Army, sister services and subordinate commands. About 25% of the year is spent traveling to the Mainland U.S. and allied and partner nations.

Key responsibilities

• Support senior-level strategic planning, discussions and briefings, including preparing formal papers and background material for USARPAC and USPACOM senior leaders.
• Develop approaches to close service component gaps on novel, multi-domain and autonomous solutions for wargames and analysis.
• Make independent decisions within guidelines while handling highly sensitive information.
• Run the Pacific Innovation & Persistent Experimentation (PIPELINE) process and help define capability roadmaps aligned with USARPAC priorities.
• Assess the feasibility of incorporating emerging capabilities, CONOPS, CONEMPS and TTP into theater-level wargames.
• Represent the directorate at Operational Planning Teams, In Progress Reviews, After Action Reviews, wargames, conferences and cross-time-zone meetings.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; graduate of a School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMs) or JAWs preferred.
• 15+ years of defense operations experience, including 5+ years in operational planning and OPLAN writing at theater or Joint level in the Pacific, and 5+ years in operational and strategic future studies including wargames.
• Experience running Boards, Bureaus, Centers, Cells and Working Groups, writing reports and briefing senior military leaders.
• Active Top-Secret clearance and SCI eligibility; U.S. citizenship required for Top-Secret clearance.
• Preferred: Master's degree, Army experience, joint targeting cycle knowledge, artillery/infantry/intelligence/special operations experience, and familiarity with Army modernization plans and multi-domain operations doctrine.

Required skills

• Knowledge of MDMP and JOPES.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Writing and testing future concepts, and integrating AI tools into workflows.

What we offer

• Salary range of $140,000 to $165,000, depending on education, experience and skills.
• Health, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and holidays, retirement benefits including 401(k) matching, educational reimbursement, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, disability and life insurance, and pet insurance.