Deputy Division Support Lead

Job Description

Salary Statement
Estimated Starting Salary Range: USD $136,850.00/Yr. - USD $228,100.00/Yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

Seeking a highly skilled
Deputy Division Support Lead
to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the Department of War (DoW) Test Resource Management Center (TRMC).

The Deputy Division Support Lead serves as the execution-focused deputy to the Division Support Lead and helps manage the day-to-day operating rhythm of the TR-I support office. The role translates leadership direction into structured staff action, works closely with action officers and other support personnel, synchronizes support functions, enforces follow-through, and ensures that products elevated to senior leadership are timely, aligned, and ready for review.

Front-Office Operations Management

Managing the daily operating rhythm of the TR-I support office

Coordinating staff activities to maintain visibility into priorities, suspenses, and deliverables

Identifying operational bottlenecks and elevate issues affecting execution

Leadership Tasking and Follow-Through

Translating leadership guidance into clear tasking, ownership, and suspense management

Monitoring progress of assigned actions and ensure timely follow-through

Driving resolution of overdue, incomplete, or misaligned actions

Executive Product Readiness and Screening

Reviewing products before elevation to the Division Support Lead or Division Chief

Ensuring materials are complete, aligned with leadership intent, and mature enough for executive review

Returning products for refinement when additional coordination or improvement is needed

Staff Synchronization and Process Discipline

Synchronizing action officers and other support personnel to maintain disciplined front-office workflow and product quality.

Maintaining workflow standards across front-office support activities

Supporting recurring meetings, reviews, and executive engagements with organized inputs and read-ahead

Funding and Execution Visibility

Maintaining awareness of funding actions, spend plans, and major execution activities affecting the division

Monitoring the status of funding-related packages and identify issues affecting schedule or leadership priorities

Supporting visibility into major review cycles, resource actions, and execution risks

Process Improvement and Workflow Management

Supporting improvement of support-office workflows, management tools, and recurring business processes

Promoting disciplined use of collaboration and tracking tools

Helping improve efficiency, accountability, and transparency across support-office operations

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Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business administration, program management, financial management, public administration, or a related field

Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in defense acquisition, military staff operations, executive staff support, program management, defense financial management, test and evaluation organizations, or similar environments

Experience supporting senior leaders in a high-tempo defense or headquarters setting.

Demonstrated ability to translate high-level guidance into actionable tasks with clear ownership and follow-through

Experience synchronizing multiple staff functions and managing competing priorities

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

Active Secret Clearance

Desired Skills

Experience in a deputy operations, executive staff integration, or front-office management role within OSD, Joint Staff, a Service staff, a PEO, defense agency, or similar headquarters environment

Working knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process

Professional certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) or Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level III, Practitioner, or Advanced equivalent in Program Management, Engineering, or Financial Management

Experience with defense funding package workflows, spend plans, obligation tracking, or execution reviews

Working knowledge of defense acquisition frameworks and project management fundamentals

Experience using collaboration and workflow tools such as SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Power BI

Experience leading or mentoring multidisciplinary support teams

Experience improving business processes, executive support workflows, or action-management systems

Clearance Information

SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE SECRET LEVEL

Travel Requirements

Travel requirement is approximately 10 percent annually, typically around five non-consecutive weeks, subject to Government priorities and scheduling

About Us

Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.

SRC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

EEO

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

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