Contractor Senior Technical Director Apogee Engineering United States, Florida, Tampa Sep 09, 2026 Contractor Senior Technical Director

Location US-FL-Tampa

ID 2026-2072

Category Engineering Position Type Regular Full-Time Remote No Overview Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Contractor Senior Technical Advisor in support of Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology and Logistics' (SOF AT&L) Program Executive Office for Maritime (PEO-M). PEO-M leads a diverse maritime portfolio that develops, fields, and sustains SOF-unique surface and undersea mobility and mission solutions-spanning crewed and uncrewed platforms, combat diving systems, and mission equipment. Through close collaboration with Naval Special Warfare operators and strong government/industry partnerships, PEO-M drives modernization, integration, testing, and lifecycle replacement to ensure maritime forces retain lethality and survivability advantages in denied and contested environments. The organization also transitions emerging technologies into operational use, advancing navigation, communications, situational awareness, and training capabilities across the SOF maritime enterprise. This is a full-time opportunity located at MacDill AFB, FL Responsibilities Serve as senior acquisition advisor to PEO-M on cross-portfolio integration and execution (i.e., Surface, Undersea, Combat Diving, PMS 340, and PMS 390 programs of record)

Provide portfolio-level to PEO-M leadership on cost/schedule/performance risk, integration, and industrial base execution strategies for high-visibility programs

Develop, implement, and refine a PEO-M acquisition program manager development approach (e.g., playbooks, battle rhythms, review templates, escalation paths, metrics) to improve consistency and execution discipline across multiple PMOs

Advise PEO-M leadership on governance and performance frameworks that strengthen accountability, transparency, and first-time quality with industry partners (shipyards, OEMs, integrators), including use of incentives and outcome-based performance measures

Provide strategy-to-execution alignment support: translate leadership intent into actionable execution guidance (e.g., acquisition strategies, execution plans, risk reduction plans, integrated master schedules)

Develop and review acquisition and program documentation: acquisition strategies, briefings, issue papers, decision memos, program status reports, and other milestone artifacts

Support congressional/OSW-level engagement by developing materials and rehearsals (e.g., Q&A books, program narratives, performance metrics, industrial base risk framing)

Facilitate cross-portfolio lessons-learned (e.g., vendor management, schedule recovery, production readiness, sustainment planning) and coordinate best practices among PMOs

Advise on sustainment and lifecycle considerations early in acquisition planning (product support strategy, readiness outcomes, logistics feasibility), consistent with

SOF AT&L

lifecycle management expectations

Provide senior-level support to program reviews, PMRs, and leadership touchpoints; recommend corrective actions and execution improvements based on trend analysis and root-cause analysis

Coordinate and integrate inputs across internal stakeholders (engineering, contracting, logistics, finance) to support Government decision-making

Assess and advise on integration risk across platform segments (hull/mechanical, C5ISR, autonomy, navigation, comms, payloads, support equipment), including cross-program commonality opportunities and interface standardization.

Support Government-led technical reviews and decision forums (as applicable):

SRR/SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA/PCA

readiness, and production readiness reviews-focusing on "what leadership needs to know" (risk, decisions, off-ramps, resourcing).

Advise on verification, validation, and test strategy coherence (DT/OT alignment, measures of effectiveness/suitability, test resource constraints, instrumentation/data rights considerations).

Provide senior advisory support to open systems architecture / modularity decisions (e.g., MOSA-like approaches), including assessing vendor proposals for upgradeability, interface control, and long-term sustainment impacts.

Evaluate and recommend approaches for technical debt management on rapid acquisition efforts (e.g., MTA-like rapid prototyping/fielding), ensuring engineering discipline scales with ACAT-I-like visibility/budget.

Qualifications Minimum Experience:

Citizenship:

Must be a US citizen

Clearance:

TS/SCI

Certifications:

DAWIA Practitioner Equivalency (Warfighting Acquisition University "WAU" Practitioner equivalent), in the Engineering, Program Management, or Science and Technology (S&T) fields

Education:

MS in relevant Engineering degree

Years of Experience:

Minimum of 20+ years of relevant position experience, including: Expert knowledge of DoD/Joint/Navy acquisition and governance, including DoDI 5000-series principles and Adaptive Acquisition Framework pathways, including MTA fluency

Demonstrated ability to operate at the senior executive level: concise executive writing, decision framing, and leading high-stakes discussions with senior stakeholders

Superior skills in enterprise program execution across multiple programs: risk management, performance management, prioritization, and portfolio-level tradeoffs

Strong experience in industrial base / shipyard vendor management: shaping accountability mechanisms, performance metrics, quality management approaches, and schedule recovery strategies

Ability to build repeatable management systems: governance models, standard work, review cadences, and KPI dashboards that improve portfolio execution

Strong understanding of financial and budget execution factors (appropriations awareness, cost realism, affordability framing) sufficient to support leadership decisions

Ability to draft and quality-control programmatic products (briefings, reports, issue papers) and ensure they are coherent, data-grounded, and leadership-ready

Proven ability to work across diverse teams and stakeholders and integrate technical, contracting, logistics, and program inputs into actionable recommendations

Expert ability to translate complex engineering issues into executive decisions, including clear articulation of technical risk, uncertainty, and tradeoffs

Strong skill in integration management for complex Maritime systems (hardware/software, platform/payload, system-of-systems)

Ability to evaluate contractor technical approaches for manufacturability, producibility, reliability/availability/maintainability (RAM) and sustainment impacts early

Knowledge of open systems / modular architecture principles and how they affect vendor lock, upgrade cycles, and long-term cost

Skilled at technical baseline discipline in fast-moving programs (controlling requirement creep, documenting decisions, maintaining traceability while moving quickly)

High discretion and ability to operate in classified and sensitive environments; strong security discipline and operations security mindset

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional Experience:

DAWIA Advanced or Level III equivalency in the Program Management and/or Engineering and Technical Management functional areas

Senior executive acquisition leadership experience in USN, managing large, complex portfolios (shipbuilding/sustainment/weapon systems), including interfacing with OSW/Congress/flag-level stakeholders

Senior leadership experience overseeing or advising combat systems / C5ISR / sensor-weapons integration efforts with accountability for integration outcomes

Shipbuilding / maritime industrial operations experience with major shipyard/vendor partners; demonstrated results improving cost/schedule/quality outcomes

Experience with shipyard/industrial technical quality frameworks (first-time quality, rework reduction, test/inspection strategy, defect trending) tied to cost/schedule outcomes

Experience establishing enterprise governance and performance frameworks for large-scale acquisition/industrial organizations

Experience with portfolio-wide workforce/program manager development

Executive coaching / business coaching experience Additional Information

Location:

MacDill AFB, FL

On-site/Hybrid/Remote:

On-Site

Travel:

10%