The Role
Provide acquisition and sustainment subject-matter expertise to support OUSD(A&S). Coordinate cross-functional teams, translate mission needs into delivery plans and roadmaps, inform data and analytics products, ensure alignment with government standards, security, accessibility, and brief senior leaders.
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About the Organization
Now is a great time to join Redhorse Corporation. We are a solution-driven company delivering data insights and technology solutions to customers with missions critical to U.S. national interests. We’re looking for thoughtful, skilled professionals who thrive as trusted partners building technology-agnostic solutions and want to apply their talents supporting customers with difficult and important mission sets.
About the Role
Redhorse is transforming how the Department of Defense (DoD) utilizes data and technology. We are seeking an Acquisition & Sustainment Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)). In this role, you will provide vital input and coordination to the team’s data and analytics products, ensuring stakeholders are aligned and outcomes directly support DoD decision-making and investment priorities.
This is a high-impact role focused on execution, coordination, and delivery excellence, with significant opportunity to influence how intelligent data products are developed, deployed, and scaled across the DoD.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate as a key member in the end-to-end delivery for a prototype cross-functional team, ensuring milestones, timelines, and outcomes align with DoD objectives.
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert coordinating across stakeholders, product managers, data scientists, engineers, and designers to inform on context engineering and drive execution.
- Translate mission needs and stakeholder priorities into clear delivery plans, roadmaps, and execution strategies.
- Partner with design and technical leads to ensure user needs are incorporated.
- Support efforts to ensure delivery practices align with government standards, security requirements, and accessibility guidelines.
Required Experience/Clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Technology, Engineering, or related discipline).
- 10+ years of experience across any type of acquisition and sustainment portfolios.
- Demonstrated success participating in cross-functional teams, preferably within government or defense environments.
- Strong understanding of data visualization.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience briefing senior leaders.
- Experience working in agile environments.
- Secret clearance required to start.
Redhorse Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
Accommodations:
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Redhorse Corporation shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Redhorse’s changing needs.
This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate in Redhorse’s sole discretion.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or related discipline
- 10+ years of experience across acquisition and sustainment portfolios
- Demonstrated success participating in cross-functional teams
- Experience within government or defense environments
- Strong understanding of data visualization
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including briefing senior leaders
- Experience working in agile environments
- Active Secret security clearance required to start
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The Company
What We Do
We want to improve the way government interacts with and uses data and technology. Redhorse combines top-tier consulting experience with a passion for problem-solving to help clients address mission-critical government problems. We roll up our sleeves and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients to understand their issues and find solutions, using digital transformation and artificial intelligence, partnered with our domain expertise in National Security, Networking Technology and Infrastructure, Energy and the Environment.
