Strategic Planner

Job Title: Strategic Planner

Job Category: Intelligence

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

Join a team dedicated to advancing national security through innovative irregular warfare and operations expertise. CACI is looking for individuals to join a program that delivers mission-critical advisory, training, and operational support services that help mission partners stay ahead of rapidly evolving global threats. Working across geographic and functional combatant commands, these professionals play a vital role in developing, integrating, and sustaining mission-ready task forces that enhance joint force effectiveness and operational success.

This is an opportunity to contribute to high-impact missions, collaborate with experienced professionals, and support strategic operations that strengthen our nation's defense capabilities around the world. Candidates who thrive in dynamic environments, embrace complex challenges, and are committed to mission excellence will find meaningful opportunities for growth and impact within CACI and on this team.

Responsibilities:

• Plans, coordinates, and synchronizes strategic operations, activities and investments across OIE, IW, compartmented (e.g. STO, SAP, ACCM, etc) and/or sensitive activities, ensuring alignment with commander priorities, approved authorities, and operational timelines.
• Provides planning expertise for SAP-enabled operations, ensuring sensitive capabilities are coherently integrated within broader campaign and strategic objectives.
• Develops, reviews, and refines formal planning products to include estimates, CONOPS, annexes, appendices, and tabs.
• Advises senior leaders on risks, trade-offs, and opportunities associated with sensitive and compartmented operations.
• Develops and coordinates information/intelligence requirements and assessments plans in support of strategic planning.
• Coordinates with Intelligence Community, DoD, interagency, allied, partner and industry, stakeholders to ensure de-confliction, unity of effort, oversight compliance, and capability alignment.
• Produces quality briefs, information papers, recommendations, and documentation supporting strategic planning.
• Supports network or nodal analysis leveraging diverse intelligence, information and data sources to inform operational targeting and mission planning

Qualifications:

Required:

• Active TS clearance w/ SCI eligibility; willing to submit to CI POLY
• Bachelor of Arts/Science in a relevant field.
• 5 years’ experience planning, coordinating, and synchronizing sensitive activities, IW, OIE, CI, HUMINT, and/or compartmented military or IC activities (e.g. IJISTO, SAP, ACCM, etc) at CCMD, Service Component Command, Joint Task Force or equivalent level
• 3 years’ experience working in a J3X, J2X, STO/SAP planning cell, Joint Targeting cell or similar organization          
• 7 years demonstrated experience with military planning processes including Joint Planning Process (JPP), military decision-making process, joint targeting process, and/or military campaign planning
• Demonstrated experience briefing or delivering written operational concepts to executive/senior-level (GO/FO/SES) decision makers 

Desired:

• Knowledgeable in intelligence disciplines, capabilities, limitations, and platforms and relevant Intelligence Community Directives.
• Experience or knowledge of HUMINT and CI Operations and application and associated authorities
• 7 years’ experience coordinating compartmented or sensitive operational activity with the IC, Interagency, Allies and/or Partners
• Graduate of one or more of the following: JAWS, SAMS, SAASS, SAW, MAWS, Senior Service College, Advanced Special Operations Managers Course, MILDEC Planner's Course, PSYOP Qualification Course, Source Operations Course (HUMINT), Special Operations Forces Network Development Course, a US Government Counterintelligence Badge and Credential producing course

This position is contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately. However, this position is representative of positions within CACI that are consistently available. Individuals who apply may also be considered for other positions at CACI.

What You Can Expect:

 A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$71,500 - $150,200