Cognitive Domain Lead (Remote) | Active Secret Clearance Required

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope including facilitating and preparing all planning activities and artifacts.

- Oversee and manage large multi-project programs including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling program activities.

- Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

- Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.

- Develop and maintain a master and individual resource plan and required documents for projects.

- Baseline all projects and capture actual metrics for historical metrics and Level of Effort (LoE) forecasting.

- Review deliverables prepared by team before providing to management and customers.

- Effectively apply the PMI methodology and enforce project standards on all projects.

- Prepare for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.

- Minimize risk exposure on projects.

- Communicate relevant project information to management, stakeholders, and customers.

- Resolve and/or escalate issues within a reasonable amount of time taking in consideration impact on the project.

- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.

- Track and maintain lessons learned and utilize lessons learned on subsequent projects.

- Ensure all projects are properly closed out.

- Supervise staff by providing direction, input, and performance feedback.

- Serve as escalation point to prioritizing workloads and resolving issues.

- Act as liaison for assigned vendor(s), including performance and SLA monitoring, and supporting system and business process changes.

- Participate in the drafting of vendor contracts, addendums, SOWs, RFPs/RFIs, change requests, and requirements.

- Lead continuous improvement teams.

- Provide strategic direction, planning, and oversight for cognitive domain programs and services.

- Develop and implement evidence-based initiatives that improve cognitive readiness, brain health, resilience, and operational performance.

- Integrate cognitive services with physical, psychological, spiritual, social, and family performance domains.

- Collaborate with SOF personnel, families, leadership, medical and behavioral health providers, and other stakeholders to ensure program relevance and impact.

- Establish performance measures, analyze program data, evaluate outcomes, and recommend continuous improvements.

- Identify and advance innovative approaches to training, prevention, care delivery, and return-to-duty support.

- Represent the cognitive domain in leadership forums, working groups, briefings, and program reviews.

- Ensure consistent program standards through centralized oversight while supporting decentralized execution across operational settings.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in related field.
- 7-10 years of relevant professional experience required.

- Equivalent combination of education an...