Strategic Initiative Officer (Space Policy)

Location: Springfield, Virginia, United States; onsite at the customer site

Salary: $118,000–$145,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Federal is the federal segment of Everforth, delivering technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, enterprise transformation, defense, intelligence, and federal civilian services.

What you will do

• Track operational and strategic issues, milestones, directorate activities, and implementation guidance for senior leadership.
• Develop policy documentation, analytical reports, executive briefings, congressional talking points, and leadership responses.
• Assess multinational requirements and support relationships with international partners and foreign participation in agency initiatives.
• Coordinate decision briefs, stakeholder participation, governance structures, and multinational engagements in the United States and abroad.
• Support commercial imagery policy implementation across the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense, including NOAA license actions and policy exemptions.
• Create and maintain SharePoint sites, databases, spreadsheets, summary data, and graphic documents for IC and DoD collaboration.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to pass a CI Poly required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Business, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in strategic planning, program management, or policy development within the Intelligence Community or Department of Defense.
• Experience with project management tools, techniques, processes, policy challenges, senior-level stakeholders, and materials for varied audiences.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with foreign partner participation, multinational initiatives, space and remote sensing programs, or international space assets and collection capabilities.
• Experience applying U.S. commercial remote sensing space policies and regulatory processes.
• Experience analyzing space policy documents, anticipating trends in the space industry, and providing recommendations to senior leadership.
• Experience supporting foreign visits, including logistics, read-ahead books, and executive summaries.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work supporting defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.
• Culture focused on accountability, innovation, excellence in delivery, and professional growth.
• Benefits are provided through the employer’s standard benefits program.

Hiring process

• The position is contingent upon contract award and final acceptance by the government customer.