Strategic Planner, Principal

Strategic Planner, Principal | Lockheed Martin

Strategic Planner, Principal What You Will Be Doing As a Strategic Planner, Principal within Aeronautics Strategic Planning's Strategic Studies Group (SSG), you will play a critical role in shaping the future of global airpower. You will be the SSG's USAF or USN lead charged with understanding our domestic and international customers' most stressing challenges and translating those insights into actionable studies, strategies, and recommendations. Your work will directly support Aeronautics' strategic priorities, influence major program decisions, and help guide force structure and capability planning across the U.S. services, partners, and allies.

Key Responsibilities - Lead the development, execution, and communication of strategic studies addressing customer needs, market opportunities, threat environments, and future force structures. - Build, maintain, and deepen relationships with key domestic and international customers aligned to Aeronautics' strategic priorities. - Interpret, shape, and translate customer requirements into meaningful analyses and recommendations. - Distill complex, technical, or large-scale bodies of work into clear, strategic messages tailored to senior audiences. - Drive growth opportunities across Aeronautics markets by identifying trends, gaps, and strategic pathways for capability development. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple sites to support force mix assessments, threat evaluations, and long-range planning efforts. - Provide strategic planning support across any Aeronautics program or platform as needed within the Strategic Studies Group.