Overview
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Innovation
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DoD
ISR
Artificial Intelligence
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Network Operations
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Job Details
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!
When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with exceptional people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We've got what you're looking for.
Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented CTO to join our Space Solutions Sector team!
Parsons' Space Solutions Sector is focused on delivering innovative defense, and security services and solutions to enable a sustainable, safer, smarter, and connected world. Based upon our rock-solid foundation of world class talent; all with the bottom-line emphasis to support our U.S. and Joint Coalition Warfighters. They are our work purpose. We are here to serve our National Security objectives supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Aviators and guardians in Space, Missile Defense, and Intelligence missions.
What You'll Be Doing:
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.
This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.
The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what's next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.
We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!
Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to
When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with exceptional people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We've got what you're looking for.
Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented CTO to join our Space Solutions Sector team!
Parsons' Space Solutions Sector is focused on delivering innovative defense, and security services and solutions to enable a sustainable, safer, smarter, and connected world. Based upon our rock-solid foundation of world class talent; all with the bottom-line emphasis to support our U.S. and Joint Coalition Warfighters. They are our work purpose. We are here to serve our National Security objectives supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Aviators and guardians in Space, Missile Defense, and Intelligence missions.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Create and update Space Solutions Sector technical strategy:
- Ensures strategy aligns with Defense & Intelligence Business Unit and overall company strategy
- Document technical vision for sector and compare to current state
- Develop roadmap to drive from current state to future state.
- Make recommendations to fill gaps with capability enhancements and/or M&A recommendations.
- Oversee Space Solutions Sector Solution Architects in their role of leading technical volumes of proposals. Ensure proposals are responsive and provide discriminators.
- Assist Space Solutions Sector Business Development and Capture activities to determine the best contract opportunities to pursue; ensuring they align with overall sector strategy. Assist with customer engagements by developing briefings that show company discriminators.
- Continuously evaluate emerging solutions and services, technology trends, industry shifts, and best practices to keep the sector at the forefront of relevant innovation.
- Foster cross-sector, cross-business unit, and cross-company collaboration and drive internal and external partnerships, accelerating the pace of technological advancement.
- Build and refine a high-performing technology organization to drive new business and on-contract growth while cultivating a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
- Manage the technology budget, allocating resources efficiently and in line with sector objectives, while maintaining cost-effective solutions.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Detailed working knowledge of missions and operations of DOD Space operational commands/organizations, missile defense commands/organizations, DOD Service commands/organizations and ability to translate this knowledge into a coherent, actionable sector strategy.
- Masters degree in technical field; advanced degree preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of space domain, involving space protection and resiliency, cyber operations, ISR, communications, ground systems, artificial intelligence, data analytics, network operations, systems engineering,
- Proven leadership abilities, with a history of mentoring and developing high-performing technical talent.
- Strategic thinker with robust business acumen, skilled at aligning technology initiatives with broader organizational goals to drive growth and success.
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Former space-related operational military experience a big plus
- Active TS with SCI eligibility
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.
This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.
The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what's next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.
We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!
Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to
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