Operations Planning Manager

Hunter Strategy has a unique philosophy to technical project delivery. We treat all our customers like mission partners because they rely on our team to meet their objectives through complex software engineering, cloud operations, and cyber risk management solutions. Hunter Strategy was founded on the premise that IT is 21st century infrastructure - critically important but only instrumentally valuable. Accordingly, our teams look at problems with a single objective: the identification and enablement of the right capability to address the most vexing problems our Mission Partners face.

We continue to support our partners' success by leveraging the right technology, with the right plan, and the right team to address tomorrow's challenges today.

Hunter Strategy seeks an Operations Planning Manager to lead operational planning portfolio management for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). This senior leadership position provides direct supervision to a team of three operational planning professionals while coordinating multiple concurrent Joint Planning Groups (JPGs) and serving as the primary liaison between DISA leadership and cross-functional planning teams. The role emphasizes portfolio management, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to lead teams through complex planning cycles in a high-tempo environment.

Familiarity with DISA cyberspace operations is beneficial but not required.

• Provide portfolio-level leadership for DISA's operational planning function, overseeing concurrent planning initiatives across three Joint Planning Groups (JPGs)
• Directly supervise and mentor a team of three operational planning professionals ( Military Operations Analysts and Strategic Planners)
• Establish planning priorities, allocate resources, and ensure quality standards across the portfolio (95% quality/timeliness metrics)
• Coordinate planning workflows to balance deliberate planning, contingency planning, and crisis action planning demands
• Serve as the primary planning interface between DISA J-5 leadership and operational planning team members

• Lead cross-functional collaboration across DISA J-3/5/7 directorates, service components, and external stakeholders
• Facilitate coordination between operational planners, strategic communications specialists, program analysts, and technical subject matter experts
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with USCYBERCOM, JFHQ-DODIN, Combatant Commands, and DoD agencies
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments to achieve consensus and alignment on planning objectives
• Foster team cohesion and professional development within the operational planning team

• Oversee team execution of Joint Planning Process (JPP) methodology across multiple concurrent efforts
• Ensure consistent application of Adaptive Planning and Execution (APEX) framework across all planning activities
• Review and approve planning products including Planning Reports, Information Papers, COA documents, and campaign plans
• Monitor team bandwidth and workload distribution to prevent bottlenecks during high-tempo operations
• Identify and resolve planning impediments, escalating strategic issues to DISA leadership as appropriate

• Oversee team response to crisis action planning requirements using modified JPP in time-constrained environments
• Coordinate contingency planning support across DISA, CCMD, USCYBERCOM, or JFHQ-DODIN Joint Planning Groups during evolving crises
• Ensure team delivers rapid planning recommendations within directed timelines while maintaining quality standards
• Balance multiple concurrent crisis planning efforts with deliberate planning requirements

• Guide team analysis of national and DoD-level directives including National Military Strategy, National Defense Strategy, DISA Charter, and DoD CIO Capability Programming Guidance
• Ensure planning activities synchronize with Agency strategy (imperatives, goals, tasks, objectives) across all team efforts
• Review and integrate forward-looking plans incorporating emerging threats, technologies, and operational gaps
• Coordinate development of cyberspace Operational Environments, desired outcomes, and information requirements across the portfolio

• Oversee team development of cyberspace plans and order documents for DoD cyberspace Areas of Operation and Sectors
• Review and approve team-developed COAs for cyberspace operations and planning efforts to deter DODIN attacks
• Guide team expertise in cyber de-confliction, synchronization, coordination, and assessment across operations
• Coordinate with cyber SMEs to ensure planning products address C4 resiliency, DCO/CSSP requirements, and emerging cyber threats

• Lead cross-functional efforts to enhance C2 within cyberspace operations across planning teams
• Coordinate development…