Socio-Cultural Integration Planner Lead, Senior

The Opportunity: 

CACI is seeking an experienced Socio-Cultural Integration Planner Lead, Senior to support mission planning and operational integration across the Indo-Pacific. The Socio-Cultural Integration Planner Lead, Senior serves as CACI's senior socio-cultural planning professional responsible for analyzing the operational environment and integrating political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and cultural (PMESII-PT) factors into logistics, mission support, operational planning, and partner engagement activities. Reporting directly to the Operations Lead, this position provides expert analysis and recommendations that enhance mission effectiveness by incorporating human terrain, regional dynamics, cultural considerations, and partner nation perspectives into operational decision-making. 

The Socio-Cultural Integration Planner Lead works closely with Government stakeholders, operational planners, intelligence analysts, logistics planners, civil affairs personnel, information operations professionals, Special Operations Forces, interagency organizations, coalition partners, host nation representatives, and academic organizations to assess regional conditions, identify socio-cultural risks and opportunities, and develop integrated planning products supporting steady-state, contingency, and emergent operations. This position contributes to successful program execution by improving operational understanding, strengthening partner integration, and enhancing mission planning throughout the Indo-Pacific theater. 

Responsibilities: 

• Lead socio-cultural analysis supporting operational planning, logistics planning, mission partner engagement, and contingency operations. 

• Conduct comprehensive PMESII-PT and human terrain analyses to support operational planning and decision-making. 

• Assess political, social, cultural, economic, tribal, ethnic, religious, and governance factors affecting mission success. 

• Develop socio-cultural assessments, operational environment analyses, and regional studies supporting Government planning efforts. 

• Integrate socio-cultural considerations into operational plans, campaign plans, contingency plans, and theater security cooperation activities. 

• Advise Government leadership on regional dynamics, cultural sensitivities, partner nation capabilities, and operational implications. 

• Coordinate with intelligence, civil affairs, information operations, psychological operations (MISO), logistics, and operational planning staffs to synchronize planning efforts. 

• Support operational planning teams, mission analysis, course of action development, rehearsals, exercises, and operational assessments. 

• Identify socio-cultural risks, opportunities, and second- and third-order effects impacting mission execution. 

• Develop executive-level briefings, decision support products, operational assessments, and strategic recommendations. 

• Coordinate engagement activities with U.S. Government agencies, coalition partners, host nation organizations, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations, as appropriate. 

• Support operational experimentation, lessons learned, and after-action reviews to improve future mission planning. 

• Develop standard operating procedures, analytical methodologies, and planning frameworks supporting socio-cultural integration. 

• Mentor analysts and planners while promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and continuous process improvement. 

• Support contingency operations and emergent mission requirements requiring rapid socio-cultural assessments and operational planning. 

Qualifications: 

Required:  

• Minimum 10 years of experience supporting functional analysis, operational planning, socio-cultural analysis, regional studies, intelligence analysis, civil affairs, or mission planning for Government or Department of Defense organizations. 

• Experience supporting Department of Defense, Joint, Combatant Command, Service Component, Special Operations organizations, or Intelligence Community operations. 

• Experience conducting PMESII-PT analysis, human terrain analysis, regional assessments, or operational environment analysis supporting military operations. 

• Experience supporting campaign planning, contingency planning, theater security cooperation, irregular warfare, or multinational operations. 

• Experience integrating socio-cultural considerations into operational planning and decision-making processes. 

• Demonstrated ability to brief senior Government leadership, General/Flag Officers, Senior Executive Service personnel, and operational planners on regional assessments and operational recommendations. 

• Demonstrated knowledge of Joint planning processes, operational design, multidomain operations, and Indo-Pacific regional dynamics. 

• Active TS/SCI clearance

Desired :

• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, Regional Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, Strategic Studies, Intelligence Studies, Military Science, or a related field. 

• Master’s degree in international relations, National Security Studies, Strategic Studies, Anthropology, Regional Studies, Public Policy, or a related discipline is highly desirable. 

• Experience supporting USSOCOM, SOCPAC, Geographic Combatant Commands, Joint Task Forces, Civil Affairs, or Special Operations organizations. 

• Experience supporting Indo-Pacific operations, theater campaign planning, foreign internal defense, security cooperation, partner nation engagement, or irregular warfare initiatives. 

• Experience utilizing ArcGIS, Palantir, GCCS-J, Power BI, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, geospatial visualization tools, and intelligence or operational planning systems. 

• Professional education through Joint Professional Military Education (JPME), Joint Information Operations Planners Course (JIOPC), Civil Affairs Qualification Course, Regional Area Officer (FAO/RAO) programs, or equivalent operational planning and regional expertise is highly desirable. 

• Experience integrating socio-cultural analysis with logistics planning, contested logistics, operational design, information operations, and mission partner engagement is highly desirable. 

• Experience supporting multinational, coalition, interagency, and host nation planning efforts throughout the Indo-Pacific is highly desirable.