Commercial Engagements Program Integrator SME

The Commercial Engagements Program Integrator SME  is a senior commercial integration professional who supports national defense priorities by connecting Department of War (DoW) mission needs with emerging private-sector technologies, capabilities, and relationships. Serving as a bridge between government mission teams and the commercial ecosystem, the SME identifies and evaluates relevant technologies, develops relationships with traditional and non-traditional vendors, facilitates strategic engagements, and assesses how commercial capabilities may address operational and strategic requirements. The ideal candidate combines strong knowledge of the commercial technology landscape with an understanding of national security missions, government requirements, and stakeholder engagement. This individual must be able to translate complex private-sector capabilities into clear, actionable mission opportunities and decision-ready recommendations for senior leaders. The Senior Acquisition Program Analyst will assist the U.S. Air Force program office in managing the cost, schedule, and performance for a portfolio of high-priority development efforts. The ideal candidate will have Department of War (DoW) acquisition expertise as a senior financial manager including experience in the Department’s programming, budgeting, resource allocation, and execution processes. The candidate will have a depth of experiences from both the major acquisition Program and Agency perspectives. The candidate will interact daily and support customer program managers, financial managers, and technical subject matter experts to ensure programs are resourced and executing in accordance with the customers goals.   Key Responsibilities: Serve as a commercial integration advisor to mission teams, government stakeholders, and senior leaders on emerging private-sector technologies and capabilities. Actively scout the commercial marketplace for emerging technologies, companies, products, and partnerships relevant to priority national security mission needs. Identify and engage traditional and non-traditional vendors with capabilities that may address operational, intelligence, technical, or strategic requirements. Plan, coordinate, and facilitate engagements between government mission teams, senior leaders, commercial companies, investors, research organizations, and other private-sector stakeholders. Evaluate commercial technologies and vendor capabilities for mission relevance, maturity, differentiation, scalability, integration feasibility, and potential operational impact. Translate government mission needs and strategic priorities into clear commercial capability requirements and engagement objectives. Translate complex commercial technologies and business offerings into actionable operational use cases, mission concepts, and decision options for government stakeholders. Develop assessments, briefings, market scans, engagement summaries, and decision-support products that communicate commercial opportunities, risks, gaps, and recommendations. Maintain awareness of emerging technology trends, commercial market developments, investment activity, and industry dynamics that may affect national defense priorities. Coordinate across government, technical, operational, acquisition, and private-sector stakeholders to advance promising capabilities from initial discovery through evaluation, demonstration, integration, or transition. Required Qualifications: 20+ years of experience identifying, evaluating, or integrating commercial technologies against defined customer or mission requirements. Experience engaging technology companies, startups, non-traditional vendors, investors, research organizations, or other commercial ecosystem partners. Demonstrated ability to assess complex technologies and communicate their potential operational or strategic relevance to non-technical stakeholders. Experience translating government, customer, or mission needs into clear capability requirements and commercial engagement objectives. Strong understanding of emerging technology markets and the factors influencing commercial technology development, adoption, scalability, and maturity. Experience coordinating across diverse government, technical, operational, business, and private-sector stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing executive-level briefings, market assessments, and decision-support products. Ability to manage multiple engagements and priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic, and mission-focused environment. Preferred Qualifications: Experience supporting the DoW, Intelligence Community, federal government, defense innovation organizations, or other national security customers. Experience within the defense technology, venture capital, private equity, startup, accelerator, or commercial innovation ecosystem. Familiarity with government acquisition, contracting, technology transition, prototyping, or rapid capability development processes. Experience evaluating dual-use and emerging technologies for national security applications. Knowledge of commercial technology sectors such as artificial intelligence, autonomy, cyber, space, advanced communications, data analytics, sensing, robotics, advanced manufacturing, or related fields. Experience developing technology landscapes, market maps, vendor assessments, or competitive analyses. Established relationships across commercial technology, defense innovation, research, investment, or national security communities. Experience facilitating demonstrations, pilots, technical evaluations, or other activities designed to assess commercial capabilities in mission-relevant environments. Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, engineering, national security, international relations, public policy, economics, or a related field; equivalent commercial, government, military, or technical experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Clearance Requirements: Current TS/SCI clearance required.  The pay range for this position is $180,000/year to $220,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract ranges, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors. MTSI offers a full range of medical benefits, 401k, ESOP, paid time off, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Base pay information is based on market location. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. This posting will be renewed periodically until the position is filled. #LI-LS1 #mtsi #100esop #defenddifferently