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LMI is seeking an Acquisition Program Coordinator to support a Department of War (DoW) mission partner with the integration, governance, and execution of complex capability-development and acquisition activities. This position will coordinate across program offices, requirements organizations, engineering teams, contracting activities, logistics stakeholders, test organizations, industry partners, and operational users to improve decision quality and accelerate the delivery of mission-relevant capabilities. This position requires an active SECRET security clearance.

The Program Coordinator will serve as a trusted integrator for senior government leaders, translating strategic priorities into executable actions, maintaining visibility of cost, schedule, performance, and risk, and ensuring that acquisition, technical, test, contracting, logistics, and operational activities remain aligned. The ideal candidate combines defense acquisition experience, disciplined program management, executive-level communication, and the ability to lead cross-functional efforts in a complex, high-tempo mission environment.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and civilian government markets.

Active SECRET security clearance is required.

• Coordinate integrated program activities across requirements, acquisition, engineering, contracting, logistics, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and operational stakeholder organizations.
• Support senior leaders in translating strategic priorities and operational needs into coordinated program actions, decision points, governance activities, and executable plans.
• Develop, maintain, and synchronize program plans, schedules, action trackers, risk registers, decision logs, briefing products, and executive-level correspondence.
• Monitor program cost, schedule, performance, technical, contracting, and operational risks; identify emerging issues and coordinate mitigation actions with responsible stakeholders.
• Support development and staffing of acquisition strategies, requirements documents, test strategies, contract-related documentation, milestone products, fielding plans, and life-cycle sustainment inputs.
• Plan and facilitate integrated product teams, working groups, program reviews, executive forums, and decision briefings; document outcomes and drive actions through closure.
• Integrate test and evaluation considerations early in the acquisition life cycle to improve decision-quality data, reduce duplication, manage technical risk, and accelerate capability delivery.
• Coordinate engagements with Army, Joint, SOCOM, program executive office, operational, congressional, and industry stakeholders as directed by government leadership.
• Analyze program data and stakeholder inputs to identify dependencies, gaps, redundancies, schedule conflicts, and opportunities for improved acquisition outcomes.
• Support modernization initiatives involving software-intensive systems, artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities, DevSecOps delivery models, modular open systems approaches, and emerging operational technologies.
• Prepare concise, decision-focused briefings and written products for senior executives and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Promote collaborative governance, disciplined follow-through, and shared accountability across geographically and organizationally dispersed teams.

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, acquisition, engineering, logistics, operations, or a related discipline.
• Ten or more years of relevant experience supporting Department of Defense acquisition, program management, capability development, contracting, test and evaluation, or enterprise modernization activities.
• Active SECRET security clearance.
• Demonstrated experience integrating cross-functional teams that include acquisition, engineering, contracting, logistics, testing, requirements, and operational stakeholders.
• Experience managing or supporting cost, schedule, performance, and risk for complex defense programs or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to develop executive briefings, acquisition or program documentation, governance products, and decision-support materials.
• Experience advising or directly supporting senior government, military, or executive leaders in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound professional judgment, and the ability to work independently in a high-tempo environment.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and SharePoint.

• Master's degree in business administration, program management, public administration, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) credentials in program management, contracting, test and evaluation, engineering, or life-cycle logistics.
• Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) or comparable federal acquisition credential.
• Experience supporting Army, Joint, SOCOM, or Special Operations Forces capability-development and acquisition organizations.
• Experience with command-and-control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic warfare, cyber, space, communications, aviation, or other mission-system portfolios.
• Experience integrating test and evaluation into acquisition planning, source-selection support, software delivery pipelines, or operational experimentation.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence and machine learning test considerations, DevSecOps, Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), and rapid or adaptive acquisition pathways.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams or enterprise integration initiatives across multiple organizations and locations.

Target salary range: $123,000 - $211,000

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.