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Position Summary

We are seeking a forward-leaning Associate Director, Technical Center to lead the coordination, operations, and growth of Odyssey's technical capabilities. This individual will serve as a key integrator across all ODY technical domains and domain delivery teams, ensuring strategic alignment, operational consistency, and the advancement of enterprise-wide technical excellence.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in building scalable systems, driving collaboration across technical and operational teams, and enabling strategic engagements that accelerate impact. The Associate Director will report to executive leadership and collaborate closely with technical domain capability leads, delivery managers, and business development to ensure the Technical Center supports both internal readiness and external opportunity capture.

About The Technical Center

Powering Your Purpose

• Energizing technical solutions with insight
• Driving performance through technical standards
• Propelling Odyssey toward what's next
• Powering a Shared Purpose across missions, teams, and the enterprise

The Technical Center is Odyssey's catalyst for technical excellence, fueling solution design, delivery precision, and strategic foresight. It empowers our service delivery teams and clients through expert consulting, actionable insight, and scalable frameworks that establish a culture of performance and future-readiness across the enterprise.

Through deliberate collaboration and structured engagement, the Technical Center helps define, deliver, and elevate technical solutions that meet today's complex demands while preparing Odyssey for tomorrow's opportunities. At its core, the Center creates space for trusted guidance, meaningful innovation, and enduring relationships.

ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical capabilities and initiatives across all Odyssey technical domains and domain delivery teams, fostering alignment, collaboration, and resource optimization.
• Lead daily operations of the Technical Center, including process development, capability integration, and cross-functional planning.
• Drive strategic engagements by aligning internal technical talent and reusable assets with high-priority pursuits, client challenges, and capture efforts.
• Support company growth through proposal development coordination, solution architecture integration, and readiness planning for key pipelines.
• Scale matrixed and directly resourced teams through intentional structure, workforce planning, and use of enabling technologies—ensuring the right people, tools, and processes are in place to meet growing enterprise demands.
• Develop and maintain an inventory of reusable technical artifacts, past performance data, and solution accelerators to support delivery and capture.
• Collaborate with capability leads to identify skills gaps, training needs, and workforce development strategies aligned to technical demand.
• Track performance metrics and operational KPIs to inform planning and executive decision-making.
• Partner with BD, delivery, and solution teams to ensure Odyssey's technical posture reflects client needs, industry trends, and mission requirements.

Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Clearance: Top Secret

Education And Years Of Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Additional Information

Location (can be any of the following): Lincoln, MA | Huntsville, AL | Colorado Springs, CO | Eglin AFB, FL | Dayton, OH

Onsite: This position offers 40% telework flexibility with up to 50% travel, primarily to support strategic engagements, internal integration, and client-facing activities across Odyssey's portfolio.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in technical operations, program management, or project leadership, preferably in a federal contracting environment.
• Experience with program and project management methodologies, including Agile frameworks.
• Strong understanding of federal mission systems domains, including mission engineering, cybersecurity, AI, software development/DevSecOps, data engineering/science, and logistics.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience with risk management across complex programs.
• Demonstrated success in technical management and capability development.
• Experience with process improvement and automation.
• Background in technical capabilities planning and product management.
• Experience engaging with defense customers and internal stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and prioritize demands.
• Eligible for a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP, SAFe, CISSP, AWS.
• Experience with federal acquisition and proposal processes.
• Familiarity with project tracking tools like Jira, Confluence, MS Project.
• Experience with performance frameworks and agile delivery models.
• Proven success managing matrixed technical teams.
• Experience applying emerging technologies, including AI and automation.
• Knowledge of scripting languages for automation.
• Understanding of data flows and system interoperability.

Company Overview

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group is an innovative small business providing technical, management, and training support to government clients since 1997. We focus on people, processes, and performance to deliver results. We accept challenging assignments and drive projects from planning through operations.

Please note: Final compensation will be determined by various factors including experience, skills, location, education, and certifications.

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