Job Number: 1401

RRI is seeking tech-savvy energy project managers to join our team of advisors supporting the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). We’re looking for diverse backgrounds in defense operational energy and energy resilience, electric vehicles, advanced materials and battery technologies, cleantech and alternative fuels, infrastructure and supply chain industry experience. 

All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Location:  Location is flexible, but ideally the National Capital Region or Bay Area

Duties:

• Lead collaborative teams in the design, execution, and management of rapid prototyping projects focused on applying and integrating innovative commercial energy solutions to DoD and other government problem-sets to demonstrate value to end users on compressed timelines
• Provide subject matter expertise to support prototype projects in a myriad of technological fields related to operational energy and energy resiliency
• Identify DoD problems that could be solved by commercial solutions and actively lead problem curation processes with customers and diverse stakeholder communities
• Participate in outreach, collaboration, and mentorship with commercial vendors, industry, academia, other non-traditional vendors, DoD entities, program offices, and recognized technical experts throughout the execution of DIU’s acquisition and prototyping phases
• Assist with the business and technical evaluation of commercial technologies
• Serve as the lead facilitator of the DIU Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) process, ultimately leading to the award of an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) prototype contracts and management of multiple awarded efforts at any given time

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance
• Education and relevant training in an engineering, scientific, business, or finance-related field
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in product, project, program management in a commercial technology or DoD capacity. 
• Excellent communication, collaboration, analytical, interpersonal and client-handling skills
• Ability to work independently as part of a large and dispersed team, and report progress in a timely and succinct manner
• Ability to execute to the highest standards to drive quality, build relationships and protect the DIU brand and reputation
• Prior experience supporting R&D prototypes for government clients (DOD, DOE, etc.) in a management, development, or acquisitions capacity

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS with SCI eligibility 
• Direct prior DoD (military or civilian) experience that allows the candidate to curate problems and build relationships with stakeholders across USG
• Direct prior experience supporting and leading government and commercial vendor collaborative teams to rapidly iterate and deliver project tasks and milestones

All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is: $140,000- $210,000.