Senior Principal Portfolio Manager

• Manage, organize, and evaluate a multi-project innovation portfolio spanning technology development, education programs, experimentation activities, and industry engagement efforts.
• Establish and apply a standardized framework for measuring project effectiveness, mission impact, strategic deterrent value, and return on investment.
• Maintain continuous situational awareness of all active projects, dependencies, risks, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Facilitate communication across ARCWERX leadership, end users, industry partners, DoD innovation hubs, and academic collaborators.
• Track project performance using standardized reporting tools and ensure all portfolio data is accurate, timely, and actionable.
• Support decision-making by providing analyses, trend identification, and prioritization recommendations across the ARCWERX innovation ecosystem.
• Coordinate with Tech Scouts to align discovered technologies with portfolio needs and strategic objectives.
• Support development and validation of education program effectiveness metrics and integration of these metrics into the broader portfolio evaluation model.
• Assist in designing and optimizing digital systems, dashboards, and analytics tools used to visualize project status and outcomes.

• Experience supporting technology or innovation portfolios within DoD, government, or commercial environments.
• Proficiency in portfolio management, project tracking, metrics design, and results-based evaluation.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams including industry, academia, military operators, and government stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to brief leadership and translate technical insights into decision-ready information.
• Familiarity with innovation ecosystems such as ARCWERX, AFWERX, AFRL, or other DoD innovation organizations (preferred).
• Comprehensive understanding of federal acquisition regulations (FAR)

• Experience with ROI modeling, impact assessment frameworks, and technology transition processes.
• Understanding of Air Force Reserve mission sets and operational constraints.
• Data analysis or dashboarding experience (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, similar).
• Background in rapid acquisition, prototyping, or technology scouting.

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) and at least 18 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree (MA/MS) and 10 years of relevant experience

• Secret clearance required

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com