Director, Industrial Base Transformation

The role

The Director, Industrial Base Transformation will establish and grow ASI Government's Industrial Base capability. This person will support a Department of War effort focused on the unmanned systems industrial base through analysis, expert network management, and capability building.

What you will do

• Serve as a senior day-to-day interface with client stakeholders
• Frame ambiguous industrial-base problems and provide strategic recommendations
• Design and lead executive meetings and expert panels
• Embed in the DoW unmanned-systems Industrial Base effort
• Structure and synthesize analyses spanning supplier landscapes and production capacity
• Design, build, and activate a curated ASI Industrial Base Expert Network
• Codify methods, data, tools, and analytical approaches for industrial-base assessments
• Own assigned work from problem definition through implementation
• Manage interdependencies with consulting partners and subcontractors
• Partner with leadership to define Industrial Base capability strategy and go-to-market approach

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience, including substantial experience in management consulting, strategy consulting, transformation consulting, industrial-base strategy, supply-chain or manufacturing
• 5+ years leading consulting engagements, major workstreams, or complex cross-functional initiatives
• Demonstrated record of independently navigating complex and ambiguous client environments
• Exceptional structured problem-solving skills
• Strong understanding of at least one relevant domain, such as the U.S. defense industrial base, supply-chain resilience, manufacturing and production, aerospace and defense, acquisition, or emerging d
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Exceptional verbal communication and executive presence
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial orientation and experience building a new capability, offering, program, team, business, or operating model
• Experience working across organizational boundaries and negotiating roles and work scope
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to obtain and maintain the clearance and client-site access required for assigned engagements

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience using JUPITER, BLADE, Palantir Foundry, or comparable government data and analytics platforms
• Experience with the U.S. defense industrial base or aerospace and defense manufacturing
• Experience with UAS/UxS, autonomous systems, munitions, or related emerging defense technologies
• Familiarity with bills of material (BOMs), supplier mapping, sub-tier supply-chain analysis, production-capacity assessment, demand aggregation, bottleneck identification, or industrial-base risk anal
• Experience working directly with manufacturers or suppliers to address production, capacity, sourcing, qualification, investment, or scaling challenges
• Prior top-tier management consulting experience
• Existing network across defense manufacturers, nontraditional defense companies, component suppliers, investors, technical experts, or industrial-base stakeholders
• Experience translating strategy or risk analysis into implementation, supplier interventions, investment plans, or measurable production outcomes
• Experience creating a new consulting capability, market offering, or practice area

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package

About the company

ASI Government provides government leaders with the expertise they need to navigate acquisition and organizational challenges. For over 30 years, ASI has transformed the way government does business, impacting over 70 government agencies.