Senior Advisor, Strategic Communications

Delta Solutions & Strategies is seeking a Senior Advisor, Strategic Communications, to provide strategic communications, executive advisory, organizational engagement, and communications planning support to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data (SF/S6), Headquarters United States Space Force. The position requires a proactive, intellectually curious professional capable of developing a deep understanding of the SF/S6 mission, strategic priorities, and organizational objectives. The advisor will support the development and integration of internal and external communications, provide independent analysis and recommendations, produce high-quality executive communications, and personally coordinate strategic engagements and events. The successful candidate must combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, exercise sound judgment, constructively challenge assumptions, and independently identify opportunities to strengthen communication effectiveness and organizational alignment.

What you will be doing:

• Strategic Communications Advisory and Planning
• Develop, maintain, and recommend updates to an integrated SF/S6 strategic communications plan aligned with government-established mission priorities and organizational objectives.
• Provide independent research, analysis, and recommendations concerning communications strategy, stakeholder engagement, organizational messaging, and senior leader communications opportunities.
• Proactively identify emerging communications needs, strategic engagement opportunities, organizational information gaps, and potential inconsistencies in messaging.
• Evaluate alternative communications approaches, constructively challenge assumptions, and provide evidence-informed recommendations for government consideration.
• Develop recommended annual and quarterly communications priorities, engagement plans, and associated measures of effectiveness.
• Organizational Engagement and Mission Understanding
• Proactively engage SF/S6 directorates, staff, and relevant stakeholders to develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of organizational missions, strategic priorities, ongoing initiatives, challenges, and accomplishments.
• Independently research, gather, and synthesize information from multiple sources to inform executive communications and strategic recommendations.
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational understanding, message consistency, collaboration, and alignment with enterprise objectives.
• Support organizational transformation communications by developing recommended strategic narratives, workforce engagement approaches, leadership messages, and other communications products.
• Executive Communications
• Research, develop, write, edit, and assess executive-level communications products, including speeches, talking points, presentations, articles, correspondence, testimony, discussion materials, and strategic briefings.
• Translate complex cyber, data, technology, space, policy, and operational concepts into clear, accurate, persuasive communications tailored to intended audiences.
• Anticipate upcoming communications requirements and independently prepare recommended themes, talking points, audience assessments, and supporting materials.
• Develop original communications products that reflect senior leader strategic intent and established communication preferences, requiring minimal substantive revision.
• Maintain awareness of emerging national security developments, Department of Defense and Space Force priorities, and relevant organizational issues to inform communications recommendations.
• Strategic Engagement and Event Coordination
• Support the planning, coordination, execution, and assessment of senior leader engagements, meetings, conferences, roundtables, workforce forums, and other communications activities.
• Personally coordinate with internal and external stakeholders regarding schedules, participants, agendas, preparatory materials, event logistics, and follow-up requirements.
• Develop recommended engagement objectives, audience-specific messages, briefing materials, anticipated questions, and post-engagement assessments.
• Maintain an integrated communications and engagement calendar and proactively identify associated planning and preparation requirements.
• Support government personnel in tracking actions, capturing outcomes, and coordinating follow-up activities.
• Communications Effectiveness Assessment
• Develop and recommend measures of effectiveness for internal communications, external engagements, executive communications, and organizational messaging.
• Assess whether communications activities are achieving intended objectives, including audience understanding, stakeholder engagement, message consistency, and organizational alignment.
• Gather stakeholder feedback, identify areas for improvement, and recommend adjustments to communication plans, products, and engagement approaches.
• Prepare periodic assessments of communications activities, emerging concerns, and recommended improvements.
• AI-Enabled Communications and Analysis
• Employ government-authorized generative AI and other approved digital tools, where appropriate, to support research, information synthesis, communications planning, content development, and product improvement.
• Apply independent critical judgment to AI-assisted work, including verification of factual claims, evaluation of assumptions, and assessment of mission relevance.
• Identify opportunities to improve communications workflows, knowledge organization, and product quality through responsible use of emerging technologies.
• Comply with all applicable security, information handling, records management, and government AI-use requirements.

What you will need: Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of 10-15 years of experience in Space Operations.
• Space Analysis, Policy, Planning, or equivalent experience/responsibility
• Strong communicator/writer for senior COCOM leaders
• Speech writing experience
• MS Office experience
• TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Progressively responsible experience in strategic communications, executive communications, public affairs, organizational communications, or related advisory work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing strategic communications plans supporting organizational transformation or enterprise change.
• Familiarity with cyber operations, data, digital transformation, national security, or space missions.
• Demonstrated ability to assess communications effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Experience using generative AI tools for research, analysis, drafting, or communications workflows in a secure and responsible manner.

Delta Solutions & Strategies offers a generous benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), PTO, paid holidays, parental, military and jury duty paid leaves.