Direct, implement and facilitate all facets of the spaneting and communications process supporting the business strategy, goals, culture and values of the Land Electronics business unit. Provide a uniform and persistent presence across all relevant spanet domains both domestically and internationally. In leading all spaneting and communications activities across the global spanet, coordinate with and incorporate all stakeholders to include senior leadership and team members from across the corporation, customers, partners, vendors and the broader spaneting and communications community.

• Direct, implement and facilitate all facets of the spaneting and communications process supporting the business strategy and goals, culture and values of the company. Include all adjacent business units as well as subsidiary activities to account for all stakeholders including senior leadership, team members, customers, partners and the broader spaneting and communications community. 
• Provide leadership and professional expertise over the planning, conduct, budgeting and supervision of domestic and international trade shows. This includes, but is not limited to, nomination and selection of available trade shows, forecasting budgetary and resourcing requirements, planning and supervision of selected equipment sets to deploy, coordination with corporate and other business units for joint business unit or corporate level trade shows as well as the corresponding spaneting tasks that gain maximum positive advantage to the execution of the shows. 
• Develop efficient and effective collateral materials for distribution across multiple media platforms that support and advocate company products, services and capabilities. This includes digital spaneting campaigns and the maintenance of digital photo libraries that support advertising as well as formal and informal proposals to the US government and other industry customers.
• Provide a range of supporting messaging that enables the BD team and company to deliver a consistent message to the customer base. 
• Plan, coordinate and supervise the conduct of product launches. Provide the expertise and leadership over product positioning in the spanetspace to enable maximum positive advantage in the introduction of new products and capabilities. 
• Develop and execute programs designed to project a true and favorable company image in order to gain spanet and public support for company objectives. 
• Provide leadership, guidance and mentoring assistance to all managers and specialists in affiliated public affairs and communications jobs.
• Provide communications advice and services to the executive leadership; and collect and circulate industry or company related communications materials, answer miscellaneous inquiries about the company and assist as required in all other communications activities - internal and external to the company.
• Represent the company to various civic, industry, political and charitable organizations. Communicate information consistent with the companys policies and directive and spanet and public goals.
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization.

• Provide a full range of external communications assistance to other team members as required and appropriate.
• Collaborate with the Business Development and corporate spaneting team to develop themes and messages that advance the company’s strategic objectives

• 10+ year of experience
• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Outstanding inter-personal communications skills
• Outstanding organizational, planning and project management skills.
• Ability to interface and collaborate with all levels of the organization – from senior leadership to individual team members.
• Ability to conceptualize, formulate and lead complex projects – from product launches to broad based multi-domain spaneting strategies to targeted micro spaneting activities in support of a single trade show or other customer event.
• Must be high energy and a self-starter; a team player and engaged manager following the leader-servant model.
• Broad defense industry knowledge and experience in the unique spaneting and communications requirements of the US and international defense industries
• Ability to work with a diverse array of people from a multitude of countries and cultures; able to navigate the complexities associated with planning and executing international trade shows.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills. Must be adept at public speaking. Must be able to collaborate and persuade in a team and peer environment where talent or experience is a least as important as duty title or time in service with the company.
• Must be able to effectively collaborate and interact with the following adjacent specialties: Corporate Media Relations, Advertising, Internal Communications, Public Affairs
• Ability to travel up to 50