Senior Executive Advisor to Royal Saudi Air Force

Description

Primary Responsibilities

• The Senior Executive Advisor is responsible for ensuring superior consultation to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Commander and Commander's staff regarding strategic decisions related to RSAF Air & Space Operations.
• The advisor will provide graduate-level papers, executive summaries, and briefings to the Commander and senior leadership, as well as facilitate timely and comprehensive coordination with external agencies.
• The Senior Executive Advisor will support the RSAF Commander by:
• Providing advice on the operational procedures and transformation initiatives for the RSAF.
• Preparing recommendations for aircraft retrofit, recapitalization, sustainment, and disposal.
• Proactively preparing in-depth, critical analyses, reports, studies, briefings and recommendations covering the full spectrum of the RSAF Programs.
• Conducting research and analyses on key topics from internal and external sources on selected topics regarding the RSAF strategic agenda and prepare input for the Commander.
• Promoting RSAF objectives through active engagement at all levels of staff.
• Ensuring relevant perspectives regarding RSAF Programs across all staff levels are articulated to the Commander.
• Preparing senior leadership team meetings, including agenda, content, and key messages.
• Facilitating management of Commander's information exchange to ensure effective communication across staff.
• Ensuring urgent inquiries and emerging issues are brought to the Commander's attention.
• Participate actively in relevant ad-hoc projects.
• Keep up to date on global military trends and innovations to enable robust input and analysis.
• Write occasional "think pieces" examining larger trends and implications for the RSAF portfolio.
• Be a role model and representative for the Commander, Commander's staff, and the RSAF.
• Adhere to all RSAF policies, procedures, standards and practices.
• Other duties as directed by the Commander and within the scope, limitations and provisos, and restrictions of the CETS Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA).

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree and minimum 15 years' directly relevant experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of advanced degree.
• Retired USAF Brigadier General or above (O-7) strongly preferred; retired USAF Colonel (O-6) with exceptional aviation experience and international relations background would be considered.
• Graduate of senior-level Professional Military Education (PME).
• Previous experience on United States Air Force or US Joint Staff delivering support to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Air and Space combat operations, planning, communications, and training.
• Experience in international acquisition practices including arms control and high-tech equipment.
• Ability to work long hours and travel as necessary and governed by contract provisions.
• Proven performance supporting all aspects of Base Operations, Sector Operations, and contractual compliance with demonstrated performance in program management and associated tools.
• Demonstrated communication ability adept at designing professional presentations and public speaking.
• Strategic and top-down problem-solving capabilities and able to think holistically with attention to detail.
• Strong analytical skills able to translate data into easy-to-understand briefs that drive strategic decisions.
• Highly-developed communication aptitude, both written and verbal, with an ability to prepare high-level reports for the Commander and staff, and communicate complex issues and concepts clearly, succinctly.
• Solid leadership and professional maturity with demonstrated ability to collaborate, engage, build relationships and networks, and influence others regarding complex, conflicting and ambiguous issues.
• Intellectual acumen able to bring new ideas into strategic discussions and contribute to setting the agenda.
• Natural leadership with talent to gain buy-in and inspire others to deliver exceptional results.
• Ability to identify opportunities for and influence change, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Sustained track record of creating practical solutions to multifaceted and ambiguous problems.
• Professional, reliable, and trustworthy with a capacity to be highly confidential, discreet, and tactful
• Dynamic, lateral thinker capable of managing a multitude of difficult tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Critical thinker with analytical competence comfortable in dialogue with colleagues and senior leaders.
• Display high personal integrity, sound judgement, honesty and ethics.
• Excellent organization skills and strong learning agility

Preferred Qualifications

• Accomplished writer and public speaker
• Knowledge of and experienced in:
• + Royal Saudi Air Force and Air Defense Operations.
• + Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Vision 2030 and MoD Transformation.
• + KSA strategic documents to include the National Defense Strategy.
• + Unclassified and "open-source" Partner-nation Strategic Master Plans and Military Strategies.
• + Unclassified and "open-source" Benchmarked military readiness and training procedures, systems, and requirements.
• + International business agreements to include arms control and acquisition processes.
• + Project management and accomplishing complex tasks within specified timeframes.
• + Change management processes and procedures.

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