Clearance Requirement: Must have an active Secret Clearance to be considered
Required Skills:
- Bachelors Degree in Business Administration field or 5 years of related experience
- Advise as Subject Matter Expert on business innovation modernization and transformation projects
- Leverage agile methodologies and datadriven insights to lead teams execute innovation initiatives deliver business solutions and drive workforce culture change
- Facilitate workshops trainings and key sessions for strategic planning efforts and execution
Preferred Skills:
- Expertise in project management frameworks and methodologies innovation and design thinking frameworks
- Knowledge of change management methodologies strategic communication plans workshop facilitation and skills coaching
- Lead and manage innovation projects ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence while evaluating emerging technologies to recommend potential applications for the customer
- Design and implement innovation frameworks and processes and establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and report the impact of innovation initiatives to senior leadership
- Work closely with crossfunctional teams to integrate innovative solutions and identify and mitigate risks to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational policies
- At least 10 years of experience in business administration innovation strategic planning or engineeringrelated services
- o Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
- o PMP Certification
- Masters Degree in Business Administration or at least 10 years of relevant experience
Daytoday Responsibilities:
- The selected candidate will have several responsibilities from day to day drawn from a wide array of activities and experience working in the following areas:
- Providing comprehensive project management and support services for innovative business improvement projects. This includes ensuring that all personnel involved have the necessary qualifications and training to perform their tasks effectively
- Creating strategic communication products for senior leadership and workforce reporting
- Communicating with Program Managers and POCs from customer organizations when necessary
- Coaching and facilitation for innovation project owners to help them succeed. This includes reviewing shaping aligning facilitating providing pitch coaching and incubating bottomup innovation projects through various mediums such as innovation campaigns open calls and leadershipdirected tasking
- Conducting research activities draw connections between latest regulations/policies and acquisition management gaps and formulate logical justifications for potential acquisition policy pilots
- Advising on and executing culture initiatives and drive organizational change management. This includes developing and facilitating organizational change workshops introducing industry standard business practices and facilitating bestpractice knowledge sharing across program offices
- Building testing and maintaining various project management tools and templates on a routine basis and support the decommissioning or updating of outdated tools or templates
Expected Deliverables:
- Inventory and Analysis of Innovation Projects Portfolio
- YearinReview Report
- Best Practices Guide
- Innovation Toolkit
- Strategic Initiative Framework
- MVPs/Program Pathfinders
- Scaling Plan
- Transition Out Plan
- 5Year Roadmap
- Assessment Brief
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority