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Clearance Requirement: Must have an active Secret Clearance to be considered

Required Skills:

+ Bachelor's 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 data-driven 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 cross-functional 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 engineering-related services

+ Certifications:

+ o Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

+ o PMP Certification

+ Master's Degree in Business Administration or at least 10 years of relevant experience

Day-to-day 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 bottom-up innovation projects through various mediums such as innovation campaigns, open calls, and leadership-directed 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 best-practice 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

+ Year-in-Review Report

+ Best Practices Guide

+ Innovation Toolkit

+ Strategic Initiative Framework

+ MVPs/Program Pathfinders

+ Scaling Plan

+ Transition Out Plan

+ 5-Year Roadmap

+ Assessment Brief